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Old 02-11-08   #1 (permalink)
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has anyone every put a duct pipe on top of the fan of an ati card? and the other end of the duct would go infront of your computer case fan?? kinda like a force induction if you will.

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anyone?
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I never did it to a GPU but I did it to my old T-Bird CPU.

Worked....alright.
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seems like it would be too much clutter.

something like this might be more feasible with a smaller tube and fan (80mm?) mounted on the side of the case (there is that side intake hole on the door of the 900)
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i figure i could put like 2-4 120mm fans, and wire them to a fan controller. do i hear turbo?
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i figure i could put like 2-4 120mm fans, and wire them to a fan controller. do i hear turbo?
sounds more like an electric supercharger.. and any car nuts here will tell you that that's just a BAD IDEA.
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I would just cut out and mount a 80-120mm fan on bottem of case below GFX card.
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