Graphics card cooling

Bluevoodu said:
ORRRR try these... you could affix one in your lowest slot:
1.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835129025
2.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835119065
3.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835888112

Those should help reduce case temps... just make sure you have enough room for the air to flow out the backside of the case / desk.

†B†V† :hat
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Huh, that would blow the cool air out of the bottom of the case instead of letting cool air flow into the back PCI vents that I have there. I think those would be counterproductive.

x2 said:
Or...you could always buy a larger case.
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Absolutely not! Actually, I purposely went with the Vostro 200 mini tower so it would be easier to access the wiring with the way my desk is set up.

Phoenix said:
to be honest BV, his cooling is actually fine. any place he puts the PCI cooler at will interfere with his cooling schematics (for lack of a better term)

also, he cant put that GPU cooler in, it will have to go where his PCIx1 card is...
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Right, the way I have it now, cool air comes in the back PCI slots as well as the side vent and front. It goes past (without interference) the sound card and directly into the graphics card air intake. Any of the PCI slot coolers would be competing with the graphics card air intake instead of assisting it.

Bluevoodu said:
If that's true... then he should be able to add a front bay intake. If there is another 5.25 bay open to the front side of the case, he could add one there... which should blow cool air down into the case and allow for the other fans to exhaust out.
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Actually, I'm saving the second 5.25" bay for a second Velociraptor for if/when I go RAID 0. I can't vertical mount the second drive since my graphics card is too long to allow that.
 
Technically... The back pci slots are exhaust, not intake. The air in your case should move front to back.

The turbine style fans would blow out the hot air at a faster rate.

BV :hat


BV :hat
 
Bluevoodu said:
Technically... The back pci slots are exhaust, not intake. The air in your case should move front to back.

The turbine style fans would blow out the hot air at a faster rate.
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More technically (and supported by thermodynamics) warm air rises. In some ATX setups, air is directed front to back. With my specific setup, warm air is pushed out of the top back, leaving a low pressure area at the bottom of the case. The rear PCI vents (along with the front and side vents) all act as intake areas. My case exhaust fan and power supply fan move enough air out of the rear top of the case that the front, side, and rear vents all let air flow into the case.

Realistically though, when my computer is turned on outside of my desk (LAN game situation), I can put my finger up to those rear bottom PCI vents and feel air flowing INTO the case.
 
I'm a dumbass noob then. I use teh expansion fan where the modem goes. :-[


Vantec Spectrum PCI...don't leave home without it.

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I have three of these things.
 
renegadeviking said:
I'm a idiot noob then. I use teh expansion fan where the modem goes. :-[


Vantec Spectrum PCI...don't leave home without it.


I have three of these things.
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in one computer? :?
 
renegadeviking said:
I'm a idiot noob then. I use teh expansion fan where the modem goes. :-[


Vantec Spectrum PCI...don't leave home without it.

V13-4200-B.jpg


I have three of these things.
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In your system, that might work really well. I was speaking specifically of my system taking air in around the entire bottom.
 
You could always get a different HSF for the GPU. They're normally not too expensive, but I think most of the 8800GT ones require the adjacent slot for exhaust.
 
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