System cooling

[RejectionMan]

greetings all,

just finished tweaking my system fora forthcomming hardware upgrade, and have droped the CPU temp by 10 C.

Maxed out case cooling fans, 1 slot cooler (50 CFM though the case now), added heat sink to Northgate, upgraded video to blue orb, and installed a bay cooler for the new HDD. Used artic silver 3 and arctic silver adhesive on the heatsinks. I also added rounded cables (did the floppy drive my self).

average system temp at full load 31 C (down from 45 at full load).

[MacGyver]

Must sound like an F16 with full afterburners.

[Outcoded]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MacGyver:
<strong>Must sound like an F16 with full afterburners. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Beat mne to it on that one.

Still, handy for drying your hair though.

[Poseidon]

Dropped the temp by 10°C?? Good job! What is the average CPU temp now?

Care to post any pics?

[freddy]

been working on mine (in spare time) ....had a case with a front mounted fan + fan at back + fan in top + 1 one v/card + northbridge + thermaltake orb 3 (the big $astard) .....

all gone ,

Liam li pc7 (alloy) case ,,,with 2 x cd + 2x 60g maxstor 133 (7200) drives =

case has 2 fans at front (with filter) + 1 fan @ back + 2x akasa h/disk fans (v nice) - bolt to bottom of h/d (2xsmall fans) and a akasa AK785 h/s/f ....

result = VERY quiet (now) temps dropt from 58c (cpu) (underload) to 49c ,,,,,m/board was 27c now 22c ,,,,

just in the prosses of fitting the "thermaltake" passive +active kit for the ddr - and u even get coolers for the vga

lot happier ,,,,can sleep now!!!!!

[Garak]

I've been thinking about RAM and VGA coolers - anyone know if they are worth the cash??

[freddy]

not on my machine at the moment ,,,,no search engine ,,,

<a href="http://www.dabs.com" target="_blank">www.dabs.com</a> = thermaltake passive + active kits ,,,passive are just the alloy strips that stick to your ddr/sdram ,,,active are the same but with a fan above .

so u need 1 kit with fan + as many kits - without fan for the rest of your mem sticks.

dabs pt no.(sound kriptic , but recept in my hand) active= 751-080-0150 £7.00 + vat
passive= 751-080-0080 £6.00.

with the non fan kit (passive) u get 2 large 1/2in x 2in h/sinks to stick on your v/card.

so the kit costs £13.00 for 2 sticks + an extra £6.00 per stick ,

did a search yesterday (webferrit) and found listings ,,,,

seems ok ,,,

ps : you can bend /shape the fan so as to make it go over 2 only ,,,,

website = <a href="http://www.thermaltake.com" target="_blank">www.thermaltake.com</a> (i think) ,,,,

ps the motorway was quiet this morning ,,,was somebody playing football or summot

freddy

[RejectionMan]

sorry, i dont hve the means for pics.

but just wait untill i add the duct im builting to eject all the CPU air out ofhte system... (need to cut an new hole in the case but cooler is better, especialy wit ha hot HDD comming in)

[The Rifleman]

What is a good way of posting some pics, I've got some killer P4 pics.

[Garak]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by The Rifleman:
<strong>What is a good way of posting some pics, I've got some killer P4 pics.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">webhosting, email them to me and ill host them for you, and send you the link..

[Matridom]

I put this one my VGA, does wonders.. Well worth the money (it's loads better then the blue orb it replaced.

<a href="http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/crystalOrb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/crystalOrb.htm</a>

<img src="http://www.thermaltake.com/images/products/chipset/ProductcrystalOrb.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Garak]

:S i wish i had money for these toys.....