A question about cooling for a VGA cooler?

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entermymatrix03

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I am getting one of the new Zalman Fatal1ty VGA coolers in a few days. i've already ordered it and i want to have something out of the way when it gets here. They say the things function even better with extra air blowing in on them. i was wondering, should that air come from the side of the case blowing onto the side of the cooler or the bottom of the case blowing air directly onto the cooler? which do you guys think would provide better cooling? or do you think i should rig up my ultra slim 80mm fan to some unused pci slot openenings and have the air being sucked right out the back of my rig?
 
ahah...its a recolored version of the vf700-cu....

anyway, i'm running the vf700-cu in my computer with the vantec spectrum sitting in the adjacent pci slot. blows air over the card, works well enough.
 
Hey quadnad, I saw your suggestion. Looks good, I was wondering if have a soundcard installed as well? If so, does it interfere with airflow?


Thanks,

S.O.
 
I've got an x-fi, but i still have one pci slot between that and the spectrum card.
basically, if you can, it's ideal to have one slot free beyond the spectrum card so that it has enough space to pull air in.
this is what it looks like:
[xfi][empty][spectrum][[6800gtw/vf700]]
 
it spins at a faster rpm and the red would look really good with my X850XT-Pe. i got it for $10 more than the regular version so i'm not worried. do you think rigging the fan behind the vga cooler exhausting the hot air would be a good idea?
 
i'm not so sure what you mean when you say behind the vga cooler; do you mean blowing on the back of the card?
 
i'm talking about mounting a 80mm fan behind the cooler actually ziptied to the frame. this way its sucking air directly out the back of the case beside the vga cooler. think it would work better?
 
i dunno if it'd work better necessarily, but you might as well give it a try. I think in combination it would be friggin great
 
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