Active VS passive cooling EXPERIMENT! - Can we make it BETTER-ER!?!? (GT 1030 mod)

[@UnknownPerson-cl9di]

For the ones who're wondering for the huge temperature difference, it's because the 1030 which has active cooling has a cpu cooler of 1050 ti installed which gives out like 80w of heat, and yeah... this heat is a lot to manage... and if you use the same cooler on a 1030 cooling it is really easy tbh

[@UnknownPerson-cl9di]

Moral of the video : Instead of buying one with active cooler, just strap on a cheap fan to it lmao

[@sealifett8395]

This is essential information to passively cooled card owners. The Gt 1030 is still relevant today and produced new brand

[@doomdesire3460]

Not really I owned a GT 1030 for 3yrs 2021-24 It struggles with dx12 games now unfortunately

[@sealifett8395]

@@doomdesire3460 Some people cant afford better bro

[@doomdesire3460]

@@sealifett8395 Rx 580 get a second hand one it's like 60 quid

[@vladimiraltuve]

This is what I've always done. Passive version of GT1030 runs really great with a DIY fan attached. I use twins 40mm fans attached between them and to the card with some few tie wraps too. It never goes over 60 C degrees. It also works great with Passive heating GT 710, if you want to go even cheaper (less than 75 US$).

[@marckzone5572]

Where will can i plug the 3 pins of my 40 mm fan?

[@johnmichaelreyes1419]

does the board bend a little after months of adding 2 40mm fans?

[@vladimiraltuve]

@@marckzone5572 a chasis fan port

[@phungyi4947]

I have bought an active cooled GT 1030 off the used market and performed a real 'Frankenstein' job on the existing aluminium block of the GPU. I removed the tiny fan and cut away a bunch of the cooling fins to allow fitting of my ancient after market passive cooler I had laying around. It is an Arctic Accelero S1 previously fitted to an old GeForce 9800 GTX+. This also required modifying the cooler fixing plate to mate correctly with the existing block, so the large passive works kinda by proxy so to speak. I'm using large 140mm fan to gently blow air in to it.

[@jasonbourne00700]

He sound like a carton network character

[@SeminarChauffeur]

I also bought that fanless version after my 1050 Ti went adios, and I will also strap on a fan on that thing cuz I am not comfortable with anything that soars past 65C. But I was having a hard time figuring out how to actually strap one on, so glad you actually showed how to strap it on, very helpful indeed 👍

[@TechDweeb]

If you're doing it as a permanent solution I'd recommend using zip-ties ;)

[@FangTheManokit]

Use the xbox 360 phat dual fans

[@NewBie-zo8yt]

​@@FangTheManokit😢

[@imankandey]

❤️THANK YOU❤️ Your video really cleared out my doubts on this topic. The Heat Sink's surface area of the passive cooled gpu is really great & if you use a extra fan on it or if your case has good ventilation. It performs better.

[@studypurpose2001]

W video. This is what a real testing video should be.

[@juanaso]

Thank you so much! I have a passive GT 1030 too, and im having 70 degrees playing csgo so im planning to mod my gpu with a fan and this video came super useful! Subscribed 👍

[@TechDweeb]

Glad it helped you out! Welcome to the crew 😎

[@vibejournal]

i was on the passive GT1030 for awhile. Then I went on to GTX 1660s for my i5-3470. I panicked when hearing the 1660s fan, forgetting that I was on a passive for so long.

[@Tanmay-xp8ft]

Does your cpu bottlenecks 1660 s?

[@tomatokun6742]

I have the same i5 3470 should I go for gt1030 is it good

[@auxilioooo]

underrated video, ty for the information

[@TechDweeb]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jasonbourne00700]

Keep up your are going to become a big youtuber

[@TechDweeb]

I hope you're right!

[@jasonbourne00700]

@@TechDweeb damn right I am, your videos proves you skills

[@Hito343]

I love your channel so funny.

[@andrejvr1136]

I have the same gpu with passive cooling and without any fans it gets to 80°,but i got a old case fan and put it on the side,didn't put it directly on the gpu and it doesn't go more than 60°...Nice video!

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah airflow is key for passively cooled anything. Kinda defeats the purpose of passively cooled stuff if you have to point fans at it though I suppose 🤔

[@andrejvr1136]

@@TechDweeb I don't really mind if it's loud or not it was a cheap card and it was compatible with my motherboard so i got it,there were more options but i wanted to test it out...my friend also has a 2gb graphics and the temperature is bigger than mine...So i guess i didn't really make a bad choice since i don't mind it being loud and it was cheap(compared to other cards it's very cheap)..

[@MsBlade16]

Thank you for your great explanation and great video !

[@TechDweeb]

Glad you found it useful!

[@neverletthemtameyou]

A few frames may be more relevant than one would think. I believe sub 30 and just above 30 fps is quite an important threshold for playability.

[@حسينالكناني-ط3خ5ح]

bro where did you put the fan cable .in mother board? and which socket pls

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah, just the case fan header on the motherboard.

