Alright, for Christmas I got this HD4850 () and it's just great. I've got catalyst and catalyst-utils both at v8.12 in Arch Linux. On Windows I have the latest Catalyst drivers and the Catalyst Control Center. The weird thing is that my computer shut down suddenly while I was playing Nexuiz (at max settings, always over 60fps, no matter what) just a little bit earlier. Yesterday it did the same thing, but I was playing Battlefield 2 in Windows. I noticed that the air coming out of the back fan was pretty warm. Could it be overheating? Are there any other things that would cause these symptoms?
If it is overheating, should I just get some better fans or what? As of now, I have the two stock fans that the case came with, one intake on the side and one exhaust on the back. I also have a Cooler Master Hyper TX2 on my CPU and the heatsink-fan on my new HD4850. There is room for one more fan in the front area of the case. My current plan is to buy 3 Yate Loons (they come well-recommended from a friend of mine) and have the front fan intake, with the back two fans being exhaust. This way I can get negative pressure, which I hear is good for temperatures. How does this plan sound?
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