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Normal temps for Quadro K600?

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That sounds like the card needs a repaste. The Quadro K620 in my NAS system doesn't run anywhere near that hot and the coolers are identical. Granted, the K620 is Maxwell instead of Kepler, but the K620 has a 10% higher TDP.

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Hi, I've this xeon build that doesn't have a card. I installed this spare card I had to get it up and running but its pretty damn slow. So, I decided to overclock the card a bit and found out that it runs at like 87c under load on default clocks. Is that like ok for this card or do i need to get the paste changed or something? Would appreciate any help on this.

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Definitely needs a repaste. It's still not a fast card though; 12-year-old low-end GPU won't perform well 

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That sounds like the card needs a repaste. The Quadro K620 in my NAS system doesn't run anywhere near that hot and the coolers are identical. Granted, the K620 is Maxwell instead of Kepler, but the K620 has a 10% higher TDP.

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The paste seemed to be fine, but I reapplied a better one just in case, which has helped somewhat. I think the real issue issue might be with the heatsink guys, as the aluminum on it is actually kind of flaky like as in lower quality. its not like i'm going to do anything about this but could it be fake even with the Nvidia branding and all?

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45 minutes ago, ToadSpit said:

The paste seemed to be fine, but I reapplied a better one just in case, which has helped somewhat. I think the real issue issue might be with the heatsink guys, as the aluminum on it is actually kind of flaky like as in lower quality. its not like i'm going to do anything about this but could it be fake even with the Nvidia branding and all?

There's always the possibility of being a fake, but considering how cheap Quadro K600 cards go for, I don't see why anyone would put in the effort to produce fake heatsinks for it.

 

The K600, K620, K420, and Quadro 600, 400, and 410 all use the same heatsink, and the cheapest go for a few bucks on eBay. It would make more sense to just buy one and take its heatsink than to manufacture a fake one.

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54 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

There's always the possibility of being a fake, but considering how cheap Quadro K600 cards go for, I don't see why anyone would put in the effort to produce fake heatsinks for it.

 

The K600, K620, K420, and Quadro 600, 400, and 410 all use the same heatsink, and the cheapest go for a few bucks on eBay. It would make more sense to just buy one and take its heatsink than to manufacture a fake one.

Then maybe its an old fake, yk like from back when this fake heatsink would've mattered cause low end or not, no way in hell a corporation like Nvidia would use shit like this.

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On 3/2/2025 at 10:49 PM, ToadSpit said:

Hi, I've this xeon build that doesn't have a card. I installed this spare card I had to get it up and running but its pretty damn slow. So, I decided to overclock the card a bit and found out that it runs at like 87c under load on default clocks. Is that like ok for this card or do i need to get the paste changed or something? Would appreciate any help on this.

Hi i know the thread is old but I've had a similar problem where the card would slowly creep up into the 90s on load and would be around 65 degrees on idle, when i checked the fan speed in MSI afterburner, the fan was running quite slow even in those temps so i just defined a custom fan curve and set it so that the fan reaches 100% speed on 75c and the temps instantly came down, i even overclocked the card and now it doesn't go above 80 on full load with the overclock

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