I would like to know how important it is to keep your computer cool when you’re playing a computer game that has high demanding graphics. When I’m playing a game can it slow down a lot when my computer gets hot? I would like to know so when i buy my computer from alienware, i’ll make sure i pay a little extra to upgrade my cooling system.
I know alienware is expensive, but i hear good reviews about it, and people who buy alienware are almost always happy with it, so i don’t mind paying extra to know that I’m going to recieve a product that i’m going to be happy with. I’m not gonna buy from any discount computer retailers such as ibuypower.com because they have a lot of bad reviews showing that there computers sometimes aren’t assembled correctly. So i don’t mind paying extra for alienware, because i know i will be happy with it.
So how important is the cooling system in a computer when you’re playing a high graphics game?
it’s important enough for me to keep my side panel off during extra long gaming sessions (since my side panel is not vented at all). Sometimes in the heat of the summer I have to get a box or oscillating fan blowing in to help out.
One thing that helps the graphics card greatly, is having a fan soft-mod like rivatuner – you can set the GPU fan from the default 50% speed to 99% it is a lifesaver on my 8800gts and allows for some nice overclocking (which saves me from upgrading to the 4850 so far 
One thing that is important is keeping the *whole* system cool since the cumulative heat build up from the GPU alone will be seen on the other compenents so my quick solution of removing the side panel and force cooling everything keeps it running nominally for those 12+ hour sessions.
About ibuypower & cyberpowerpc, I have recommended them to coworkers in the past and yes you are correct – I definitely recommend cracking the lid and giving a wiring inspection I have had to clean up almost all of them since noone opts for the "pro wiring" option that is extra cost. It is not a lot of work a mere 10 mins and it’s all good to go. In fact I always inspect every new pc I get before powering it on regardless of the brand, I check the cpu fan & heatsink, the case fans and hdd’s to see if anything has been knocked loose in shipping – some carriers are *very* rough on the boxes.
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Sep 28, 2009 at 16:09:59
it’s important enough for me to keep my side panel off during extra long gaming sessions (since my side panel is not vented at all). Sometimes in the heat of the summer I have to get a box or oscillating fan blowing in to help out.
One thing that helps the graphics card greatly, is having a fan soft-mod like rivatuner – you can set the GPU fan from the default 50% speed to 99% it is a lifesaver on my 8800gts and allows for some nice overclocking (which saves me from upgrading to the 4850 so far
One thing that is important is keeping the *whole* system cool since the cumulative heat build up from the GPU alone will be seen on the other compenents so my quick solution of removing the side panel and force cooling everything keeps it running nominally for those 12+ hour sessions.
About ibuypower & cyberpowerpc, I have recommended them to coworkers in the past and yes you are correct – I definitely recommend cracking the lid and giving a wiring inspection I have had to clean up almost all of them since noone opts for the "pro wiring" option that is extra cost. It is not a lot of work a mere 10 mins and it’s all good to go. In fact I always inspect every new pc I get before powering it on regardless of the brand, I check the cpu fan & heatsink, the case fans and hdd’s to see if anything has been knocked loose in shipping – some carriers are *very* rough on the boxes.
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