cooling fan and power supply sufficient?

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Jason Gallas

I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM and going to add a
Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it. I don't plan on doing any overclocking
now. Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
at this point?

I have an Antec case which seems to have pretty good ventillation so
far but it does have an optional fan slot in the front of the case
behind the hard drive enclosure.

Also, I have a 350W power supply. Is it sufficient for my system? I
am running 2 optical drives, will be replacing 2 EIDE drives with 2
SATA drives and of course the Nvidia 5900 video card plus one 120mm
case fan.
 
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spodosaurus

Jason said:
I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM and going to add a
Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it. I don't plan on doing any overclocking
now. Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
at this point?

You probably won't need it, but check your temps and see.
I have an Antec case which seems to have pretty good ventillation so
far but it does have an optional fan slot in the front of the case
behind the hard drive enclosure.

Noise goes way up with front fans. Often they're unneccessary.
Also, I have a 350W power supply. Is it sufficient for my system?

What manufacturer?
 
D

Dave C.

Jason Gallas said:
I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM and going to add a
Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it. I don't plan on doing any overclocking
now. Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
at this point?

I have an Antec case which seems to have pretty good ventillation so
far but it does have an optional fan slot in the front of the case
behind the hard drive enclosure.

Also, I have a 350W power supply. Is it sufficient for my system? I
am running 2 optical drives, will be replacing 2 EIDE drives with 2
SATA drives and of course the Nvidia 5900 video card plus one 120mm
case fan.

The power supply is fine, as long as it's a good brand name (such as antec).
If it's not, then replace it with an enermax, fortron, seasonic or
thermaltake (some other good ones as well). The second fan near the front
of the case is necessary. It won't cost you hardly anything if you add it
to the order for the 5900 AGP card. If it's noise you are worried about,
try the following. -Dave

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-125&depa=0

Don't be turned off by the name or the blue LEDs. This fan is cheap and
quiet. There's no reason not to add it, assuming your fan opening is
0mm. -Dave
 
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Avid Gamer

Cut 4 120mm holes in the side onf the case and put 4 fans blowing in
:)

Cut atleast 2 hols int he top of your cases with 2 120mm fans blowing
out :0

Atleast 2 80mm fans on the back blowing out.

Also if you have room 1 120mm at the bottom front of your case blowing
in, if not enough room 1 or 2 80mm fans.

When you do this you will not have temp problem anymore.
 
J

Jason Gallas

haha, well I don't have a problem now...just curious :) I'm sure one
could also leave the case open and put a large fan next to it ;)

:
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:Cut 4 120mm holes in the side onf the case and put 4 fans blowing in
::)
:
:Cut atleast 2 hols int he top of your cases with 2 120mm fans blowing
:blush:ut :0
:
:Atleast 2 80mm fans on the back blowing out.
:
:Also if you have room 1 120mm at the bottom front of your case blowing
:in, if not enough room 1 or 2 80mm fans.
:
:When you do this you will not have temp problem anymore.
:
:
:
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:
:>
:>:>>I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM and going to add a
:>> Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it. I don't plan on doing any overclocking
:>> now. Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
:>> at this point?
:>>
:>> I have an Antec case which seems to have pretty good ventillation so
:>> far but it does have an optional fan slot in the front of the case
:>> behind the hard drive enclosure.
:>>
:>> Also, I have a 350W power supply. Is it sufficient for my system? I
:>> am running 2 optical drives, will be replacing 2 EIDE drives with 2
:>> SATA drives and of course the Nvidia 5900 video card plus one 120mm
:>> case fan.
:>>
:>
:>The power supply is fine, as long as it's a good brand name (such as antec).
:>If it's not, then replace it with an enermax, fortron, seasonic or
:>thermaltake (some other good ones as well). The second fan near the front
:>of the case is necessary. It won't cost you hardly anything if you add it
:>to the order for the 5900 AGP card. If it's noise you are worried about,
:>try the following. -Dave
:>
:>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-125&depa=0
:>
:>Don't be turned off by the name or the blue LEDs. This fan is cheap and
:>quiet. There's no reason not to add it, assuming your fan opening is
:>0mm. -Dave
:>
 
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Shep©

Cut 4 120mm holes in the side onf the case and put 4 fans blowing in
:)

Cut atleast 2 hols int he top of your cases with 2 120mm fans blowing
out :0

Atleast 2 80mm fans on the back blowing out.

Also if you have room 1 120mm at the bottom front of your case blowing
in, if not enough room 1 or 2 80mm fans.

When you do this you will not have temp problem anymore.

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Al Smith

I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM

Hey, me too.

and going to add a
Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it.

I'm ATI.

I don't plan on doing any overclocking

Me neither.

Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
at this point?

It is overkill.
I have an Antec case which seems to have pretty good ventillation so
far but it does have an optional fan slot in the front of the case
behind the hard drive enclosure.

You got a real, brand name case? You lucky dog. Mine has no name,
no warrenty. Case and 420 W PSU together, $35. Not bad, for the price.
Also, I have a 350W power supply. Is it sufficient for my system? I
am running 2 optical drives, will be replacing 2 EIDE drives with 2
SATA drives and of course the Nvidia 5900 video card plus one 120mm
case fan.

A 350 W power supply is more than sufficient.
 
A

Al Smith

haha, well I don't have a problem now...just curious :) I'm sure one
could also leave the case open and put a large fan next to it ;)

That's inspired! Your cooling would go up, your noise level would
go down, and you could upgrade the fan at Wal-Mart for $20. Plus,
in the summer it would cool your feet.
 
A

Avid Gamer

AHH forgot, hook them all up to a fan controler and run them all at 7
volts when the noise is to much at night or so, my pc is very quiet,
not thatmany fans though, top 120mm,bottom 120mm, side 120mm, two rear
80mm, Zalman 7000aCu cpu cooler, Zalman noisless 400watt pSU, and a
Zalman fanless Vidcard cooler :)

Very happy with my cool and quiet pc system.

All runnning at 7 volts.
 
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Spajky

I have a Athlon XP 3200+ running 1 Gig of RAM and going to add a
Nvidia 5900 AGP card to it. I don't plan on doing any overclocking
now. Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill
at this point?

maybe not ...
 
T

Toshi1873

Is a second fan near the front of the case necessary or overkill

It is overkill.

Depends where the drives are mounted... on my
Sonata/p160 cases, there are internal drive bays down
there and the front intake fan is good for pushing air
over them.

I usually move the P/S controlled fan down to the front
and add a thermistor-controlled fan (speed goes up with
temp) as the exhaust fan in the back. Both are 120mm,
which makes them pretty quiet.

The other factor in my plans is that my office often
gets up into the 25-30C range, which is a bit warmer
then most folks deal with. (Crappy A/C in the office
combined with multiple systems in the room.) So I tend
to over-do any cooling.

I'm using SpeedFan 4.16 (www.almico.com) to monitor my
case temps at the moment (Asus hasn't released a program
for the SK8V yet). Case temp inside my Antec Sonata w/
Opteron is 33C, drives are both at 33C. CPU Temp is 45C
and ambient temp in the office is a cool 24C today.
 

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