XFX GTS 250 512mb Core Edition "Tear" apart!

[imacomputer101]

there are so many different gts 250's...i have no idea which one i have...

[Gamet00b]

am getting this exact same modle of amerzon for £45 =)

[fingernerv]

@Gamet00b Same

[JanuGamer]

I have Removed the Stock cover after thermal pasting it...

now playing without cover and it reduced 13Degrees temprature...Glad.. ^_^

[JanuGamer]

Thanks...I was Looking for All over the youtube..Finally Found you....Helped me replacing thermal Paste... Thanks Again... ^_^



[xSS4x]

I wanna get one since it seems like the best card I found with S-Video out on it.

The plug looks like a 7 pin mini DIN. According to wikipedia you can plug a normal 4 pin s video in it, could any1 test it so i can be sure im buying the right card :P

CHeck this on wikipedia:

S-Video#7-pin_mini-DIN

[TechExplosion]

@555GB Not at all, the casing is part of the cooler/heatsink/fan. I'd recommend using compressed air cans and blowing the dust out of the fan if you do not wish to take it apart. but be careful to not wet the fan with the compressed air.

[TechMatt7]

What happened to ur GTS 250? How did it die?

[TechExplosion]

@TechMatt7 Just died unfortunately. Not sure if it was due to a power outage or something.

[Lasrkin40]

Lol The music Reminds me of Half life 1 Gordon freeman. :D

[TechExplosion]

@Lasrkin40 lol, same here. That's why I chose it. and plus it just sounded cool. :P

[SouthernSky]

thanks for the tip, gotta do the same care with mine. First time always sucks cuz I'm always afraid of applying too much force and breaking up the whole thing

[umbrella12]

i removed the screw on the back but the fan still is hard to get it of..am i missing something? or i have to force a little bit?

[TechExplosion]

@umbrella12 If all the screws are removed it should come off, if it is your first time removing it than you will need a bit of extra force. be careful with the fan connector on the PCB though.

[MrKillswitch88]

Personally aluminum coolers are crap beyond 50w load unless it is a cpu cooler but in this case the stock is plain crap. The VF 900/1000 are good coolers and the vf1000 can take heat but doesn't vent outside the case. 2x 9800gt 1x 8800gtx 2x 7900gtx duo (big ass card) and a bunch more.

[z3ntix]

Don't only change themalpaste, the stock cooler sucks and give high temps and make alots of noise. After i change the cooler on both of my cards the temps are 40idle and 50load, and second card is 30idle and 40load. and the noise is almost gone. Scythe Musashi works great.

[TheRenegade217]

isnt this too damn old to review ?

[vearheart42]

@TheRenegade217 This isn't a review, and it's not that old. . .

[TheRenegade217]

@vearheart42

well wrote the comment beffore watching the vid my bad'

[vearheart42]

@TheRenegade217 It's cool.

[MaCnRYdER]

So why are you chaging the thermal compound on that high temps?

[TechExplosion]

@MaCnRYdER I mainly just felt like taking it apart. and since stock thermal compounds always suck on reference card coolers I thought why not just change the thermal compound while I'm at it. Swapped it with some Gelid Solutions GC2 and it dropped my idle temps from around 60C to 51C

[MaCnRYdER]

@TechExplosion yea stock always sucks, at least you lowered your temps now, I guess thats what happens when you get bored you feel like cleaning things or taking apart stuff. Thats what I like to do when I'm bored.

[TechExplosion]

@MaCnRYdER haha yeah, It's just one of those perks about being a geek!

[MaCnRYdER]

@TechExplosion Yup, one question, What camcorder do you use to record your videos?

[TechExplosion]

@MaCnRYdER Mainly use my Sanyo Xacti CG10, but sometimes use my DSLR. In this video for example I used my DSLR, It's a Pentax K-x.

[MaCnRYdER]

@TechExplosion Thats kool I really need to get me a DSLR

[vearheart42]

You should do reviews on sound cards. You do enough headset reviews maybe you should do one on a good sound card.

[TechExplosion]

@vearheart42 I hear you on that man. I've been wanting to upgrade from on board audio to a decent sound card for a while now. I'll try to see if I can get one soon to review. I'll keep you posted.

[vearheart42]

@TechExplosion Just so you know I'

m looking to purchase an Asus Xonar DS, maybe you could look into it, it's not super expensive but I hear it's pretty good.

[TechExplosion]

@vearheart42 I'm not too fond of the lower end Asus sound cards. I've been looking into the Auzentech X-Raider, 5 bucks more than the Xonar DS, has upgradeable OPAMPS for all 7 channels, and it has digital out too. I'd suggest you get the Auzentech over that specific Asus.

[vearheart42]

@TechExplosion I'll look into it.

[TechManiaKid]

Good work. Takes skill to do this. ;]

- TechManiaKid

[randyarnold1]

Nice work. I never like to tamper with stuff like that. I might wreck it. :P

[TechExplosion]

@randyarnold1 lol, Thanks man. I'm always doing stuff like this... Even if I end up breaking things. :)

[randyarnold1]

@TechExplosion do you have a twitter?

[TechExplosion]

@randyarnold1 Yepp, @TechExplosion I should really start announcing it and my website at the end of all my videos. lol.