Can't find the first post but that's definately a repost.
Regarding the "liquid cooling", it's a sensationalist way of describing a heatpipe so you could even call it phase-change cooling.
If you intend to buy an AMD card later, you'll get the 70 Euros back through the free games so it's a free sidegrade or upgrade, depending on the GPUs that will be available. You can't really lose in that situation so I'd do it if that's...
Simply having to switch between input voltages manually is a bad sign in the first place. That PSU is most likely a piece of crap and dying. It most likely can't power the GTX 280 alone (or barely), let alone the rest of the rig. I'd...
All right, thanks everyone BTW, my question was concerning TIM that's in an opened tube. I used it and it seems just fine. The temps aren't really lower but neither are they higher than the TIM that's been there for 6-7 months.
Basically, I want to remove the heatsink on my GPU to clean the dust and change the TIM on the GPU and CPU while I'm doing that. The only TIM I have is a 4g tube of Arcitic Cooling MX-4. Do you guys think it's still good?
Thank you