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    Well I thought I'd give you all a laugh...
    So firstly the story:
    I have a Dell Dimension 5150, which I've had about 3 years now (before I'd even heard of a PC mod really!) then about a year and a half ago I got a shiny new EVGA 7950GT KO, a Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 (320GB), and some crappy PSU, which my brother broke, so I then got a Corsair HX620W about 3 months ago.
    As you will see from the picture, my case is rather messy, and very cramped! So it gets rather hot in there... And now it can get even hotter with my new Samsung 226CW (upgraded from a Dell 15"), which I got yesterday, and as you can imagine my gfx card doesn't like it, it got to about 120 degrees c yesterday playing TF2 on full!
    So now for my "mod" I did some rummaging in my brother's room and found me a desk fan... and as you can imagine it makes a rather handy tool to cool down my case.
    And now for the pic... only have one, but I think you'll get the general gist of it:

    Now TF2 goes to around 80 degrees c, which may not be the coolest of gfx cards... but a 40 degree drop isn't half bad!
    And thats about it really... I used EVGA precision to measure the temps, and before you all ask, yes I do plan to get a new case etc, but I'll keep the gfx card(for now) and PSU, and the Deskstar.
    Last edited by Goreg; 07-23-2008 at 11:12 AM.

    Mobo: Foxconn Bloodrage v1.0
    CPU: Core i7 920 (stock) + TRUE Black
    RAM: G.Skill NQ 3x1GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics: EVGA e-GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 SSC
    PSU: Corsair HX620
    Case: Antec 900
    Storage: Hitachi Deskstar (320GB), Samsung Spinpoint F1 (1TB)
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223Q
    Sound: Sonar X-FI Audio
    Speakers: Logitech x230 2.1
    Screen: Samsung SyncMaster 226cw

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