Is it worthwhile cooling the processing chip on a SB Audigy? If so, would a thermaltake crystal orb do the trick? how easy would it be to fit? and would i need anything else to keep it on there? Thanx (look at the side - i'm a n00b)
yeh, but when ur doing any demanding stuff with the sound, it runs very hot, and then performance degrades.
you are talking a minute performance decrease and a minute temperature decrease....unless of cours this has somethin to do with the firewire which i dont know about... but seriously...what do you use to hear that difference in performance decrease??
like i said in #bit, i've not got one yet, but going by the opinions of others and giving my m8s a prod, its certainly hot. ur prolly right.
If cooling it is your thing then fine, but dont use any Orb or anything with a fan. The noise of the fan will be far more noticeable than the slight change (as in pretty much unnoticeable)in sound quality as the card heats up....... IMHO a heatsink alone would do the trick fine!
