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Looking for a GPU fan (Not WC)

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Sean385

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My Radeon 9600 Pro regularly crashes due to overheating. Right now to keep it in a stable position I have a fan from my case sitting next to it, the case open and window wide open. This becomes a bit of a hassle in the winter. I am looking for the best performance GPU fan (not water cooling) that will fit onto my video card. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also, I was thinking of making a hole in the top of my case big enough to fit the diameter of a small fan. I want to use this fan to bring out all the hot air accumulated in the case. Does anyone have any concerns about me doing this?

Not over $50. :p
 
This question has an easy answer:

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/vid-35.html

The Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 1. It'll do a good job at relatively low noise, it's fan is long-lasting, and it exhausts hot air out the back of the case, keeping your case and graphics card cooler. If your really want to go out, add some silver or copper OCZ BGA Ramsinks to your card as well, though the GPU is the bigger issue. I have an earlier version of this (and the aluminum sinks) on my Sapphire Radeon 9700 and it works great.
 
I'm a little conserned about the fan on that cooling system. The one I use now is from my case panel, however I have my window open so this fan is sucking in very cold air. But it still doesn't do a great job.
 
I am hoping you are overclocking that card almost to death if cold air from your window blowing on it is not cooling it off to your satisfaction.

The hole in the top of your case sounds like an extreamly good idea, top mounted "blow holes" can help reduce case temps quite a bit.

However I wonder just how much fresh cool air you are pulling into your case from the front panel. If there is a fan there make sure it is sucking in lots of air. If there is not a fan in the lower front put one there first and then one up top. Many times the front fan is mounted behind a pattern of holes stamped in the metal that really chokes the fan or the plastic front bezel of the computer has no good way for air to get to the frount fan. Take a look see and tin snips, dremels and other tools of mass destruction are your friends. You need to make sure you have plenty of fresh air with an easy way to get in before the top mounted fan can do a good job of sucking hot air out.

Your case may be modded to the hilt, I just have no way of knowing and wanted to toss out some general advice to try and help.
 
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