43C idle 50C load XP1900... HELP

[Kali157]

I have an XP1900 with OCZ Goliath Heat sink, 60mm to 80mm adaptor and an Enermax 80mm fan on it... the case isnt too hot, but both my on board temp thin on my SOltek Drv5 and my Digi Doc 5 still reports 43C idle and 50 load... what the heck???? Any help would be great

also, I stuck a probe at the back of my Geforce 4 Ti4400 and it gets VERY hot (54C) is that normal???? again thanks

 

[Fireman]

Well IMHO your temps aren't too bad. Maybe not great, but OK. The AMD's run hot. Especially 1800+ and above. My 1800 was running at about those same temps, so I cut a blow hole in the side of the case and put in a 120mm Panaflo directly across from the CPU. This lowered my temps 7 degrees and I only run the Panaflo at half speed. Nice and quiet.

Most fans have trouble overcomming the backpressure created by the 60 to 80 adapter. OK for noise, not great for cooling.

 

[Kali157]

I just put in the 60mm fan that the OCZ heatsink came with and it dropped to 39c idle 43C load... so it is the fan... now what 60mm fan do u all suggest that pushes lots of air and is quiet... or atleast a good ratio of both. thanks again.

 

[Migroo]

To be honest your temps are fine. I really dont think you'll damage your components with those temps - whats the problem?

My temps on a 1700+ are 51 idle and 59 load. Very quiet config though, which accounts for them.

 

[Anubis]

my hovercraft...ugh... computer runs at 35 C idle and 44 Load. but then again i have 5 case fans but o well. click here see some pics of my mod

 

[Brian48]

I think your temps are fine also. I'd leave it alone.

 

[Kali157]

oh really?? I guess i was just worried cuz when sites post heatsink reviews, their temps are around 35C idle and 43C-ish load... well around there... so is it beacuse its an XP that it runs this hot? also I am thinking about getting a water cooled system b/c where i live, we have dry heat summers.... so fans just tend to blow hot air into components... YIKES! so any help with suggestions of readings and even products i should be looking into for a water system. thanks... probably should post the water question on a new thread.

 

[OracleMan]

put the pc in the frige! j/k

you can buy a/c to put in your room you should be all set. el cheapo a/c doesn't cost as much as the water cooling system ($299+??).

Plus water cooling doesn't cool every chips in your computer. It's only cool things that has heatsink on them.

 

[Shaorinor]

The review sites you are reading generally don't use 80mm fans on 60mm heatsinks. It is a quiet solution, but you aren't getting efficient air circulation. You should only really be worried if you are pushing towards 60 degrees or so.

Should also take into account that most of those sites have different types of air circulation through the case, as well as different motherboards.

 

[mee987]

remember that even the water in a watercooled system must be aircooled (in most cases)

 

[Kali157]

True.... well I was thinking about water cooling the CPU and GPU.... i have a HUGE hole on the side of my case with w Honeywell Turbo fan (a room fan ) bbolted on the side... with that turned on my temps drop quite a bit... i guess i was just worried before when I had a T-bird and it went to about 45C load.... i didnt know XPs ran hotter.

any help on the water cooling though... i plan to keep the huge side fan (its actually more quiet than my 80mm Enermax fans... thats kinda sad) and then having a 120mm fan with radiator blowing OUT (so big fan blows in over the board and 120mm blows over radiator and out)... now the questions:

1. if the water travels to the cpu THEN the GPU, it will be warm water right? will i need to stick another radiator between that??
2. koolance cases.... the large tower one... any reviews?
3. any one try the blizzard water cooled system in www.overclockershideout.com????

any help woudl be great.... thanks everyone.