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    system cooling or GPU cooling?

    the stock GPU fan normally is not powerful enough, e.g. GTX 480, and I'm wondering, rather than replacing the stock fan, is it an alternative to cooling all system by using extra system fan?

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    The stock fan should be perfectly capable under normal conditions, so yes adding an extra system fan may help.

    What is your case and what fans does it have?

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Yep as above - GPU cooler should be fine, but of course you can assist it with good case airflow, or hamper it with heat from other components or poor airflow.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    How old is the gpu, Have you ever taken the cooler apart and given it a good clean

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Stock coolers should be fine, just add a case fan or two

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Good cable management also helps with good airflow = a nice cool PC
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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Add an intake and exhaust fan if you don't have them already, pci slot graphic card blowers can help keep gpu temp down also.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Quote Originally Posted by carvedeye View Post
    Good cable management also helps with good airflow = a nice cool PC
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    Cable management in smaller (mid tower) cases is the main cause of heat build up. My old case was a budget one and had no space behind the mobo for cables, originally I just let them hang. Once I clumped them all up at the bottom of the HDD cage though the temps went down by almost 10C on the GPU. Didnt cost a penny

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    cable management and case fans will only go so far, dependant on the applications you are running if you know that specifically that your GPU is overheating then without any shadow of a doubt changing the stock fan on the GPU to a custom fan will be exceptionally productive, I use a Antec Accellero extreme on my Graphics card, at stock speeds I see a phenomenal reduction in temperature, I lose 23 degrees at idle and 27 degrees under full load, obviously this will vary from card to card, manufacturer to manufacturer, I would thoroughly recommend the change though, daunting as it may be it is effectively no more difficult really than changing a CPU HSF

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    You could always go for a Delta Screamer (actually they don't make them any more afaik )

    But I agree with the above, case flow is good to sort out and clean the heat sinks / fans.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    I would just look at the temperature readings for your CPU and GPU, determine which if any require increased cooling and then address one, if they temps are ok then there's really no need to do anything, the reference coolers for GPUs are adequate to cool the GPU at stock clocks, and the same goes for OEM CPU coolers.

    The GTX 480 is an extreme example, but despite its heat output the reference cooler can stomach it as long as case airflow isn't completely static.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    What are the temps you're getting since the stock cooler should be fine on that GPU.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Quote Originally Posted by Extinc View Post
    What are the temps you're getting since the stock cooler should be fine on that GPU.
    The OP hasn't logged into Hexus for over a year now, so it might be a bit late to ask questions.

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    The OP hasn't logged into Hexus for over a year now, so it might be a bit late to ask questions.
    Dam, thought it was recent since last post was a day ago...

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    get a non reference gpu and then an air cooling like thermaltake nic c5,, :0

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    Re: system cooling or GPU cooling?

    Quote Originally Posted by n2th2n View Post
    get a non reference gpu and then an air cooling like thermaltake nic c5,, :0

    This post is from over a year ago..

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