Phaetos
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- Jan 27, 2005
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My PC wears a towel because it thinks nothing can see it if it can't see anything.
I see what you did there .....
My PC wears a towel because it thinks nothing can see it if it can't see anything.
That picture hurt me in ways I can only show on a doll. I must be an elitist.
OP, I'd suggest a new case, personally. Just to give your PC components the home they deserve.
I wouldn't bother with a towel or changing your case/PSU. If it works fine for you, then that's great!
PC cases are designed to be closed, otherwise they can't cool properly with the intake and outtake fans running in unison. Save the towel for your wet dog if you have one. Just blow out the case every 6 months or so to get the dust out.
Do i need to change for a full tower case like cooler master?
This is my pc
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Some thought from that picture:-
- Buy a better case. 12-14cm case fans have been standard for years and push far more air through than 80mm at same decibel level. If you don't plan on multiple dGPU's then you wouldn't even need a regular ATX case let alone a full tower. There are plenty of cool, well ventilated Micro-ATX cases around that can take long VGA cards often with 12cm exhaust / 14cm intake fans. I recently helped a friend build one himself around a cheap Sharkoon MA-M1000. Compact, cool & quiet. Look at the size disparity between your PSU vs case fan. The PSU has to cool only the excess 20% wasted energy inside your PSU. The 80mm case fan looks like it has to single-handedly extract all the excess heat in your case from your CPU & GPU combined!
- Your PSU is barely 80% efficient (and not the most reliable brand anyway). A more modern Gold / Platinum rated one will be nearer 90% efficient which would virtually halve the amount of energy that's turned into heat inside the PSU, reducing case heat build-up. ie, with a 300w DC load, it'll be drawing 360w AC turning 60w into heat. A 90% efficient will be drawing 330w at the wall and turning only 30w into heat.
- That CPU fan looks like it would give me a headache. Isn't it loud?
- If you're thinking of changing VGA card a Maxwell (and possibly AMD's future equivalent) would generate 100w less heat for similar performance.
At the very least, get a new case with 120mm exhaust fans. Good luck.
Can watercooling fit in my casing?
I've been using my PC with the worst possible coolers and the side of the case open since 2005, but I never really tried to cover it with anything... I do have to clean the dust at least once a year, but other that I never had any accidents or anything, closing the case increases the temperatures and fan speeds with my current setup
Can watercooling fit in my casing?
Can watercooling fit in my casing?
Can watercooling fit in my casing?