Need some air to get in my PC. I think I already have enough blowing out - no more fan slots left....help...anyone with any ideas on how to cool down my PC??
2006-06-29 07:32:07 · 7 answers · asked by Ash 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
My PC case has no fan slots in front. I was thinking of getting a PC blower to fit in my 3.5" bay....do you think this will help?
2006-06-29 07:49:24 · update #1
If you have really filled all the fan slots and still have a temperature problem then its not likely to be the amount of air passing through, but the heatsink/fan units on processor(s) etc arent up to the job, check thier rating (cpu and speed compatability) first.
If you are indeed pumping too much heat into the box, you need a better way to get it out, water cooling would do the trick, but you got to have a monster pc the *need* it rather than just want it.
Quick and cheap solution is take the lid off
2006-06-29 07:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by a tao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How does your house fan keep you cool? By blowing air onto you, or by sucking the air away from you?
Reverse ALL your fans! Send the air blowing onto all the components, and you should see a significant change. If this doesn't help, get a computer A/C unit and keep the fans blowing on the components.
When house computers first needed fans it was said that scientists wanted to keep dust away from the components so the fans were pointing out, to blow the dust away. Does this even work? how much dust IS in there right now? how do you get rid of it? By blowing on it, either with your lungs or with a can of air. Don't worry about closing the case, they aren't air tight, and they wont become a crypt of dustmites. infact quite the opposite, it'll run cooler AND be dust free.
2006-07-13 06:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by kennyh85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've used all the fan slots and you sitll have no intake you shoudl look at a different case or make your front fans your intake. Airflow should always be from front to back. If your case doesn't have fans on the front then get one that does. If you do have fans on the fron but have them exhausting air, then you're starving your system off cool air and need to turn those around.
2006-06-29 14:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by Leif B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you operating this computer at? In a hot room? Take the side covers off-put a small table fan to blow on it - turn your a/c on. Check closely for dirt build-up on fans/cooling towers--clean these often--could be dirty and little air can get through. This may be your problem!! Overclocking==do you play games? Check your bios settings for overclocking.Perhaps a cooling tower fan is not running? Buy you a can of "computer air" at Wal-Mart and give your computer inside a good cleaning.
2006-07-10 04:47:45 · answer #4 · answered by Spock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all fans are not created equal within any given size 80 mm or 120 mm there are slow 800 rpm to high speed 3500 rpm or more. the faster the speed the more noise so it is a tradeoff. here is a source for all different fans www.nexfan.com for the 120 mm size i use a panaflo 120 mm X 38 mm thicker fan flows 114 cfm there are 80 mm fans that flow 50 cfm and higher but they do tend to be noisey
2006-06-29 14:48:25 · answer #5 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to check into a liquid cooling system, or an A/C case.
2006-06-29 20:27:02 · answer #6 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=805&Nav=|c:494|&Sort=3&Recs=10
2006-07-06 14:27:26 · answer #7 · answered by Master P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