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Are these temps acceptable for a silent overclocked system?

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clarkkent333

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ASUS A8n-e with fanless Zalman NB cooler
X300SE PCI-e
Seagate 120GB ATA
3000 Winny @ 2.3 w/no extra voltage
Thermalright XP90 w/5v fan
1GB Corsair Value @ 210 w/no extra voltage
120mm Nexus fan @ 7v
Seasonic S12-380

All this housed in an Antec Sonata with the Antec holes taped over

I'm getting 47c idle on the cpu and around 42-44 on the MB sensor on idle

Prime pushed it into the 60's and failed so I had to crank the fans to get it back into the 50's. I'm giving this system to someone else so I'm worried that they might spike it into full load too often for the slow fan. LMK what you all think.
 
Prime prob failed because of default vcore IMO. Temps are a little on the high side, but what are your room temps? Does prime pass when your fans are cranked up and your oc is the same?
 
Prime passed 8hrs+ when the exhaust and cpu fans were cranked all the way up. I'm in so.FL so room temps are always 75f+ easy.
 
hmmm....room temps good for So FLA 😉 How about SpeedFan, or would that be too complicated for your friend. A 5.25 controller maybe? Or you could just run the nexus at its 1000rpm and 7 volt the xp90 fan. Is he/she worried about noise? Another option would be to use an intake 120mm at low rpm's. Another option would be cool&quiet/RMclock which would allow much cooler temps when not under loads. Many options out there.
 
Well I've got both fans on a Sunbeam controller but he isn't that proficient in computers so I can't always expect him to know when the system will be under full load and when it won't be. Basically I want to leave the fans on silent the whole time.

Room temps probably will spike into the 80's with the heat from the computer as well. Didn't think of that before.
 
Can you set that controller to throttle the fans up during increased (load) cpu/case temps and down at lower temps (idle) or is it manual? SpeedFan does this automatically. You could axe the sunbeam and dnld SF...install it...play with it and set it up for him/her before you gave it to him/her. If you want to leave the fans on silent the whole time I would say to try an intake fan and see what ya get.
 
Well the Sonata intake sucks since it's behind the HD's. I was thinking about SF but I don't know if I want to intrust the system stability to something he can crash inside windows.
 
Originally posted by: clarkkent333
Well I've got both fans on a Sunbeam controller but he isn't that proficient in computers so I can't always expect him to know when the system will be under full load and when it won't be. Basically I want to leave the fans on silent the whole time.

Room temps probably will spike into the 80's with the heat from the computer as well. Didn't think of that before.
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this is why udon't build silent/border line stable pcs for technically inept friends. what if it crashes when he's doing something important? don't risk it, keep it at a minimally stable level at any ambient temperature. its also why buying prebuilt is better for some. look at apple g5's. temperature control fans are best when engineered with system as a whole like with the g5. then they know that the fans will kick in exactly when necessary, and not at some arbitrary speed up the sensor may never reach for generic thermal pc fans..or have to remember to fiddle with knobs. that and all the fancy temperature zones/preemptive o/s fan control u will never add to a current pc.

the most important thing aobut building a pc for a friend is to make it absolutely dummy proof. otherwise consider it like giving stock tips to friends..don't do it.
 
i guess all you can do is run an electric heater in a small room during burn in testing at maximum possible ambient temperature. then u will know for sure. and does taping over the holes really decrease temps? make sure he cleans the dust off the cpu cooler everyonce ina while
 
You have to remember, the cooling on the Sonata I sucks. There's a thread at SPCR on how to mod a Sonata. Start off but using metal snips to cut out the front and rear grills. The thread should list some things to do to the bezel too.

It's not hard to make a cool and quiet computer, but you have to make sure the case it's housed in allows good airflow. If someone uses high speed fans, obviously it will cool better in a restrictive grill environment, but both fast and slow fans can't reach their maximum cooling potential with restrictive grills. A side-effect of removing the grills is that turbulence is reduced.
 
No it's not a must. But 1800mhz isn't exactly blazing fast. I suppose I could back it down to 2200 but I don't think it would make that much of a difference.
 
