I think more effective is to place the fan directly on the GPU heatsink and suck out the air. I did this and now I can touch the heatsnk after few hours of gameplay and it does not feel hot.

Down side....I expose the whole damn unit ithout the covers. Also my DVDROM is outside

HEre's a pic of my exposed unit. The fan is sucking air out instead of blowing into the heat sink. Air flow is not an issue as the fan sits directly on top of the heatsink.





This post has been edited by suntory: Dec 26 2007, 09:02 PM

I have only been playing for about a week with this setup. So maybe it is still too early to confirm its reliability. But I dun have high hopes. I am sure the 3rod will come back again..and again...and again... (I've had 3ROD x 4 times. But at least it works for now.

By the way, I am using some Cap X thermal paste (had it 4 years back). When got time, I will clean the heatsink/ CPU/ GPU and reapply some higher quality thermal paste.