Looking to add a specific internally mounted fan for sli

bemaniac · 22 Mar 2011 at 21:20

Hi I'm going gtx480sli and have seen user pictures with a 12cm fan mounter internally pointing at the graphics cards on a kind of rod thing attatched to the base of the case. Where can I get these and which 12cm fan would you recommend for maximum effect without hoover-like whineing?

zulu9812 · 23 Mar 2011 at 07:28

I've never heard of that specific item, but fans mounted via a PCI slot are quite common.

Tealc · 23 Mar 2011 at 08:16

Antec Spot Cool. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

Out of Stock.

zulu9812 · 23 Mar 2011 at 10:11

Tealc said:
Antec Spot Cool. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

Out of Stock.

Is that a 120mm fan?

Tealc · 23 Mar 2011 at 11:03

No it's a 70mm fan. The good thing about this fan is that you can position it anywhere and point it directly at where you want the airflow. You could also rig up a ghetto mod with a 120mm fan and maybe some cable ties or string and achieve the same result.

joxang · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:11

Tealc said:
No it's a 70mm fan. The good thing about this fan is that you can position it anywhere and point it directly at where you want the airflow. You could also rig up a ghetto mod with a 120mm fan and maybe some cable ties or string and achieve the same result.

I love that thing. I had one pointing at the intake fan of my 5870 running at medium speed, and honest to god, it took load temps down 8 degrees.

setter · 23 Mar 2011 at 18:09

Got the spotcool behind my 470's, great little piece of kit, however the supplied fan cable is a bit short.

Previous to the spotcool, i had a ghetto mounted 1500 rpm 120mm fan behind the cards.

Basically cable tied to the 24 pin atx power cable and suspended with an old shoe lace.

Tealc · 23 Mar 2011 at 18:39

Hah it was your ghetto mod that prompted me to suggest the idea Setter.

Better temps now with the spotcool?

setter · 23 Mar 2011 at 18:43

Pretty much the same temps, 33-32c at idle, 66-64c in bfbc2, without either mod the top card was running 10c higher than the bottom one, cards oc'd at 750/1500/1674. The spotcool just looks a bit better lol.