[CUBE] 2mx heat

[Michael Swale]

This is my first post.

I REALLY want a GF3, but are they really $350? Right now I have a GF2,
500mgz, 80gig WD and 1.5gig ram.

It's hard to pay a few network games that we do from time to time, and
Photoshop work is getting, slow.

I have never had any heat issues with any cube, I even has a guy who would
not turn it upright, he always had it on it's side.

How much more heat does the GF3 put out compared to the 32mg GF2?

Mike
1 cube at home, and 20 at work....

> 
> Gilles Langlois
> gilles.langlois at videotron.ca
> On 04-04-05, at 03:15, George Pepper wrote:
> 
>> I have a GF3, which has a fan, and I have to be careful about the
>> heat... I got "ThermoInDock" to monitor the CPU temp, and I raised the
>> Cube 1/4" on some lifters at the corners... This eases the
>> thermodynamic cooling and as long as I keep the ambient temp at 75F or
>> less, I have no problems... Running my Formac Studio TVR to watch TV
>> seems to generate the most heat for me, but I've gotten it to where
>> the CPU never gets above 133F, which is comfortably within the "green
>> zone"... If it goes above 140F, I shut it down [Don't have that
>> problem since raising the Cube]... Since the heat sensor is in the
>> CPU, and not the video card, I play it safe... Several list members
>> have burnt GF3's, but I've never heard a tale of woe about the GF2...
>> It was a factory option, so you should be OK...
>> 
>> Pep
>> 
>> On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 01:35  AM, cube at 10k.org wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I pulled a 32MB Geforce2mx card out of my desktop G4 and am thinking
>>> about
>>> putting it in my cube. Is it safe to install it with the original
>>> small
>>> "cheese grater" heatsink?  jake
>> 
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