[@حسينالكناني-ط3خ5ح]

@@TechDweeb the 4pin one right?

[@حسينالكناني-ط3خ5ح]

@@TechDweeb btw i like your style especially smackdown one and thx for the video and the much of information

[@felipe34k]

if there ever comes out a bios to raise its power limit even by 5 watts we'd see a big diference but as is its power limited, no amount of cooling will make it run faster

[@zenetro7611]

What is the fan U are using btw

[@TechDweeb]

That's a little fan off an old AMD CPU cooler. 60mm I think.

[@korbenmorales5794]

I have hp compag 6305 sff how can i add a another to it? I cant seem to find another socket for a fan

[@TechDweeb]

If your motherboard only has one fan header, you can actually buy a splitter to turn it into two headers

[@korbenmorales5794]

@@TechDweeb thank you for the info

[@lilcaesarman]

Nice video I can imagine you doing some voice over work for cartoons 👍

[@TechDweeb]

Oh man I would love to do that someday.

[@JackBowie]

@@TechDweeb Did you once have a channel called Mr videowoo or something like that?

[@talkitrightenglish]

Very useful video mate good job i just got same gpu and have a good performance i ll put a fan on it same way with ya thanks

[@Dumki2002]

where can i buy that small fan? so I can buy it for my Gt1030

[@TechDweeb]

I had that fan from a CPU cooler, but you can just buy any PC fan. Noctua for instance makes fans in any size you could want. Measure the area you want to put the fan and buy the closest size (I believe this one was an 80mm).

[@AmenomejodasPajaritos]

and where is the part where you use the 1030 active as a passive one? This colud be the real scenery to try them, cause a cpu fan with the silent sink gets the best of two options.. in temp, but the worst in noise and space (yes it's slimmer, but what happens with vertical space with double sink and not integrated fan?)

[@LocalBosnian-99]

What resolution in 1440x900. Like 720p 420p ??

[@pipi_nazzi]

do they require the same amount of power ???

[@TechDweeb]

Hmmm that's a good question. They both have the same TDP and same power requirements, but I'd have to check to see the actual power draw. I'm going to be getting a kilowatt meter soon so that I can measure the power draw from the wall (power draw reporting can be incorrect), so maybe I'll do another video if I find anything interesting to report.

[@pipi_nazzi]

@@TechDweeb i want to buy a low profile card for my fkn intel psu but i still don't knwo which one should i take

[@TechDweeb]

Are you familiar with the T400 and T600? I've made several videos about those. They are both low-profile and single-slot. And they offer great performance for their price.

[@pipi_nazzi]

@@TechDweeb hmmmm honestly this is the first video that I've seen from your channel I'll check them

[@pipi_nazzi]

@@TechDweeb 259$ for t600 i can get two 1030 for that 🙂 the prices here are freaking high

[@realesterad8289]

witch processer you have?

[@TechDweeb]

i7 10700k 😎

[@realesterad8289]

😎👍

[@ahmedal-khattat2483]

I bought a computer (hp 8200 sff) It has Asus GT 1030 Silent, i5 2500 processor, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD storage for $100, what would you recommend to upgrade for better experience

[@TechDweeb]

Definitely the RAM (go to 16gb) & the HDD (go to an SSD). You can upgrade the processor to an i7 2600 but I'd only do that if the price was right. The RAM & SSD would be must-have upgrades, IMO.

[@woodpecker8800]

Thanks. ❤️

[@mr.pacifist5780]

is that a 40mm fan?

[@TechDweeb]

60 I think

[@lallyji8051]

amazing video

[@leistefphenyvest.suarez4142]

will the zip-ties will not be burn? when it will be used permanently? btw nice vid!

[@TechDweeb]

I highly doubt it. Zip ties have been used as a PC builder's secret weapon for ages!

[@leistefphenyvest.suarez4142]

Okay cool! Thank you bro. I will give you a subscribe!!

[@sadMousepad]

how much bottleneck will be there if this gpu is on pcie 2.0 instead of 3.0?

[@kiddingroom6419]

No

[@mirrakibuzzaman1887]

Thanks for info. I will buy a gpu with a fan even if it costs a bit more.

[@TechDweeb]

Good call. I think it really comes down to the airflow situation in your case. In a case without much airflow, a passively cooled GPU would throttle VERY quickly.

[@Danzielplayz]

Underrated content

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy

[@a_roxtech723]

I am going to buy 6000rpm fan now brace yourselves 😎

[@FangTheManokit]

The passive cooled isn't an OC edition so go with the DDR5 + fan option if possible

[@mercyblack0101]

❤️

[@maherjl9201]

Your sound so bad

[@TechDweeb]

🥺

[@maherjl9201]

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[@zuhairi7]

@@maherjl9201 you sound so good?

[@zuhairi7]

@@maherjl9201 he have more subscribers than you. Stop spread the toxicity.

[@ennergyspotato5566]

U sound awesome bro it's the biggest reason I subscribed

[@TheGosportProfessionals]

Done this many times.