No 1800 is not blazing for gaming/encoding/ and benching the pc, but is this what he/she is going to use it for? What is he/she going to be doing with it? I built a 3000+ for my dad and left it at stock speeds. He is a dentist and runs imaging software for cosmetic makeover type of stuff. He was on a Dell 2.53Ghz P4. He is ecstatic about the 3000+'s performance over the P4. He uses it for imaging, email, browsing, accounting. And yes, 200Mhz makes about a "blink of the eye" difference.
 
I agree that 1800MHz isn't exactly blazing fast. But for an Athlon 64, it's not slow either. Remember it's a 3000+ rating (for s939). I use my 3000+ not oc'd for video editing (DV capture, editing, rendering to .mpeg, dvd authoring, etc.) and it's fine . For gaming that X300 will hold you back more than even a celeron 1.8 GHz would. *Edit: not trying to be a jerk, just that the OC probably isn't needed, and if you don't OC, prime should pass even if the cpu is at 70 celsius http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx <--choose view all products then find ADA3000DIK4BI
 
Originally posted by: JBDan
How about this....must you oc the system for him?
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Good question!!

For a friend go with super stability!!
Less headaches for your friend and you get to keep a freind!!! 🙂

 
Originally posted by: 2kfire
I agree that 1800MHz isn't exactly blazing fast. But for an Athlon 64, it's not slow either. Remember it's a 3000+ rating (for s939). I use my 3000+ not oc'd for video editing (DV capture, editing, rendering to .mpeg, dvd authoring, etc.) and it's fine . For gaming that X300 will hold you back more than even a celeron 1.8 GHz would. *Edit: not trying to be a jerk, just that the OC probably isn't needed, and if you don't OC, prime should pass even if the cpu is at 70 celsius http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx <--choose view all products then find ADA3000DIK4BI
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?? My point was that his OC is NOT needed. Am I missing something...What exactly are you saying here?
 
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Originally posted by: 2kfire
I agree that 1800MHz isn't exactly blazing fast. But for an Athlon 64, it's not slow either. Remember it's a 3000+ rating (for s939). I use my 3000+ not oc'd for video editing (DV capture, editing, rendering to .mpeg, dvd authoring, etc.) and it's fine . For gaming that X300 will hold you back more than even a celeron 1.8 GHz would. *Edit: not trying to be a jerk, just that the OC probably isn't needed, and if you don't OC, prime should pass even if the cpu is at 70 celsius http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx <--choose view all products then find ADA3000DIK4BI

Sorry JBDan... My comments were more directed at clarkkent333.
Just trying to point out that that cpu @ 1.8 GHz is more than enough for almost anything. Remember, some people STILL think that a Celeron @ 2.4GHz would smoke an X2 @ 2.0 GHz (hopefully no one on here!!!). So, to summarize my original post: 1. an athlon 64 @ 1.8 GHz is pretty fast. 2. OC is not needed and not worth the instability, but if you can get it stable, :thumbsup:
 
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Originally posted by: 2kfire
I agree that 1800MHz isn't exactly blazing fast. But for an Athlon 64, it's not slow either. Remember it's a 3000+ rating (for s939). I use my 3000+ not oc'd for video editing (DV capture, editing, rendering to .mpeg, dvd authoring, etc.) and it's fine . For gaming that X300 will hold you back more than even a celeron 1.8 GHz would. *Edit: not trying to be a jerk, just that the OC probably isn't needed, and if you don't OC, prime should pass even if the cpu is at 70 celsius http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx <--choose view all products then find ADA3000DIK4BI

Sorry JBDan... My comments were more directed at clarkkent333.
Just trying to point out that that cpu @ 1.8 GHz is more than enough for almost anything. Remember, some people STILL think that a Celeron @ 2.4GHz would smoke an X2 @ 2.0 GHz (hopefully no one on here!!!). So, to summarize my original post: 1. an athlon 64 @ 1.8 GHz is pretty fast. 2. OC is not needed and not worth the instability, but if you can get it stable, :thumbsup:
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lol my bad 😀
 
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