Ascar21

Hello, I have a video card in my current PC(My first PC that I built on my own). It is the AMD Radeon HD 4850 by Asus. The problem I am having is that it is way too loud for me when I am only at idle. I have tried turning down the fan because the GPU says it is plenty cool, but it does not go below 20%. The only time it gets higher than 20% is when I play games like Assassins Creed or Far Cry. I was wondering if there is either something wrong with my card's heat-sink or fan, or if I could find a quieter heat-sink/fan. I have the default heat-sink on at the moment. I have attached a picture for reference. Thanks, Ascar21

My sister had an old Compaq laptop. She always left it on under her bed sheets, even though i told her not too. One day it stopped working and I told her it overheated. She didn't believe me so I opened it up and the battery cover was melted.

Yes I have everything else perfectly new and able to run faster.....I just need a 1155 CPU and DDR3 ram(I don't really care what size) If I could just get those then I could have a system that could actually play the games I play(Call of duty, Assassins creed 3, Fallout: New Vegas and all the other new games that are coming with minimum requirements that I cannot meet.) By the way::::::: I live in America so if that helps any I can pay for shipping. Even if you think it is too much please message me and I will take it! Thanks Everybody!

Thanks every one! Yes, I do not have any budget as I do not have any form of income other than birthday's or Christmas. My parents think that computers are a waste and I should go and spend this money on college which is still 3 years away.....If anybody is willing to send old parts if I just give the shipping fee great! I have a friend who said he could give me a new 1155 ASUS motherboard, so I already have that taken care of. But I don't have any 1155 processors or DDR3 ram so i'm still looking at a cost of around $120. If you have any processors or RAM that you are about to forget or throw away I will take it gladly! I will pay shipping and whatever other fee is needed. Here is my email: pizza_plz@hotmail.com OR..... austin@sawatsky.org, or you can message me on this site! Thanks again, Ascar21

First off, I am to young to have a job so please don't tell me to get one....I live in the country with 3 neighbors..... I have a Foxconn975x7aa MB, a Pentium D 945 3.4ghz, HD Radeon 4850 by ASUS, the Hyper 212 evo CPU cooler, 4gb of ddr2 675mhz quimonda RAM, Diablotek 575W power supply, Seagate barracuda 500gb hard drive, and the Zalman Z11 ATX mid-tower Computer case I have only had this for about 2 months since I upgraded from a dell dimension e510 desktop. I was wondering.....I have many games that I bought but most of them are VERY laggy almost to the point where it is unplayable.....My friend who has an ASUS 1155 MB made in 2012 that is way newer than my 775 MB that was made in 2006 :'( If I could get enough money by maybe September which would probably be around $150, should I do the entire ram cpu MB upgrade or just a motherboard upgrade but stay in the 775 range..... Idk what to do when I cant really find work since I'm the only one in my whole town who has a love for computers..... ANY help would be great thanks! Email: pizza_plz@hotmail.com