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Old 09-30-2001, 06:51 PM   #3
Randomaxess
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Thanx for the compliment Mike. Now the answer to your question and a follow-up

The reason i haven't stuck a fan on the GPU is because it goes in with the chip facing down. I fear putting a fan on it might displace the weight, the glue/tape would give way, and the fan/heatsink would crash down on my sound card. Plus, o/ciing the Geforce involves o/cing the ram, too, and the ram is placed on the edges of the card, making it kinda hard and futile to try to stick fans on it. I therefore opted to use the slot fan

Anyway, a new thing has arisen, but i don't think it should be a prob. I had to remove the slot fan right above the video card, but i left the slot open to allow for ventilation. I don't think its that big a deal;this fan was precautionary measures anyway. Plus, the card is almost 90 degrees, just below the two fans, so the rising heat, i think, would get blown away from it. The Slot card right near the GPU i think should be fine, since it is /sucking/ air, causing a "vacuum" in the near vacinity of it.

However, if this is a prob, someone please tell me. I"m holding off on tweaking till i get some closure on this.

Right now, I'm thinking of putting 2 more fans on the case opposite the high-powered one, sucking air out. Again, i don't think this is needed, but if it is, its an option. OR, i was really considering putting a hole and yadda yadda yadda. However, i don't wanna go quite that far--a mess up could be ugly looking.

Thanx guys, hope to here something about this!
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