Setting up my first cooling system.

[Elijahph]

Well I have never set up a cooling system before/even looked in to it so I have no idea to start. If someone could link me to a guide/give me some tips that would be great. Also i'm going to provide links to all my computer parts (case is horable and I figure I will have to replace it because of size issues anyway)

Case-Thermaltake Tenor VB2000SNS Silver Chassis: 1.0 mm SECC Front Bezel: Aluminum ATX Desktop Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133159

Vidoe Card-SAPPHIRE 100139L Radeon X800GTO 128MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Suggested&Description=14-102 (Note this overheated and blew and i'm ordering a new graphics card.

MoBo-ABIT KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127222

Power Supply-SILVERSTONE SST-ST46F ATX 460W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ion=17-163Submit=Suggested&Description=17-163

Processor- AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

Memory-CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145449

HD- Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

CD+R/DVD+R- PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Beige IDE Model PX-740A/SW - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131356

I'm sure about 90% of that information isn't needed but like I said I have never done this before and I want to make sure i'm providing all the information I can.

Mostly i'm worried about keeping my GPU temp down since it is what blew. So what should I be doing first?

 

[Ignorantguy]

make sure you have adequate no. of fans. most importantly one for the top of the case. try to position your video card for best air flow. keep other cards away from it. other than that theres really nothing else you can do. my buddy ran a duct from is frige to his case. that works pretty well.

 

[Elijahph]

I was actually thinking more along the lines of a water cooling system.

 

[Ignorantguy]

Oh well you should have said so. In that case, I would only recommend that if you are gonna overclock.

 

[Elijahph]

Oh well you should have said so. In that case, I would only recommend that if you are gonna overclock.

It does get pretty hot in the computer room though up to around 80-85F middle of summer. should I still just set up some more fans?