I recently built the following system:
A7A266 / 1333 AMD processor (no overclocking)
ASUS GF3
S/B Live Platinum
Kenwood 72X CD
Plextor 16-12-40 CDRW
With the initial POS heat sink fan I was getting 58 - 64C CPU temps (both BIOS and MBM5). I since replaced that with the Thermoright SK6 HS with a Sunon 26CFM Fan (using artic silver).
I also put it all into a new case FK 320 found here
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/fk320.html
With a 92mm Back fan blowing directly onto the CPU (the case comes with a shroud to direct airflow to the CPU, and a 120mm Panaflow fan in the front.
After all this my CPU temp has dropped to the 48 to 52C range (much better).
Question 1: Is this a "good enough" temp for this system and is there anything else I could do to reduce the temp, besides turning the darn thing off.
Question 2: I have the two CD's stacked together. The Plextor stopped writing CD's. I opened the case and the CD's were pretty warm so I put a big fan blowing air into the case. The Plextor started writing again. Has anybody had problems with CDRW's not working when they got too warm or is this more likely a hardware problem with my Plextor? If you don't think its hardware, how can I keep it cool without the side open (seperate the CD's and/or mount a fan blowing air onto the CD's?
I Thank you in advance for your advice.
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A7A266 / 1333 AMD processor (no overclocking)
ASUS GF3
S/B Live Platinum
Kenwood 72X CD
Plextor 16-12-40 CDRW
With the initial POS heat sink fan I was getting 58 - 64C CPU temps (both BIOS and MBM5). I since replaced that with the Thermoright SK6 HS with a Sunon 26CFM Fan (using artic silver).
I also put it all into a new case FK 320 found here
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/fk320.html
With a 92mm Back fan blowing directly onto the CPU (the case comes with a shroud to direct airflow to the CPU, and a 120mm Panaflow fan in the front.
After all this my CPU temp has dropped to the 48 to 52C range (much better).
Question 1: Is this a "good enough" temp for this system and is there anything else I could do to reduce the temp, besides turning the darn thing off.
Question 2: I have the two CD's stacked together. The Plextor stopped writing CD's. I opened the case and the CD's were pretty warm so I put a big fan blowing air into the case. The Plextor started writing again. Has anybody had problems with CDRW's not working when they got too warm or is this more likely a hardware problem with my Plextor? If you don't think its hardware, how can I keep it cool without the side open (seperate the CD's and/or mount a fan blowing air onto the CD's?
I Thank you in advance for your advice.
Check out these Gorillaz (band) videos:
Gorillaz Videos
Click the Audio/Video link (top middle of page). Sorry, you will need broadband to watch.
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