Cooling solution?

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Dartz

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Hey guys thanks for all the help with my upgrade its running very smooth. Even while playing COD4 at 1680x1050 there are no hiccups or anything of the sort.

I'm not very familiar with system cooling but I noticed that when I opened my case (NZXT apollo) my video card was very warm to the touch. I don't know if that is normal (I hadn't been playing any games before that time) but I don't want my card to overheat.

There's not much space left in my case and I'm worried that it will become way too hot if I install my other video card which would then be a 8600 gt and a 8400 gs in this mid size case. Am I worrying over nothing or should I look at some type of cooling solution?

thanks for any advice and if I posted this in the wrong section I'm sorry, please move if so.
 
What sort of fans do you have on the case? It is normal for video cards to get fairly warm. A better method would be to check the actual temp of the card in use (via software rather than finger). If your case temps are too high you can probably add more or better fans or increase the speed of your current fans to move more air. Also don't forget to blow out the dust every month or two:)
 
I only have the fans that came with the case and all the other parts that have fans that came with them.

My specs are as follows:
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit RAM
19" LCD Hanns-g monitor
22" LCD Chimei monitor
2 Western Digital hard drives, 1 IDE, 1 Sata
DVD burner
Nvidia 8600GT
Nvidia 8400GS

I don't overclock my processor or video cards if that helps at all.

thanks again for any advice
 
Swapping the fans out may help, to some degree. But it would help us more if you were able to get the GPU temperatures using some sort of diagnostic software. RivaTuner is one such program.
 
Electricity = heat. Elementary science FTW.

And read your temps from a temp monitoring program, not a diagnosis of "warm to touch". Use GPU-Z.

Why you would install a 8600GT and a 8400GS together is beyond me.
 
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