Graphics card cooling system or full computer cooling system

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S_Meister

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Hi, I'm looking for recommendations on installing a better cooling system on my graphics card. It gets so hot that the system crashes until I open the computer up and put a bedroom size fan right beside it. Also, is there such a thing as an entire computer cooling system? Maybe liquid nitrogen lol. Let me know what you guys come up with. Thanks.
 
Check dust buildup and make sure that all of the fans are working. What video card are you running?

And yes, you can find water cooling water blocks for almost every component inside your case. It would be very costly though, and most likely unneeded. Air cooling works great even on enthusiast computer builds.
 
It would be much cheaper and make much more sense to just buy a decent case and clean your hardware. Only serious over clockers REALLY need liquid cooling. I run my Processor and graphics card (Both are overclocked) at 100% load all day and everything stays nice and cool with a decent case.

Please list all hardware specs and budget...we'll get you on the right path:D
 
He has a nvidia 6200, dude that card is quite weak therefore it doesn't put off that much heat so i don't know what the problems is, i would add a fan or 2 in your case, cause half the 6200 cards on newegg dont even have a fan, just a heatsink.
 
What kind of case do you have? I would just get a better cooling case. If you really do have a 6200, there's no reason to get an aftermarket heatsink for it.
 
Ok, I bought 2 fans today, one for the graphics card and the other for the bridge unit between the cpu and motherboard - that thing was so hot I kind of burned my finger when I touched it. It's functioning MUCH better now but still locks up on me after 30 minutes of intense usage. As far as system specs are concerned:

Gigabyte 8vm800m motherboard
6200 Nvidia graphics card
core duo processor with stock heat sink and fan
DVD-RW drive
I'm getting an external Griffin iMic soundcard on Tuesday in the mail (I dual boot with Mac OS X)

The case is a weird looking Thermaltake, it's not tall like usual towers, it's like a long box and it's metal. There are no holes in the back of my desk where it's standing and I think that that's a big issue right there. I'll be drilling a few holes in the desk tomorrow and hopefully that will fix it. I live in Las Vegas Nevada and it gets very hot here in the summertime so I think that's why I have all these problems.
I guess if the holes in the desk won't help I'll have to get a better case. I don't like spending a lot of money unless I absolutely have to. After the fans I think my budget is $30.
 
Here's plenty of pictures, this is my exact case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133045

Is it normal for an Intel Pentium D 3.4 Ghz LGA 775 socket processor to run at 56 C while having a load of 50%?
Also, one of my hard drives reports a temperature of 220 C, I think there's something wrong with it because other hard drives in the same computer report 40 C.
The system overall temperature is 47 C.

Please tell me if it's over heating or not.
 
220C??? That is one HOT hard drive. It wouldn't by any chance be the disk that your O/S is located on would it? That could be a cause for freezing and shutdown.
 
220C makes me think that the sensor is borked on the hard drive(if you can boil water on it, it might not be broken), and if you still have the stock cooler on that pentium d, those temps are probably about right
 
S_Meister said:
There are no holes in the back of my desk where it's standing and I think that that's a big issue right there.

I live in Las Vegas Nevada and it gets very hot here in the summertime so
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Plus being a small case. The three together is your problem.
 
I switched out the heatsink of the CPU (was stock) for a bigger one, it put down the temperature about 2 C but nothing significant. I'm getting a new case very soon so we'll see how it's gonna work. The harddrive that's 220 C does not have my OS on it but just data (I like to keep my documents separate from the system drive) and when I touch it after I turn off my computer, it's not that hot so I guess it's the sensor. I put a giant hole in the back of the desk right behind the computer and it doesn't get hot as quickly (about ten minutes difference) but eventually the temperatures rise to the same level.
 
S_Meister said:
I switched out the heatsink of the CPU (was stock) for a bigger one, it put down the temperature about 2 C but nothing significant. I'm getting a new case very soon so we'll see how it's gonna work. The harddrive that's 220 C does not have my OS on it but just data (I like to keep my documents separate from the system drive) and when I touch it after I turn off my computer, it's not that hot so I guess it's the sensor. I put a giant hole in the back of the desk right behind the computer and it doesn't get hot as quickly (about ten minutes difference) but eventually the temperatures rise to the same level.
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Is it by any chance a samsung drive? I know quite a few people with samsung drives that have faulty temp sensors. No hard drive would hit 220c and still be functioning FYI.
 
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