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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > HARDWARE Short Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread - Reloaded
 
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Nov 23, 2006

Shai-Hulud posted:

Im a bit out of the Loop on PC building.
Whats a smart way to cool my Computer? I got a 120mm fan mount in the back, two 92mm on the left side above the cpu/gpu and two 92mm mounts on the right side blowing on the harddrives.
How much of the mounts do i actually need to equip with fans?
A 120mm in the back seems useful, but with the GPU und PSU already sucking air out of the case don't i need some (filtered) fans to blow air into the case to prevent underpressure which sucks in dust through all the slits and holes that arent filtered? If so, how many would make sense? I want to Keep the noise down obviously.

Depends on the temperatures that you're running on your CPU and GPU, if they're in line with what's normal your cooling is fine.

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Nov 23, 2006

everythingWasBees posted:

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card with a SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply .

This might be stupid but make sure all your connections from the power supply to your graphics card/motherboard/CPU are connected.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > HARDWARE Short Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread - Reloaded