CM Stacker or Lian Li 7B Plus?

[texaspsdx]

My system is shown in sig. My temps are higher than I would like - CPU runs around 50C.
My current case has 2 front 80's and 1 side 80 intake; and 2 80's and 80 top exhaust. Thinking of switching cases for more air flow to see if it will run cooler. Thoughts???

 

[wisdomtooth]

Originally posted by: texaspsdx
My system is shown in sig. My temps are higher than I would like - CPU runs around 50C.

That's normal for a PresHott. I would just leave it be.

 

[Cheesetogo]

A new case will not help you much. I would suggest buying the xp-120 heatsink though, that should cool the proccessor down a bit.

 

[ScottFern]

Lian Li PC-7B QUAD120 is what I have right now. This thing cools great! Ambient is awesomely low and CPU temp is reasonably low.

 

[charlietee]

One thing that Prescotts really benifit from is having a fan blowing on the backside of the motherboard over the northbridge and CPU socket.

It is easily the best mod you can do to cool down a Prescott on air.

The XP120 depending on what heatsink you are running right now is also a great way to cool down Prescott's.

Removing your heatsink to see what kind of contact pattern your TIMM has between the heatsink and processor would be the first thing that I would do for sure.

If your idle temp is 50 degrees centigrade sounds like a mounting issue.

 

[texaspsdx]

As shown in my sig, I have the Thermaltake Silent 775 CPU Cooler already. Going along with your idea of cooling the back side, does the cross flow fan in the CM Stacker blow across the top or back of mb?

 

[drifter106]

I have the stacker with a 3500 winnie...it is running 32 and 9 as i write...lots of room to work with and highly durable...cant say much about the other for i have no experience with it...would not hesitat to buy this case again...the cross flow fan blows across the motherboard... from the reviews i read concerning that fan it drops temps about 2 to 3 degrees...cant really say if it was worth the $35 for it though...would probably buy it again too...it has 3 different speeds and i run it on medium.., cant hear it...all i hear is the heatsink fan...if your wanting ur cpu to run cooler i would suggest getting the xp90 or 120 whatever is appropiate...

good luck...

jd

 

[charlietee]

And again in my humble opinion you should remove the heatsink to see if the heatsink and processor are making good contact first...Before you buy anything.

The first thing I would do is carefully read this Then remove your heatsink and remount it following ArticSilvers instructions.

After remounting it I would remove it again to make sure the TIMM looks like what the contact patch is between the heatsink and processor, like the last picture in the above instructions.

If all looks well then remount the heatsink knowing that your heatsink and processor are making good contact.

50 C is hot for a Prescott idling...Especially considering your paticular hardware...Your rig should idle in the 30's...Not 50's...In my humble opinion of course.

 

[texaspsdx]

I followed the instructions you showed "charlietee" both times I installed the Thermaltake recently. Pulled it back off and checked the contact patch of AS at that time and it looked just like the picture you referred to.

 

[Wolfsraider]

I would recommend a thermalright sp94

My temps were 56c on my p4 3.2E after I installed this my temps are 40c idle 59 loaded
using as5 also

I bought mine used for 30.00 iirc and it was well worth it

Mike

Ps The cm stacker case and the sp94...you would never have to worry about temps again lol

 

[S Random]

im running an oced amd 64 2800+ and a 6800 agp both oced (stock hs/f) and its in a 30 dollar .07 aluminium case, with a generic 500w psu, i modded a 120m fan to blow straight onto cpu/gpu and use a 80mm as an exhaust, and i run with ambient temp of 30-33c cpu temp at 32-35c and gpu temp at around 56c

basically try to get some cool air right onto the cpu