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Yeah, it's important to try to isolate fans from the casing


Also, putting the case itself on chunky rubber feet or something can help with noise transmission, too...

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Do you have any idea how hot the GPU core got when it locked up on you that one time?


No -- I didn't (don't) have any temperature utilities installed, so I just left the PC off for a few hours and avoided playing any games until later in the day, when it was cooler.
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-- roger