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I have upgraded my PC from a 900mhz AMD Athlon and 128MB of 100mhz SDRAM to a 2.40Ghz P4 with 256MB of 333mhz DDR RAM with a GA-8SIMLH motherboard. But this has ment my old GeForce 2 32MB graphics card is unusable (3v AGP rather than the 1.5v) so I am useing the in built VGA at the mo, with 32mb of the DDR RAM allocated to it. My question is why does the computer run slower playing games (it is faster than it used to be running programs etc) than it used to? Is this due to the inbuilt VGA graphics taking up RAM and processing power? I have a new graphics card coming, will that sort out the prob, or are some of my options set wrong?
Oh, and one last thing, will unistalling the VGA when I have the new Graphics card turn the VGA off, as the only option in the bios is to change the amount of RAM allocated to it, or how would I turn the VGA off?
Many Thanks
S.A.
Oh, and one last thing, will unistalling the VGA when I have the new Graphics card turn the VGA off, as the only option in the bios is to change the amount of RAM allocated to it, or how would I turn the VGA off?
Many Thanks
S.A.
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taka-Q wrote:
> After trying it both ways on full load its best blowing air out, with
> the case slightly open to get air going in at the front.
> Full Load P4 CPU: 51-52 *C
> System: 35 *C
Probably would be. I use to have a back fan blowing in and found it to be the best, but I did have a 12inch house fan blowing on the side of a open case to keep air circulating.
But in you situation then having air being blown out is better. Also remember that case temperature has a big factor in temperature, so try different combinations on the same day and see if it still gives the same results.
At the moment my PC is pretty cool but on one day this summer the room got very hot and the side of the case was pretty hot and the temp on the CPU at idle according to the temp diode under the CPU was nearly 57c!!. But now as its cooler its only 43c and thats with it on all day and running at 100% for a few hours of the day.
> After trying it both ways on full load its best blowing air out, with
> the case slightly open to get air going in at the front.
> Full Load P4 CPU: 51-52 *C
> System: 35 *C
Probably would be. I use to have a back fan blowing in and found it to be the best, but I did have a 12inch house fan blowing on the side of a open case to keep air circulating.
But in you situation then having air being blown out is better. Also remember that case temperature has a big factor in temperature, so try different combinations on the same day and see if it still gives the same results.
At the moment my PC is pretty cool but on one day this summer the room got very hot and the side of the case was pretty hot and the temp on the CPU at idle according to the temp diode under the CPU was nearly 57c!!. But now as its cooler its only 43c and thats with it on all day and running at 100% for a few hours of the day.
After trying it both ways on full load its best blowing air out, with the case slightly open to get air going in at the front.
Full Load P4 CPU: 51-52 *C
System: 35 *C
Full Load P4 CPU: 51-52 *C
System: 35 *C
taka-Q wrote:
> I think it is time for a pic.
>
> http://www.aprb60.dsl.pipex.com/S/systemfan.gif (back view of my PC)
>
> Should I have the system fan bloing in or out?
Link not working. As your with Pipex(same as me) its probably there web servers out for the webspace.
Well you can have a fan blowing in but if there is no where for the air to escape the computer may just stay at the same sort of temp when its been on a while, or even hotter if its blowing in hot air from the PSU. Its probably best to have the fan blowing out. And then the next fan you should think about is a fan at the bottom of the case blowing in.
Try and make sure you get a silent sort of fan. Some fans shift alot of air but make lots of noise.
> I think it is time for a pic.
>
> http://www.aprb60.dsl.pipex.com/S/systemfan.gif (back view of my PC)
>
> Should I have the system fan bloing in or out?
Link not working. As your with Pipex(same as me) its probably there web servers out for the webspace.
Well you can have a fan blowing in but if there is no where for the air to escape the computer may just stay at the same sort of temp when its been on a while, or even hotter if its blowing in hot air from the PSU. Its probably best to have the fan blowing out. And then the next fan you should think about is a fan at the bottom of the case blowing in.
Try and make sure you get a silent sort of fan. Some fans shift alot of air but make lots of noise.
I think it is time for a pic.
http://www.aprb60.dsl.pipex.com/S/systemfan.gif (back view of my PC)
Should I have the system fan bloing in or out?
http://www.aprb60.dsl.pipex.com/S/systemfan.gif (back view of my PC)
Should I have the system fan bloing in or out?
taka-Q wrote:
> So I should set the system fan Blowing in then?
What system fan?
> So I should set the system fan Blowing in then?
What system fan?
So I should set the system fan Blowing in then?
taka-Q wrote:
> Oh, and I suppose I ought to say that currently where the system fan
> will go air is being drawn in without a fan (slight cool breeze going
> into the case).
That might be ok. Having a flow of air is really a must as otherwise if you just have the exhaust blowing out air then your really not acheiving anything as the air thats being blown out isnt being replaced.
> Oh, and I suppose I ought to say that currently where the system fan
> will go air is being drawn in without a fan (slight cool breeze going
> into the case).
That might be ok. Having a flow of air is really a must as otherwise if you just have the exhaust blowing out air then your really not acheiving anything as the air thats being blown out isnt being replaced.
AMD_MAN wrote:
> Remeber when putting fans in
> it is best to have more exhaust than intake as the dust will build up
> very quickly otherwise.
Get fans with dust covers on them. My case has 4 intake fans and each one has a dust cover. I have the Thermaltake Xaser 3 case so have 4 intake fans and then 3 exhaust as well as a dual fanned PSU which also acts as an exhaust. So far after 3 months my case is a clean as it was when it was new. Had to clean the dust covers a month or so ago and will do the same again in a week or so. But the case is clean and for the trouble of taking 5 mins to take the dust filters off and clean them its worth it.
> Remeber when putting fans in
> it is best to have more exhaust than intake as the dust will build up
> very quickly otherwise.
Get fans with dust covers on them. My case has 4 intake fans and each one has a dust cover. I have the Thermaltake Xaser 3 case so have 4 intake fans and then 3 exhaust as well as a dual fanned PSU which also acts as an exhaust. So far after 3 months my case is a clean as it was when it was new. Had to clean the dust covers a month or so ago and will do the same again in a week or so. But the case is clean and for the trouble of taking 5 mins to take the dust filters off and clean them its worth it.
Oh, and I suppose I ought to say that currently where the system fan will go air is being drawn in without a fan (slight cool breeze going into the case).
There is no way I'm going to be able to put a fan at the front even though there are mounting holes ventelation holes in the metal chassis because of the plastic bodywork in the way (which includes things like the power button and lights). I'm not going to get a new case because I have spent enough on the extras already (and it took ages to find a micro ATX Motherboard with a AGP slot that would fit in my current case. Also, a through draft would be quite hard to do in my case as it is quite tight in there and I think the IDE cables (ribbon) would stop alot of the air flow. Which would be better of the options I have in my current case, having the back mounted system fan blowing in or out?
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