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Video Card question

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Maurolava, Nov 25, 2009.

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  1. Chandos the Red

    Chandos the Red This Wheel's on Fire

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    Yes, it is a reverse fan, or intake fan. I found this in the online instruction guide:

    Judging by that instruction, I would say that it takes air in through the fan, which then blows it out the back grill. You should be OK as long as the intake fan is not covered.

    http://www.bfgpower.com/manual
     
    Chandos the Red, Dec 1, 2009
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  2. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    A lot of PSUs have dual fans. One (usually 92mm or 120mm) on the bottom of the unit and another (usually 80mm) on the backside. The way the PC case is engineered decides *how* the PSU's cooling is used. On my case, the PSU is on the bottom of the case. It sits on a sealed box which draws cool, filtered air, from beneath the case in to the PSU, and then pushes it right back out of the case.

    If my PSU was in my dad's case, the bottom fan would be fed hot air coming off the CPU fan before being pushed out of the case...raising the temp of my PSU instead of cooling it. :bad:
     
    Kitrax, Dec 1, 2009
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  3. Merlanni

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    If the new one is about the same size and has enough space to suck from the case it most likely will not be a problem.

    If you can tell us the brand and typenumber of your current Power supply we can compare.
     
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    Merlanni, Dec 1, 2009
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  4. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    Then it should be okay, there is at list a good inch of space between it and any other component

    Is a DELL ... I'm pretty sure is this one >>> PSU
     
    Maurolava, Dec 2, 2009
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    One of the same size should work. It is an atx power supply, so it has atx standards.
     
    Merlanni, Dec 3, 2009
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  6. Merlanni

    Merlanni Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    A small question, just to be sure. Your motherboard has an pci-e slot for the videocard, and not agp.
     
    Merlanni, Dec 9, 2009
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    I believe when AMD took ATi over the driver issues were even more blatant than they were prior. I had so many issues with my ATI builtin GPU that used the same drivers as the 3000 series card that I turned the thing off and bought a budget Nvidia card that performs well on most games out today.

    As for Nvidia vs. ATi...Preference/Opinoin comes to mind. I have used Nvidia since they released their first video card with little to no headaches. I have now tried to use 3 ATi GPUs only to discard them only after a month of ownership because their drivers had too many bugs.

    I'm not sure about the 4000 and 5000 series card from ATi as I decided to stick to Nvidia until their demise. Which maybe sooner than later if they don't come out with their next crops of GPUs.
     
    Munchkin Blender, Dec 11, 2009
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  8. Maurolava

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    :) It does!
     
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