[CUBE] 2mx heat

[George Pepper]

Running a GF-3 in a Cube is risky because there really isn't enough 
room for the fan to work as it's designed to... Several people have 
burned out GF-3's in Cubes... I run one, but I monitor the CPU temp 
with ThermoInDock... I also raised the Cube 1/4" off the surface it's 
on to aid the convection cooling... A base fan would really be the best 
solution, but I keep the ambient temperature at 75 F or lower and have 
no problems...

That being said, I'm not sure how much of a performance increase you 
would see between a GF-2 and a GF-3... Other listers can probably 
address that better than I... I went from the stock Rage 128 to the 
GF-3, so the added performance and addition of Quartz made the 
difference quite dramatic...

Pep

On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 12:03  PM, Michael Swale wrote:

> 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....
>
>