I have built myself a very high performance gaming desktop PC, but the video card is heating up the network card. The video card is at a perfect temperature, but the network card isnt.
The only thing i can think of is: the video card is a dual card, so there is a heat sync taking up another slot. could i not just take off the slot panel and put a fan outside to blow the heat off to the other 4 fans? (processer, huge, and i mean massive power supply and 2 case fans, one suck one blow)
or is there a PCI slot fan that i could put in the slot between the network card and the video card
note: i can't move the network card any further away, it is at the bottom and the video card is in the video card slot
note: it is slowing down the connection considerably if i have the system on for any more than about an hour, then it takes bout 20 minutes to cool the video card. The slowig down doesnt help online gaming much :/ alot of disconnection and lag|||There are pci slot fans you can put in. check http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/clic… under cooling products.|||LOOK HERE AND GET ONE OF THESE.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…|||I had the same problem, and weeks of searching i found the perfect product. i'm jsut waiting for it to come now!! and all you have to do is screw it to one of the screws holding down your motherbard and you can point the fan anywere!!
it's the only thing that i could find that didnt take up another slot, and you dont even have to take out the card and put a new heat sink on it. and you can use it to cool anythink. i'm getting 2! one for the graphics card and one for the Northbridge or maybe hard drive, havnt workd out which yet.
but the best is this, no noise!! you can set it to 3 diffrent speeds. and it's got blue lights on it!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc…|||hi dec
this is the only problem mate when you use high end graphic cards,they produce alot of heat and you need to use some clever cooling solutions to ensure they work at their optimal performance
the ideal cooling configuration in the average p.c midi case is a 80mm fan behind the bottom of the front case fascia,and another 80mm fan at the rear center,this ensures both your processor and graphics cards get enough ventelation and dont get too hot
other optional fans can be paced in the side panel(note:this can sometimes place too much emphasis on the cpu and thus the graphic cards suffer and get even hotter),so if you use a side panel fan,allow for extra ventelation for your graphics card
and a good cooler for your graphics card come sin the shape of a Slot Mountable Cooler (System Exhaust Blower)
from http://www.moretoncomputers.co.uk/online…
this fits were a pci card would and screws into a bay the same way as a pci card,this then removes any hot air from the case and keeping your graphic cards nice and cool,these are very inexpensive and do a great job
i hope this helps ,any problems let me know
good luck mate !|||I've always found the more fans and vent holes the better. You could do like you said, take off a rear slot cover, and see if there are other places to put more chassis fans. If so you can easily get them from Frey's or CompUSA.|||If you are afraid of overheating, do what I do: take the side panels off of the tower and set a small desk fan to blow through the system at the low speed. Works wonders for me....|||Pay more attention to the overall airflow in your case. If it's a "high performance gaming desktop pc" it probably has one of those clear covers, right? Do a smoke test. Light an incense stick or something and see how the smoke blows through the case. More fans don't work if they are fighting each other and if there is a dead air spot, it will never cool.
Repeat after me:
Be the flow. Be the flow. Be the flow.
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