8800GTS cooling

[charlie-j]

Hey,

I have 1 x spare PCI-E slot in the SLI part of my P5N-E SLI.

Is there any way of cooling the graphics card using this/other cooling?

It gets up to 60 degrees :eyes:

Thanks for your time

 

[Luigi]

60 degrees is fine, most go upto 80+

 

[charlie-j]

60 is idle, with the case open! But thanks for the, I won't bother looking for cooling then

 

[Freak]

Yep safe temp for the card is 80, 90, i think is pushing it.

threshold temp before slowing/throttling is 120.

you might want to change the fan speed dependent on the temp.

either running rivatuner constantly or by flashing the card.

 

[charlie-j]

OK, thanks for the info

 

[Sihastru]

The card can take even 80... you can adjust the fan speed on it or you can get your side-panel perforated and mount a fan that will blow directly on the two cards. Be sure to study the way a fan blows air it's like a funnel effect, it's now really in one direction.

Another idea is to mount a front case fan and build a cartboard air guide towards the actual card, but that's not going to look well.