Real blown man.. And the wattage of your video driver ?
-------------- I recently cured an overheating system - gaffer tape over the fan outlet holes in the back of the case... 2 fan mountings, and only 1 fan meant the exhaust blown out went straight back in via the holes for the second fan blocking the extra holes and the fan had to draw air through from the front of the case, and drag it across the MOBO and drives JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Gundersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:35 AM Subject: Re: MB, CPU, RAM, PS choice On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:46:09 -0000, you wrote: Oh! I have a 12cm fan on the side blowing on to the CPU. fan on CPU and north bridge. 2 x fans on front blowing over the 2 Hdds on the front lower racks (tall tower case) 1 fan at the top sucking what's left out the top and the PSU has 3 x fans a 12cm one at it's base one at the inside face and an exhaust at the rear. Case is really cool and CPU temp is constantly around 48C and drives typically 38C - 42C CPU polling avg 104W. >Hugh, > >5 hd @ 20watt (peak 30 @ system startup possibly) = 100 ~ 150 watt >DVD CD 5 watt each >USB 5 watt? per device >CPU 100 watt? or up to 140 - depending ... I'd have to look up the >manufacturer's specification >MOBO 20 watts it'self >memory 15 watts > >I make that about 350watts, perhaps even 400 > >and >Firewire nVidia 5600 GX 8 x AGP graphics >plus it's extra cooling, I'd make very sure the airflow is adequate within >the case >and outside the case as well - not for use in the warmer parts of the world, >unless there's also aircon to cool the air before it gets sucked into the >case > >JimB > Sir Hugh of Bognor -- Remember. You may honestly belive that you understood everything you thought I said but what you thought you heard wasn't exactly what I said. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
