Some forumers says that Slot fans are useless/hopeless... Probably my only choice is to mod the case to blow in air. But what other cheap mods can i do?!?

go get pci blower oso can help u . it suck hot air from ur vga card

well....the air flow inside the case is important. The cool air should suck into case from the bottom and hot air suck out from the top. I think this can give the better air flow. juz my 2 cent .... You try figure this urself how to modify your case lar...

As many people wonder, this is an example using a simple 4 sticks with the Silverstone FM82 fan blowing air under your GC.

the key for a good casing airflow is having a balance between air blow-in and blow-out, so u can have a good blow in by making 12cm hole with fan at ur side panel, and put a good fan at the rear, if u still want more, u can make a hole at the top and put a fan for blow out....

good airflow but give some extra noise... sometime I not plug in it for my peaceful

I was wondering if i have only rear and front fans, won't it be like that?

The hot air of the GC not much different since there is no good air circulation.

hi bro... i;m using the same casing as u do... my system is a c2d sys.... what i do is get a VIZO 12mm fan for intake.. and a CM 12mm fan.. the fan bundled with the casing is lousy...

u can lower ur hdd to the lowest position to avoid the air being directed to the vga...

my case is same like urs, hot air trapped below the gc...
anyway to solve it?? open up all unused pci slot?

I just got an EVERCOOL 12mm fan as my REAR fan, from ALL IT for 30 bucks. runs at 2200rpm.. The temp has dramatically dropped.. will post up pics and results later..

If the hot air really trapped under it ah.. maybe follow do that mod to let air blow into the GC compartment.

wat u can do is open up the balance of the PCI slot covers and tie a fan there to suck out the hot air mah.

how about the RM10 pci blower that you buy from ALL IT?? (i'm using it too)

the PCI Blower is excellent of course.. but kinda noisy.

and id only recommend it to those using GC coolers like the stock 8800 series coolers. otherwise if ur using coolers like zalman etc....the GC cooler and the blower will be fighting for air againsts each other.

tieing a fan to the pci slots is good for those who have a spare fan. quick and easy solution. and it would fit any type of GC cooler coz it wont be fighting for air with the GC cooler.

hm...anyone know how does the cooling for the gigabyte 8800GTS 320mb work?

which side suck air which side blowing out...
hard to feel which is which...

Okay, now the GC temp has dropped dramatically. . Idle is 56-58 C and Load is around 70-75 c. . Ambient temp now is around 46C (lowest) .. still high?

1. I tried cable management for the better air flow.. I know it looks messy but, at least the air flows better
2. Well, I moved the HDD to the higher slot. . (I am having doubt putting it at the highest slot
3. and then tied a fan at the empty slots there..
This is what i did :






This post has been edited by longpants: Dec 29 2007, 02:28 AM

cayalah bro. mesti rajin2 tie cables baru ngam ho:)

bro.. change ur intake fan.... tht 1 comes with the casing is not tat gud... their flow rate is very low....

this is why i luv BTX (Inverted ATX) chassis

coz both top & bottom compartment have their own dedicated exhaust fan

this way not hot air being trap or circulated

ya, ya, u can blow hole on the bottom part for ATX design

does it look nice? i know it ain't gonna be silent, air pushing out hitting your house floor or pc table

May I know if I decided to put a fan below the card, the fan should be blowing facing the card or towards bottom ?

im using the same mobo n the same cpu...but the different part is the GC..im using HD3870...much more cooler..got two slot cooler...n more importantly im using transparent acrylic casing....really cool...n kewl