Got a 7600GS - concerned about heat

amaru96 · **3rd December 2007, 08:18 PM**

Hey guys, I am slowly getting parts to put together for my media center. I've got a mATX MoBo and just bought a fanless 7600GS. My concern is that it will sit very close to the DNTV Live! Dual Hybrid PCI-E S2 card I plan on buying.

Should I be concerned or wait and see?

CraigMBecket · **4th December 2007, 01:58 AM**

Hi amaru96,

How close is "very" close?

Is there one expansion slot between the cars?

if so and provided the remainder of your system is adequately cooled you should not have a problem, my 7600 fanless gs sits one case expansion slot away from a DNTV Quattro, has done for over a year and has not shown any ill effects. My system uses a standard AYX board and the case is fairly well ventilated though.

Craig.

amaru96 · **4th December 2007, 06:03 AM**

Hi CraigMBecket, the slots are next to each other so there's no space in between the cards. They almost touch.

CraigMBecket · **5th December 2007, 01:31 AM**

Hi amaru96,

MMM! I would not like to run the system like that, the heatsink gets rather hot.

Hopefully someone will step in here and advise you they have run in that configuration for ages etc??????????

I gather you are limited in your choice of slots and cannot move toa different one? The TV Card only requires a 1X but can be used in almost any others?

What expansion ports are on your mobo?

Craig.

amaru96 · **5th December 2007, 02:07 PM**

I only have one 1x port and one 16x port so my choices are limited. I wonder if I should look at exchanging the video card for one that has active cooling (fan) on it?

What do you think? Or will the noise drive me nuts?

dgaust · **5th December 2007, 04:23 PM**

Noise will drive you nuts.

Someone askes a similar question before about the same card, and renura (who is the DNTV rep) said provided they were touching it shouldn't really matter.

I run a small DNTV pci-e card and there is about 2mm between the card and the heatsink on my passive 8600GT and I've had no heat issues.

I have both fans in my fusion running on low, and it seems to cool fairly well.

amaru96 · **5th December 2007, 05:42 PM**

Interesting, I guess I'll have to set it all up and see how it goes.

Appreciate the info and feedback.

CraigMBecket · **6th December 2007, 01:37 AM**

Hi amaru96

As dgaust suggests I certainly would not comtemplate a fan on the vid card, way too much noise.

Let us know how you go if you try it, do you have an unpopulated PCI slot? if so and you have problems you could always try a tvcard like the Hauppage Nova T its dual digital.

Craig.

vlad · **6th December 2007, 01:16 PM**

What motherboard do you have?
I had the same story and TV was freezing because of tuner overheat, forced me to get another motherboard with better layout.
Agree with guys on fan - it is really annoying.

amaru96 · **8th December 2007, 09:38 PM**

I got a BIOSTAR P4M900M4. I have a spare 3GHZ CPU (socket 478) and this board allows me to use it plus also has the PCIe slots.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138079