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Originally Posted by Adam Sanchez
Thanks. It being heat has crossed my mind too. But his system does have pretty good flow, he has even had the side panel off.
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Removing the side panel is actually worse for air flow, unless you are blowing an external fan directly into the computer using the open side.
What creates good airflow with the fans is high velocity air movement through small openings. Think of blowing air with you mouth. Is it more effective to blow on something with your mouth wide open or through the small aperture of pursed lips?
A bad PSU could cause any kind of electrical damage that could lead to this kind of damage, but so could overheating. A WoW junky needs extra protection due to high use of CPU as well as GPU or you could risk an overheat. You mention the case has good airflow, but is that in theory or in practice? You make no mention of where the case is kept, so even with a well-designed in-box ventilation system can be made useless by bad case placement.
Insufficient system power, bad power and poor ventilation are the 3 biggest issues in DIY computers.