- Aug 25, 2015
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I have the non-alx Aurora case that I've had for a few years now.
However with this current Alienware Case and set up, I have purchased now 6 GPU's, not from upgrading, but from heat issues. The Case ambient temps have never gotten over 25-28c so in my ignorance I figured the Thermal controls were also keeping an eye on the GPU. I was of course mistaken.
As I kept replacing failing or completely non functional GPUs I began to wonder, this last one only lasted 6 months before starting to fail. So I purchased a new Video card specifically because it benchmark cooling at 40-50c playing Battlefront under load (from Toms Hardware I might add). I also used the program that monitors the GPU's temp and I was surprised what I saw. On my PC at idle I was sitting at 50c, under load with simple games (WoW, STWoR,) I would hit 80c-90c.
So trying something out, I used the Thermal controller to turn the fans up to max, I used the GPUs' controller to turn the fans on max on the video card and at most I got was a 2-3c drop in temp.
So in desperation I took the side cover off, which I've never had to do before and placed a house fan pointing directly at the GPU. I played the same games for the same amount of time and checked and I hit 60c top. That's almost 30c cooler then with the case on and fans running at 100%.
Any suggestions to remedy this problem would be welcome. I have two 5.25 bays open I could take off the cover and put in those HD cooler fans devices, but would that cool the GPU enough?
The GPU sits on the bottom half of the Case, I'm not sure the 5.25 bays would even push air in it's direction.
However with this current Alienware Case and set up, I have purchased now 6 GPU's, not from upgrading, but from heat issues. The Case ambient temps have never gotten over 25-28c so in my ignorance I figured the Thermal controls were also keeping an eye on the GPU. I was of course mistaken.
As I kept replacing failing or completely non functional GPUs I began to wonder, this last one only lasted 6 months before starting to fail. So I purchased a new Video card specifically because it benchmark cooling at 40-50c playing Battlefront under load (from Toms Hardware I might add). I also used the program that monitors the GPU's temp and I was surprised what I saw. On my PC at idle I was sitting at 50c, under load with simple games (WoW, STWoR,) I would hit 80c-90c.
So trying something out, I used the Thermal controller to turn the fans up to max, I used the GPUs' controller to turn the fans on max on the video card and at most I got was a 2-3c drop in temp.
So in desperation I took the side cover off, which I've never had to do before and placed a house fan pointing directly at the GPU. I played the same games for the same amount of time and checked and I hit 60c top. That's almost 30c cooler then with the case on and fans running at 100%.
Any suggestions to remedy this problem would be welcome. I have two 5.25 bays open I could take off the cover and put in those HD cooler fans devices, but would that cool the GPU enough?
The GPU sits on the bottom half of the Case, I'm not sure the 5.25 bays would even push air in it's direction.
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