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System Name | Something Esoteric |
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Processor | Intel i7 7700K @ 5GHz (2021 delid by Silicon Lottery) |
Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VIII Hero |
Cooling | CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo |
Memory | 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3600MHz DDR4 |
Video Card(s) | GIGABYTE RTX 3080 GAMING OC |
Storage | 480GB SanDisk Extreme Pro / 1TB WD SN750 NVMe / 2 x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf NAS |
Display(s) | Dell S2721DGF IPS + BenQ V2400W 16:10 LCD (https://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1315565) |
Case | Fractal Define R5 Windowless |
Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar Essense STX, Samsung Buds2 Pro, SteelSeries Siberia 800 |
Power Supply | Corsair AX850 |
Mouse | Logitech G903 |
Keyboard | Microsoft Sidewinder X6 |
Software | Win10 Pro x64 |
Ok so this sucks.
I turn on my computer today and apparently the fan bearing for my reference model 5850 has gone to shit and I have very loud noise now coming from it every time it even remotely thinks about spinning.
I've had this issue before with a HIS x1950 AGP, and my solution was to buy an entirely new motherboard with PCIe and move on with life. You know, when we were all rolling in pre-2008 money. Now in 2012 AWS (After Wall Street) I can't exactly do that right now. I'm limping on my remaining 5850 currently but now playing anything is depressing and comes with FPS withdrawal symptoms.
Am I screwed? Is a fan bearing repairable or replaceable? Short of buying a similar card for parts off eBay, is there anything I can do for this?
I turn on my computer today and apparently the fan bearing for my reference model 5850 has gone to shit and I have very loud noise now coming from it every time it even remotely thinks about spinning.
I've had this issue before with a HIS x1950 AGP, and my solution was to buy an entirely new motherboard with PCIe and move on with life. You know, when we were all rolling in pre-2008 money. Now in 2012 AWS (After Wall Street) I can't exactly do that right now. I'm limping on my remaining 5850 currently but now playing anything is depressing and comes with FPS withdrawal symptoms.
Am I screwed? Is a fan bearing repairable or replaceable? Short of buying a similar card for parts off eBay, is there anything I can do for this?