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tonijnsalade wrote in message <362194ad.2065865@news.a2000.nl>...
>I just bought 2 stealth coolers for my voodoo2 SLI setup &
>a lasagna coolers for my mill. G200. They're working on a
>BH6 with a cel. 300 @ 450 mhz., 2.0 v (which is cooled with the
>standard celeron cooler)
>Before using those coolers I had a mobo temp. of about 39 C,
>now, after 1 hour on Unreal, I get about 37 C ....
>(btw, I leave my case open, otherwise it will heat up very quickly)
>....
>
>Only 2 degrees with those 3 coolers ?????
>
>what's going on ??
>
>regards,
>robin
>

Those temps are not out of the ordinary.  But you have not stated what fan
is intaking fresh air.  At the moment the fans on the video cards are just
recirculating the same warm air around them.  What you must do is attempt to
circulate fresh air through your case. Since hot air rises, intake fresh air
from the bottom and then exhaust it out of the top with your power supply
fan or a top rear case fan.  Such arrangements will give you a cooler
internal case temperature than by removing the case..

If you have a long pipe with an intake fan at one end and an exhaust fan at
the other, then it's quite reasonable for a novice to assume that fresh air
would be circulating through that pipe.  If you remove the middle portions
of the pipe then the fans will only circulate air through the remaining
enclosed end sections, with minimal circulation now occurring in the centre.
Think of your case as an air duct.

Robin Payne