I'm not difficult.

Taking the 6870's shroud apart WAS ! lol
I'll try the 2.5's on the 6870 in a day or two.
The 2.8's didn't help but it was worth the shot.
70 yr old's miner/htpc
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Is your Power Supply upside down ?

Thanks for the 'heads up' guys, but I'm good.

That case is an Antec V2, and just like my 300, does not have a bottom psu intake.
With the side panel on, the Thermaltake TR2 runs warm and seems normal. Its verrry cool with the side panel off.
I was thinking that I should cut one out for the 300, but ended up scrapping that idea after I figured out how to get the hcg 750w, the air flow it needed. I did this by setting the gpu's fans to approx 50-75%. Now that the gpu and psu fans are working together, the psu runs freakishly cool even with the front/side panel and filters on.

Looky at what I just snagged the last of !
Antec cp-850w psu - $50 LMAO
pEACe
http://www1.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_826&item_id=021536