Check out this setup
http://www.overclock.net/ati-cooling/85 ... ead-4.html scroll down a bit...
pictures of passive 6870! woot!!
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Re: pictures of passive 6870! woot!!
Hope he fixes the air flow. It'll sneak in through the back and straight up, barely touching those cooling fins.
My cases never get opened until something expires. Dust trails tell the dirty truth of air circulation. Duct cold air onto the mobo; memory sticks deflect side flowing air from the front before it ever touches the board. 24-pin and floppy cables block the rest of the mobo. Close off all the empty space between the case side panel and board hardware, or air just slides around the perimeter. The rear I/O panel will define the lower limit of air movement over the board. I repeat, vent air onto the board.
My last build had pipes and fins on the cpu, south bridge, and all over the ASUS Silent graphics card.
My cases never get opened until something expires. Dust trails tell the dirty truth of air circulation. Duct cold air onto the mobo; memory sticks deflect side flowing air from the front before it ever touches the board. 24-pin and floppy cables block the rest of the mobo. Close off all the empty space between the case side panel and board hardware, or air just slides around the perimeter. The rear I/O panel will define the lower limit of air movement over the board. I repeat, vent air onto the board.
My last build had pipes and fins on the cpu, south bridge, and all over the ASUS Silent graphics card.