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Old 06-27-09   #1 (permalink)
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Ok so I have the Thermaltake Xaser VI full size case. My setup is in my sig and I currently have one 120mm fan on the top of my case near the PSU, one in the back near the cpu, and one in the front for air intake near my harddrive. I bought the case used and dont have the manual, and I therefore have no idea where the extra fan ports are. I dont have any fan casings like the ones that are currently used to fasten it to the chassis. I was wondering if these were necessary and if anyone could describe where/how to add more fans that would be great.

Im hopefully getting another 8800gtx but I am worried about temps. Current are...(celsius obv)
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cpu load-53 gaming, 61 prime95

gpu idle- 61
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So as you can see, adding another chunk of heat-spitting metal into my box wouldnt make it a fun place to be. Im willing to add any type of fan whether it be spot fan, diff size case, or expansion slot. I just bought a thermaltake v1 cpu cooler which I have running at max speed 24/7. I almost forgot to mention my ghetto-rigged stock cpu cooler which is ziptied parallel to the bottom of the case, blowing air towards the back of the computer. Any advice, suggestions, or comments are extremely welcome thanks!
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Your temps look good right now, so I wouldn't worry too much about them. If you really want to add more fans, I suggest looking more into a PCI slot fan.
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if you have enough space in your dvd bays, you could ghetto rig a 12cm fan in there with zipties or double sided sticky tape.

And if you have enough empty pci slots you could attach an 8cm fan to the slots as an exhaust.
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Here's the website of thermaltake, hopefully you can download the manual in PDF format

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?S=1227

About your GPU's. You can increase the fan speed using eiher RivaTuner, or the Nvidia control panel, although I'd reccomend you to use RivaTuner, although I'd say they're fine.
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Ok. I have rivatuner running at 85% constant, and to increase up to 100% depending on temp(i think it goes max when the card reaches 76). I dont think I mentioned that I have my 8800 oc'ed to 621mhz core and 2000mhz mem(the settings of the "superclocked" edition). Thanks for the link, ill go check into that now

These are my CURRENT temps, aka before the addition of the second gpu, just wanna make sure thats clear
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