Where are the intake and exhaust on this card? Im trying to figure out where to put my case fans to keep this card cool.
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Exhaust is sent outside the case through the vents alongside the video connectors. Intake is at the opposite end on one side, but which side (up, down, left, right) will depend on the internal layout of your system. I believe my Alienware Aurora has a mezzanine card that orients the graphics card fan toward the left side of the tower. The fan is clearly visible in the product picture, though, so you should be able to visually determine where the fan opening will end up.
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It was audible in my system.... enough so that I stopped using it. You can lower the fan speed all the way, but it was still audible, and of course it won't cool as well. When the fan is at max speed it cooled my nvidia card around 8 to 10 degrees C. Giving your video card a good cleaning will help a lot too.
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The case is well ventilated and has been running excellently for me. You might run into fan restriction issues if you swapped out all the included fans for high CFM fans, but for a balanced or silent PC, you shouldn't have any temp issues at all. There is a (filtered) intake grill on the bottom of the PSU bay, so if you are worried about your PSU airflow, orient your PSU to intake from the bottom and exhaust out the back. I have loved working with this case so far.
1232144
You can always add a fan or heatsink? I usually add both to all my cards if they don't have them.
1632950
I installed 4 120mm fans, one on the bottom just in front of the power supply, one in front behind the front cover of the case (that just pulls off) one in back of the case and one on top of the case. If you have a mid to full size mobo, the top fan will have to be moved over a bit and then secured with just 2 case fan screws as it will not line up properly, mid to full size mobos tend to block the fan from being installed on the pre fit holes.
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I don't think you can re position the fans on the heatsink, on my case CM 690 II , I had to remove the bottom HDD cage in order to find the right angle to get fit on the first PCI exp slot, make sure you insert the front(conectors dvi,hdmi) first and then align the end of the card until you get it fits on your board! I hope this helps you...
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rig it lol. I have one rigged to the front at the bottom, I bent the metal corners of the black metal screen to hold it.No actual fan slot afaik.I would do intake from the bottom, just use something to screen dust.
67512
You could always add extra fans in your case to help with airflow, but this card was designed for high heat, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Something I do to keep the temp down under heavy load is run MSI Afterburner and set a custom "Fan Speed Curve". The fan will get pretty loud but my card usually stays around 70 C and runs smooth as butter.
67516
AMD says it's supposed to run hot. To keep cool, turn up fan on card, have well venelated case, or use external fan. Card is so worth it. Buy it.
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People love to debate this question, but in my professional opinion you want to direct them blowing into the case. Place them so they are blowing across components that generate heat such as the RAM, BIOS & HDD.The best thing I did to improve overall temperature and noise in this case was to upgrade the stock CPU cooler to the Zalman CNPS 8900 Quiet (~$33) which was Tom's Hardware's pick for best low profile CPU cooler. Make sure you look into the specs for your build though, it will not fit for every motherboard depending on MOBO size, RAM position, RAM height, PCI slots etc.
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Do you have any internal fans? If so are they blowing out.....not sucking in.
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It does exhaust to the exterior. It drags air from the inside through the fins and then the flow is directed to the case rear. It's a pretty cool and quiet card, but it's from an old gen, look for a newer one, like the 760 or 770! Best regards
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Swapping the fans out isnt a problem.. The problem for me came in making sure you have enough wire to properly reach.. I bought special fans for the front of mine and ended up not using them just because the stock fans were built for the case... Havent had any over heating issues and im running 2 980's
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Oh, and do a push pull configuration with that hearsink and youll never have issues. I also recommend arctic silver thermal paste(one fan pushing over the heatsink, and one fan pulling and exhausting. Both fans will blow the same way)
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Hi Mr. James. I just got home to check out your predicament, and I can say that I arrived at close to the same conclusion. I set my fan to manually run at max and there is a visual disconnect though the Precision X HUD. The meter says my fan is running at max, but the digital readout on PX says it's only at 80%. That's not exactly what you're reading (75%)...but it looks like the same issue. For comparison sake I took the other fan software and did the same thing to see if I noticed the same issue.... and I did. For some reason all the Fan software I use say the max is 80%. What I found out after looking into it more was that EVGA apparently puts a limit on the max speed you can run their fans using external controllers. I do not know if the card itself will push the fans above 80%, but it seems that when using other software, that is the max. ...even so. Whether your fan is running at a true 75% top speed or the actual max speed, I find that my fan on max keeps things cooled to about 40-44c...which is well below maximum temps. Hope that helps! (on a side note, I've read that you want to keep these cards at 70c or cooler in order not to lose any clock speed. Supposedly, once they hit 70c the card throttles back the clock until temps are below 70)
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Neither, no air is drawn from or pushed outside of the case, this guy just pulls air thought the fans forcing air on a GPU or similar or card. It does work but it is not the most quiet.
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Normally, a fan at the back of the case should exhaust air. You want to pull air all the way through the case, and the power supply (also normally at the back) pulls air out of the case - the back fan should assist this. If you use additional fans at the front of the case, you want these configured to intake air. I've also seen configurations where exhaust is at the top, and intake at the bottom, but you want to make sure to include the disk drives in the air flow pattern.