PCIe Fans

[methanebomb]

Does anyone know of a good pcie fan with a sata power connector? 

[methanebomb]

1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

But why?

To lower my gpu temp, i dont have any room for an aio or custom loop in my case.

[mariushm]

Why would it be powered from sata connector, when it can take power from the pci-e slot (which has 12v and 3.3v)?

 

Doesn't make sense.

 

Just get a regular fan (92/120/140 mm) and plug it into a motherboard fan header ... or cut the connector and install a molex / sata connector on it (you can buy sata to fan headers or molex to sata adapters or sata to molex adapters and cut the wires in the middle and connect the fan power wires to the adapter wires.

 

[methanebomb]

1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

Just how bad is your case airflow? Sticking a fan on there isn't gonna help, it would be more beneficial to take the front panel off of your case or put some more holes into it. Another option, if you have an ATX case, is to do this.

 

I mean its a alienware case so the air flow is pretty bad.

[methanebomb]

1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

Is it possible at all to put some more holes in the front of it or add a fan? I've owned an old Alienware case for a while, I seem to remember that you could take off the plastic front and expose the metal which provided much better air flow.

Its an aurora r8 case, so im not sure if its possible

[methanebomb]

1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

I looked at some pictures, and it looks like if you wish you can take off the front to get some better airflow, or just keep the side panel off

yea i've taken off the side panel before and it works great but i like my rgb

[methanebomb]

Just now, BlueScope819 said:

Sorry that Dell is terrible at designing PCs with good airflow, a PCIe slot fan won't help if there isn't any cool air in the case in the first place. All you are doing is blowing more hot air at the GPU

True. Another thing i tend to do when its hot is stick a smaller portable fan in front of the intake fan and it helps a bit.

[LogicalDrm]

10:10 mark. Just don't. Placing regular fans on the same spot is just better.