I received a call from my friend the other day stating that his computer had been acting up since installing the second video card. I told him I would come out and visit soon, and take a look. He said the biggest issue he was having was that the screen would lag and the game would shut itself down shortly afterwards – a classic sign of overheating.
When I visited him and took a look at the setup, I did realize heat was still an issue. He could get the computer to run fine, but upon heavy graphic load it would not react well. I decided the best thing to do for him would be to get him a computer case with better airflow. His current case was built for two smaller graphics cards that didn’t take up as much space. With his new cards, they were taking up a lot of space and sitting in a stale environment without much airflow.
We decided to go with the Antec Three Hundred case – the same one I have at home for my computer. The case doesn’t cost much, but is built for good airflow. It comes with two big fans, as well as locations on the top, back, side, and front to blow around air. I’m sure there are better looking cases, and some with better features, but for what we need to do, I doubt we’d find anything better for as good of a price.
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