Extra cooling for Akasa Eclipse

ben16 · 27 Mar 2008 at 16:16

I'm getting a 9800 GX2 soon and I’ve heard that dumps a lot of heat into the case so I want to improve the cooling. At the moment my Akasa Eclipse has the stock 120mm fans at the front and back. What can I do in terms of extra fans, how many and were should I put them? Thanks.

Mud · 27 Mar 2008 at 16:33

I've got a few alternate panels I've got made for various graphics cards...an acoustic foam-padded one for the low-powered cards, a windowed one with a 120mm fan modded in, and a non-windowed one with a 220mm one added in. I'd really recommend making a 220mm one for a GX2 as my pair of 3870X2s were cooking the motherboard and I've read that the GX2s are similar if not worse for this. The 220mm fan is pretty quiet and moves a lot of air...but you've essentially got a big hole in the side of the case, so it may seem noisier than the noise the fan alone adds.

ryder · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:48

Mud, did you have the 220mm and 120mm running as intakes or exhaust fans?
I'm considering fitting a 120mm into my side panel.

Mud · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:49

Intakes, blowing straight on the graphics card(s). Blowing is far more effective than sucking, try sucking out a candle!

ryder · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:52

Good point! Silly me.

ben16 · 27 Mar 2008 at 19:27

What about this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-016-AK&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Has anyone tried that?

Mud · 27 Mar 2008 at 22:21

The fan on that looks a bit high for the graphics card, midway up would put it between the graphics and CPU I'd wager.

Tute · 28 Mar 2008 at 00:05

Mud said:
try sucking out a candle!

Oh dear, can't stop laughing at the mental image...

Mud · 28 Mar 2008 at 00:13

Four years of thermofluids and that's about all I can remember