Hello all,
Just got a few questions. Meant to be ordering the rest of my rig off OC tonight. Its an i7 rig and I have a GTX 480 with the Arctic Accelero extreme attached for cooling, so it's a 3 slot card. I am also wanting to put a soundcard in in the future.
Anyway, so I'm looking at the X58 Sabertooth and the P6X58D, and with my case (NZXT Phantom) with a bottom mounted PSU, with the P6X58, the soundcard would be directly infront of the fans. Surely that would restrict airflow? And with the Saber, there is no PCI slot that isnt the second slot, so I would have to put the card in the 2nd PCIE slot (is that ok?) and put the soundcard behind. This would be ok, but then it's too close the PSU?
Only other question I have is my NZXT Phantom has like a grill underneath the PSU, can I sit the PSU upside down with the fan drawing air through this grill, or will that cause issues?
Thanks!
Just got a few questions. Meant to be ordering the rest of my rig off OC tonight. Its an i7 rig and I have a GTX 480 with the Arctic Accelero extreme attached for cooling, so it's a 3 slot card. I am also wanting to put a soundcard in in the future.
Anyway, so I'm looking at the X58 Sabertooth and the P6X58D, and with my case (NZXT Phantom) with a bottom mounted PSU, with the P6X58, the soundcard would be directly infront of the fans. Surely that would restrict airflow? And with the Saber, there is no PCI slot that isnt the second slot, so I would have to put the card in the 2nd PCIE slot (is that ok?) and put the soundcard behind. This would be ok, but then it's too close the PSU?
Only other question I have is my NZXT Phantom has like a grill underneath the PSU, can I sit the PSU upside down with the fan drawing air through this grill, or will that cause issues?
Thanks!
