Hey all,
I just bought an XFX Radeon 4870 card, and it's running beautifully, but it tends to get EXTREMELY hot under load - up to 90 degrees Celsius. The design of my case is such that the fan on top of the card dumps all the hot air right up into the PSU fan, which is on the bottom of the PSU, and then it all gets shot out the power supply's vents on the back. Is this something I should be concerned about? It seems to be that a PSU would be able to tolerate fairly high temperatures, but I want to make sure.
I've got a Corsair 620HX power supply, by the way, which has a 120 mm fan on the bottom.
I just bought an XFX Radeon 4870 card, and it's running beautifully, but it tends to get EXTREMELY hot under load - up to 90 degrees Celsius. The design of my case is such that the fan on top of the card dumps all the hot air right up into the PSU fan, which is on the bottom of the PSU, and then it all gets shot out the power supply's vents on the back. Is this something I should be concerned about? It seems to be that a PSU would be able to tolerate fairly high temperatures, but I want to make sure.
I've got a Corsair 620HX power supply, by the way, which has a 120 mm fan on the bottom.