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What kind of fans to get....

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Spix

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I need some good advise when it comes to how to cool down my comp-case since it´s getting a tad to hot there, and it will get even hotter when I oc and get a AGP card. What kind of fans should I get to cool it some more? I´ve seen fans you can mount vertically next to the PCI or AGP cards. Saw a fan you could put in a 5.25" slot and on and on.....
Bottom line is, what should I get....

Thanks in advance
 
First, you want a good CPU cooler (golden orb/crome orb at the least). You will then want to put a case fan in the bottom front of the case (pulling air into case) and at least one fan at the upper top of the case (sucking air out of the case). Keep your cables as far out of the way as possible (for better air flow). Some people like having a HD cooler fan below the HD or CD-ROM (I never though of it as necessary). Fianlly, depending on the video card you get, a card slot cooler below the video card would be useful (keep 1 or 2 PCI slots below the video card empty if possible).
 
If you are overclocking a video card, a slot cooler will definately help. It lowered my voodoo 3 3000 temp about 10c.
 
All the suugestions are great. You can also drill holes in your case and install 80mm fans blowing air into the memory area, cpu area and AGP slot area. Cooling depends on both the air temperature and the flow rate of the air. The more flow the better, just get better flow thru the case and you should be OK. Running an open case is always a good option too.
 
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