another fan needed?

[guynexdoor]

i am building my first PC ever in a few days

just waiting for parts to come in

centurion 5 case w/350w psu (120mm rear fan, and 80mm front)
xfx 6600gt
1gb corsair ram
160gb seagate HD
nec dvdrw
floppy drive

my friend said I needed to get another fan...how am I suppose to install another fan? is he right in saying I need another fan? I thought 120mm and the 80mm was enough?

 

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: guynexdoor
i am building my first PC ever in a few days

just waiting for parts to come in

centurion 5 case w/350w psu (120mm rear fan, and 80mm front)
xfx 6600gt
1gb corsair ram
160gb seagate HD
nec dvdrw
floppy drive

my friend said I needed to get another fan...how am I suppose to install another fan? is he right in saying I need another fan? I thought 120mm and the 80mm was enough?

To measure is to know. Download a temp monitoring program if you don't already have one and then run Prime95 for a while. So long as you are under 60C you are good to go.

Ed

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: guynexdoor
i am building my first PC ever in a few days

just waiting for parts to come in

centurion 5 case w/350w psu (120mm rear fan, and 80mm front)
xfx 6600gt
1gb corsair ram
160gb seagate HD
nec dvdrw
floppy drive

my friend said I needed to get another fan...how am I suppose to install another fan? is he right in saying I need another fan? I thought 120mm and the 80mm was enough?

To be blunt your friend doesn?t know what he's talking about. The 120mm fan by itself would be plenty sufficient.

 

[guynexdoor]

Originally posted by: Nessism

Originally posted by: guynexdoor
i am building my first PC ever in a few days

just waiting for parts to come in

centurion 5 case w/350w psu (120mm rear fan, and 80mm front)
xfx 6600gt
1gb corsair ram
160gb seagate HD
nec dvdrw
floppy drive

my friend said I needed to get another fan...how am I suppose to install another fan? is he right in saying I need another fan? I thought 120mm and the 80mm was enough?

To measure is to know. Download a temp monitoring program if you don't already have one and then run Prime95 for a while. So long as you are under 60C you are good to go.

Ed

I was told that I should d/l a temp monitoring program. what prog. do you recommend. and is prime95 a standard? I've heard the name before. what does it do exactly? I'll read up on it.