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19th October 2008, 03:12 PM
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Haha fair enough mate 
I got rudely awoken at 8.30 this morning because a fuse had gone on one of our boats so they couldn't start the engine, had to be up around then anyway but still didn't like being woken up 
My mate should be turning up in a min but when he's off I might have a bit of time to get some screenies 
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20th October 2008, 03:26 AM
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Cool Dave. I might have to think about getting that if its not to expensive.
A got enough fans Rik. Don't really want any more. lol
Other than maybe a new fan on my gpu. 
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20th October 2008, 09:44 AM
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I will tell you a little story Sam. A pc I had many years ago used to shut down during the summer months. I added several extra case fan and all they did was make it run a little longer before it shut down. After some testing I figured out my graphics card was overheating and causing the problem. A very thoughtful friend that helped me track the problem down bought me a bay cooler amongst other things for my birthday. I fitted it above my graphics card (i.i. not the side of the card that already had a fan on it) and hey presto, no more shutdowns, even on the hottest days of summer. I had that pc for a further 3 years like that without a single problem.
Nowadays I have a bay cooler at the top and one at the bottom of my card bay and it keeps my pc lovely and cool.
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20th October 2008, 10:13 AM
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That was worthy of the tales from the toolroom - which reminds me of another tale...
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20th October 2008, 10:30 AM
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I can post in there if you like Albert.
I also have another little story that could also be of interest.
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20th October 2008, 10:33 AM
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Feel free Rik - the thread is not my personal province!
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20th October 2008, 10:37 AM
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Thanx mate, I will post it then.
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20th October 2008, 04:10 PM
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Not sure if I have room for a bay cooler.
And I think the 8800s run about 80C and Nvidia new that and made them withstand it.... I hope it doesn't start to shut down on me.. *knocks on wood*
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20th October 2008, 05:45 PM
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What would be more interesting is the effect of one of these on the ambiant temperature inside the case, perhaps. Based on the fact that the hot spots (CPU/bridges?PSU) all depend on cool air to lower their temps, what happens if that air is say 30C warmer - no brainer question in general terms but the actual effect would be interesting to know.
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20th October 2008, 07:22 PM
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The case temp with my old setup used to be about 32C on a normal day, sometimes more in the evening when I have my door shut. Usually if the CPU went up a degree or two, a case temp rise followed shortly after, but then of course the warm air was just blowing onto the hsf which didn't cool it very well which meant that it tended to rise very gradually over time
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21st October 2008, 08:07 AM
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You can get the same effect by parking the system case next to a radiator so that the air intake is already warmer than the rest of the room - does not take long for a system to warm up that way. Reminds me of another tale...
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21st October 2008, 08:08 AM
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I have real problems when i put my hot air heating on
My pc does not like it
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21st October 2008, 08:18 AM
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Go on - admit that you put it next to the heater to keep it warm!
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21st October 2008, 03:51 PM
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Ha mine actually is sitting next to a vent.
I will probably have to move it when we turn our heater on. lol
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21st October 2008, 03:54 PM
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I wonder what the effect would be to duct cold air in from outside through flexy ventilation piping? Might give that a try as I have some lying about somewhere... but don't hold your breath!
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21st October 2008, 07:28 PM
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The back of my PC is against (well, about a foot away) from the wall with the radiator on, but it's over to the right a bit so shouldn't really make any difference.
That's a good idea with the outside air thing mate, I thought exactly the same after seeing Sam's comment 
You could even try and get a fairly big fan and put that in it somewhere or on one of the ends so that it sucks a bit more air through as well, obviously at low revs though seeing as it'll be a biggun plus it'll stay quiet 
We used to have some of that flexible pipe stuff but I think we chucked it years ago 
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21st October 2008, 08:05 PM
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I don't have a heat problem with my system despite the two graphics cards in there. It may be because it is an Antec case with two big slow fans. I am not sure I believe Everest any more tho!
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22nd October 2008, 07:58 PM
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22nd October 2008, 08:01 PM
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The only thing I can see wrong is the steering wheel is on the wrong side and the driver is on the wrong side of the road.
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22nd October 2008, 08:25 PM
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I know mate, tell me about it
It looks like I'm gonna hit the guy in #2, but I went round him hehe. Although there was a big crash after #3
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