keeping gpu cool-ish?

[ozaudio]

right now I have 75c full load running folding@home on one of them amd msi 7950's on offer, the case im using is a horrid looking case, with the exception been itll take 3 x 120mm fans at the front , 2 on the top for exhaust , another exhaust at the back , The side panel can also hold 6 120mm fans to blow cold air into the side.

do I buy a load of the cheap cool master sickle flow fans with 69.9 cfm air flow or buy a better case? a case can only do so much though right?

 

[ozaudio]

20c? even if it knocked 10 maybe 15c max id be more than happy!!.

every were ive looked doesn't have any in stock at present

 

[ozaudio]

I knocked mine from 80c to 60c a 7970,they used to be in stock few months back

ill deffantly be getting one of these then as you've proven it takes 20c of rather than the guess work most people have

 

[ozaudio]

Ive looked at the cost of a block + a kit with a decent size rad, was near £300. block alone was around £75 ish I think.

its quite silly really , I should have just spend more on a gpu with a better cooler to start with

im not as annoyed now its at 75, it was 80c before I moved the case from next to the wall , I think if I can shave another 10c of id be happy , I need to look online for the best config of which way fans should be pushing air in/out of my case aswell!

 

[ozaudio]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-203-MS

ive found an old fan in the draw and ive stuck at the side of the gpu to suck warm air out , its dropped it 4c down to 71c now.

deffantly going to order a couple of fans to exhaust the heat from the gpu

 

[ozaudio]

hopefully it'll lower it to a nice level then, now all I have to do is find out why the sound has vanished even though I have my onboard sound as the default audio player