Will putting this fan in my computer for cooling the video card be good
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117
The video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150202
My case dimensions 14.50H x 7.25W x 16.50D
And motherboard Intel 945G
So will it cool it efficiently because I don't think the stock cooling would be enough?
2007-07-12 16:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Make sure it fits and that you do not void the warranty of the new card.
But take note that you would still be cooling the card with warm air inside the case. I would rather opt for the stock cooler but improve case airflow a lot.
2007-07-12 17:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That Zalman you linked to isn't a fan, it's an entire heatsink, with fan. To install it, you have to completely remove your video card's old heatsink. BTW, why are you asking, when you don't even own the video card yet?
Buy the card first, and see what temps it runs while you're gaming. As long as the gpu's temps are under 100C, you're fine; video cards are made to run much hotter than cpu's. Besides, 7900 GS's are cool running cards.
2007-07-13 00:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it will probably cool it much better than the stock fan on that card. Keep in mind this will void your warranty though.
Good luck
2007-07-13 00:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by ClanMan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can never get enough cooling - good move.
You are obviously going to push this puppy playing games.
2007-07-13 00:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by sosguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