Hello guys I have recently upgraded my gpu to r7 265. This card is perfect tight fit in my pc with only about 3cm left between the card and where it touches. A guy suggested me I can use a fan cooling system by adding another fan. I am completely new to this and don't know anything about the fan coolers. My psu is xfx core edition 550W wuth a 120 mm fan. And I have a micro atx case. Please help me find a suitable fan for max 50$.
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Are you saying the video card face that the fans and heatsink are attached to, is nearly pushed up against the case or the power supply?
Also, do you know what model case you have or can you upload and link a picture of your case and the condition you are describing?
Also, do you know what model case you have or can you upload and link a picture of your case and the condition you are describing?
My case is gateway dx4840 15c. The pictures can be found here http://www.computershopper.com/desktops/reviews/gateway-dx4840-15. You can see that in the link the card is 18 cm whereas my card is 23cm. Its almost touching the metal part/cage (if u know what I mean).
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The end of the GPU is nearly touching the drive cage then? As long as nothing is actually touching the video card board and nothing is flexing, then you should be totally fine. The side panel looks like it has a good amount of ventilation/cutout. I can't tell if there is a possibility of mounting a case fan to that perforated section to blow down on the video card, but I think the 265, as long as it is not a reference (blower style/axial turbine/single fan) cooler, will run well.
Well I was explaining the same thing to him but he (not taking names) was just keep on saying the same thing. I told him the r7 265 gpu says it has awesome heat cooling system. two fans. two heat pipes. The heatsink has 2 aluminum blocks and 2x copper heatpipes to dissipate the heat. That is good enough even if it is close eh?
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Yes, you were right to think that. The 265 will run nice and cool, especially with that big perforated section in the case side panel. If anything, you'd want to mount a case fan to that perforated section if the video card temperatures ever seemed too high.
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All of your components should be totally fine without additional fans, but if you do want to mount one up to the side panel, a 120mm fan looks like it would fit perfectly. Most case fans come with screws for the fan, so you could put the screws right through the perforations, or if necessary enlarge a hole(s) if the perforations are too small.
Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233035
When you are looking for case fans, other than the right size, check for good air flow (usually rated in CFM) and lower noise (DBA), especially for a side panel since the noise will project out easily.
Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233035
When you are looking for case fans, other than the right size, check for good air flow (usually rated in CFM) and lower noise (DBA), especially for a side panel since the noise will project out easily.
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