Ive got 2 8800gt card SLI'd together, they run great, but they get a bit hot when running games. I currently have 2- 120 mm fans and 2- 250 mm fans in the case.
Fan config = 120 in the front blowing in.
120 in the back sucking out.
2x 250's on the side panel blowing in.
+ the psu sucking out.
I've contemplated liquid cooling, but I really really really dont trust liquid (even non conductive) around my computer. and phase change = too expensive.
perhaps replacing the stock coolers on the video cards would help, but i cant find any compatible coolers.
Any information/ ideas would be great.|||That's a cheap and EZ fix.
Many 8800GT cards get too hot! The problem is the fan speed does not increase sufficiently, if at all, when you start gaming. i.e. when you game, the fan speed should increase to help cool the 8800GT better, but i'm assuming this is not happening.
So you can manually adjust the fan speed by simply using ntune; type it into google. You will need to adjust the fan speed everyday BEFORE you start gaming from now on.
And if i may, great fan config. in ur case!|||How hot is hot?
Graphics cards are built to handle heat stresses better than even cpus, under 70c load isn't too bad. There are a couple heatsinks on the market for the 8800GT, I would lean toward the Thermalright HR-03GT. I've had some great success with that.
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