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Ive got a new hp pavilion and it had standard a nvidia 6200 se turbocache on it,
i removed that one and i put a nvidia 7600 gs on it.
My specs are 3.7+ ghz
2 gb ram
nvidia 7600 gs
....
My problem is that i opened my pc and i noticed that it was quite hot in it, my graphic card was hot and the rest of my gear too..
I wonder now, must i replace my cooler now? Because i want to use my pc for one no two things, game and work.
So what must i replace of cooling? The graphic card cooling or what? i just want to play very long, without that i need to be worried about any problems of heat...
Most likely it's not the card cooling at fault directly, but just that it creates far more heat than a 6200SE. So with a relatively small pre-build case like the ones HP uses (I still have the scars from one of the really old Pavillions ), which have rubbish cooling; the card creating more heat will probably cause a pretty big hike in the case temperature.
First thing to do is check whether there are any spare fan mountings in the case. It's normal for a pre build to just have one exhaust fan at the most. Some just rely on the power supply fan, and that's really not enough. So if there are any spare mountings, put some fans in them.
Failing that, probably the easiest way to get more air into a case is something like this. To be honest, it's far from ideal because the fans are small and that means not much airflow. But it will get more air into your case.
If you're handy with a dremel, or preferably a pillar drill and a holesaw you can cut a proper fan hole in the side, drill 4 holes for screws and screw a new fan into it.
Lastly, the other option is to just get a new case.
Ive got a new hp pavilion and it had standard a nvidia 6200 se turbocache on it,
i removed that one and i put a nvidia 7600 gs on it.
My specs are 3.7+ ghz
2 gb ram
nvidia 7600 gs
....
My problem is that i opened my pc and i noticed that it was quite hot in it, my graphic card was hot and the rest of my gear too..
I wonder now, must i replace my cooler now? Because i want to use my pc for one no two things, game and work.
So what must i replace of cooling? The graphic card cooling or what? i just want to play very long, without that i need to be worried about any problems of heat...
ps sorry for bad english, im belgian.
Most pre-built machines, as Archaon said, rely on (at most) two fans - one is the PSU fan, the other is most likely hooked up to the SysFan header on the motherboard, allowing the BIOS to adjust fan speed based on internal temperatures. Whilst being very cheap to implement, it's by no means an ideal cooling system.
You could either:
Rape your case with a power tool in order to squeeze another fan in. Side panel is probably your best bet.
If your manufacturer hasn't already done so, fit an 80/120mm fan on the rear vent. If it has one.
Fit a PCI blower, which may help cool the GPU.
New case. While being the easiest option, you'll have to prepare for the possibility that HP use proprietary mobo and PSU fittings, making transferring hardware over a pain in the arse.
Get some sort of temperature monitoring program and tell us your temps first, it might feel warm to you but it might be fine. nVidia cards come with temperature monitoring stuff, right click anywhere on your desktop > nvidia display > your monitor > Temperature settings. As for CPU temps get something like Motherboard Monitor or Speedfan.
Isn't there a Belgian forum you could ask this on? Don't mean to discriminate but you obviously don't really understand what we're saying, and I can't type out what I said earlier so that it's easier to understand y'know?
My first pc was a HP pavilion. I changed cases on it due to same overheating problems stated above. The only problem I had was with psu. One screw did not line up. It ran perfectly & quietly with the 3 remaining screws.
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