HP Pavilion A6720F REFURB $367 Quad, 6GB, 640GB

[arnott]

Is anyone having issues with GPU temperature ?

Hardware monitor AMD Phenom X4 9550
Temperature 0 19°C (65°F) [0x94] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 19°C (65°F) [0x94] (Core #1)
Temperature 2 18°C (64°F) [0x90] (Core #2)
Temperature 3 18°C (64°F) [0x90] (Core #3)

Hardware monitor NVIDIA GeForce 9100
Temperature 0 68°C (154°F) (GPU Core)

Hardware monitor WDC WD64 00AAKS-65A7B
Temperature 0 33°C (91°F) [0x21] (Assembly)

Hardware monitor Battery 1
Voltage 0 13.51 Volts [0x34C6] (Current Voltage)
Capacity 2 100 mWh [0x64] (Current Capacity)

The temperature was close to 100°C, after I opened the computer and cleaned some dust, the temeprature is going down. Is there a correct way to clean the dust on the graphics card ? The graphics card is attached to the Video Graphics Adapter port, right ?

Should I get this 18" 90 Degree SATA Cable for this Western Digital 640 GB Caviar Black ? Do I also need to get a power cable ?

TIA
arnott

[yossarian]

Quote from skevin007 : Thanks, this is some great info! I have a question regarding the disabling of the onboard video card. When I installed my card, I did not see an option in the bios to disable the on board card. Where did you see this option? Also, is there any way to check if the card is disabled? Thanks

I did not have to change my bios. After I installed the card, I rebooted and the bios automatically disabled the card.

[DEALVIXEN]

I went back to vista sp-1 and she's running like a beauty again.

[yossarian]

I downloaded new nVidia nForce drivers. What a difference! Now I understand why people like Windows 7 so much. The sluggishness is gone.

[monkeybiz]

Just checking in, still hummin along fine here without any trouble. I finally recieved my free Windows 7 upgrade and can now take the beta version down. You can't expect too much from a <$400 Quad but with a few upgrades this is a strong contender for best value gaming rig of the month! I really didn't need another machine but glad I jumped now and upgrades have been painless. This is my second HP refurb and I use the money saved to get the ATI Radeon HD 5750. Nvidia seems like it is on the ropes and nothing to show for DX11 and Win 7. There haven't been any deals later that caused any regret or buyers remorse. Just noticed mods moved this to deal talk since it's out of stock again. It had a good run but it's starting to look dead nowadays, the lower price seemed to do the trick.

[monkeybiz]

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btw, it's nice to have a clean install without the HP shovelware. I didn't even look at the HP install helper disc.