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Abstract
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04 August 2006 11:29
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I've got a window fan in the side of my PC blowing cold air onto my current 9600 g-card which hasn't got a fan just a heat-sink. But now i've got this 9800 card off Grant which has a fan on it, is the air-flow from the window fan gonna cause the card fan to spin irregularly? Should i turn the window fan around so it's sucking air out of the PC and not interfering with the card fan?
What do you think?
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Mani
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04 August 2006 11:32
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Leave it as is and see what happens, I suspect it will be fine.
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Abstract
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04 August 2006 12:16
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k ta
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04 August 2006 14:51
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if you got it from grant, chances are it will break in aa week so id keep the other fan were it is to 
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04 August 2006 15:10
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lol, usually its fine unless its a seriously high powered side fan, in which case if anything it'd disrupt your cpu cooler already.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
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04 August 2006 19:29
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Doood you like need everything working together in unison. Change the fans around they you can be super cool.
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Abstract
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05 August 2006 22:44
Edited by Abstract on 05-Aug-06 at 22:45
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The side window fan lined up directly with the card fan so i turned the window fan around just to be safe. However now my system temp is 5-10C hotter, between 40-50C.
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Maz
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05 August 2006 23:04
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thats probably the gfx card generating extra heat, since your old card would have been much lower frequency and wont have been as hot.
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05 August 2006 23:25
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ok.
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05 August 2006 23:43
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That's the german version of JamSam with glasses 
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06 August 2006 08:02
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tbh u really do want extraction for proper airflow u want one sucking air into the case and another sucking air out of the case
they are probably right that it probably is the extra heat generated from the card but id still have a fan on extraction myself
ive got a 120mm fan on the from of my case sucking in and another 120mm fan sucking air out
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Abstract
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06 August 2006 09:51
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I've already got two 80mm fans at the front sucking air in, two 80mm fans at the back sucking air out, and now also my window fan sucking air out.
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06 August 2006 10:25
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I wouldn't have that sucking air out, it's there to cool component by blowing cold air over them.
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Abstract
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06 August 2006 12:39
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Yeah i was thinking about turning it back around cos the air flow from the window fan isn't strong enough or doesn't reach further enough to conflict with the graphics card fan.
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06 August 2006 15:40
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All done. Seems to be running ok.
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