i need a...

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:51

..graphics card cooler, which is the best one? i have an nVIDIA GeForce 6200 512mb. its over heating a lot and so i my cpu(p4 3.2GHz prescott 478), any suggestions why?

Jokester · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:53

What sort of temps are you actually getting?

If both are overheating I would be inclined to say your case cooling and air flow is probably the reason, what case and fans do you have?

Jokester

lay-z-boy · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:55

the 6100 is passive isnt it?

I have that on an intergrated mobo and it hardly produces any heat at all.

Mikey1280 · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:56

lay-z-boy said:
the 6100 is passive isnt it?

I have that on an intergrated mobo and it hardly produces any heat at all.

But he has a 6200, been to specsavers recently

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lay-z-boy · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:00

i just had my coffee

Same thing, ish

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:01

i think its the cpu heating up the whole case was thinking of getting the thermalright si-120 with akasa ambers what yous think?

jellybeard999 · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:02

nick_lerwill said:
i think its the cpu heating up the whole case was thinking of getting the thermalright si-120 with akasa ambers what yous think?

not bad, try a scythe mine / ninja if you can stretch that far

Raikiri · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:03

Arctic freezer 4 + POV Mr. freeze graphics cooler... both are cheap and fairly efffective.

Edit// Can get both delivered for less than the cost of the SI-120 without a fan

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:04

yea i was looking at it but its just so big like bit dodgy i think thermalright are obviously so much more effective as there products are a quatre of the size and still cool to near the ninja's level

lay-z-boy · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:06

are you sure you have decent case airflow, you might not have to buy anything if you get caseflow good enough.

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:08

well im sure my airflow is **** but it has only started to overheat recently and nothing has changed so i recon the cpu cooler is just near end of its life

Fully star out swearies in future please - Jokester

Jokester · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:12

Could just be the coming of summer as well to be honest. Any idea what RPM the fan is doing?

Jokester

silversurfer · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:33

Often taking the side off the case solves this kind of thing. If you have no case fan then the case temperature will match the cpu temp and that will make things pretty poor.

Only had one cpu cooler expire, the fan stopped turning

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:46

yea i take the side of and its fine like. but i have a feeling it could be due to the hotter weather but that should cause such an increase in temperature...should it?

nick_lerwill · 30 Jun 2006 at 14:52

should i get a new case maybe? cause the one i have will one fit 80mm case fans (i have none in it atm) what is the best case for cooling?

Raikiri · 30 Jun 2006 at 15:49

Akasa Eclipse...but why not just buy some fans if you have none?

Mikebert4 · 30 Jun 2006 at 17:20

What you need to do is go over to the store and camp the trade channel (/2) with this:

'WTB: case fans, Freezer64 Pro, Zalman VGA cooler'

If you've got enough g then you can probs get a "+1 decent case" buff too....

(jeeze... did I just post that... someone shoot me)