CPU is hot! New Case Needed?

[sc2071]

Greetings,

I have an Intel 3.33Mhz Dual-Core. The CPU was running around 72'C when gaming, so I replaced the stock cooler with a cheap one for about £15 quid. Now, I'm getting about 65'C, but it's still noisy and 65'C still seems hot to me.

My case is 4-5 years old, and perhaps I need a replacement. It has a rear fan, and a hard drive fan in the front. It's a Chenbro SR105 I believe:

http://usa.chenbro.com/corpora...ucts_detail.php?sku=99

Wondering if I should get a new case, like an Antec, with dual exhaust fans (rear and top). Like this one the P182.

http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTExNw==

Does anybody have any experience and know if this will significantly help my cooling issues?

Thanks!


UPDATE:

So, I took the side cover off my case. This maybe helped the cooling by shaving maybe 5'C off. I decided to go ahead and get a new case.

So, I purchased an Antec Three Hundred. It comes with two rear exhaust fans, and I installed a 120mm intake fan (Antec TriCool) in the front. I also bought MX-3 thermal paste by Arctic Cooling. All fans are running on Low, before they were running on Med in the old case (120mm rear, 60mm front).

Playing WoW, my old case was giving me roughly 64-67 'C on load. Now, I'm getting like 54-59'C on load. So, roughly the new case and paste took me down 10'C. I'm definitely happier, although I don't know if 10'C is worth £50 to everyone!

 

[Eureka]

A better case will reduce your CPU temp by a couple of degrees, but shouldn't affect it that much. If you want to experiment, take off the side cover and see how that affects core temperature. If it significantly drops, then you have bad case airflow. Otherwise, the case isn't the problem. And 65C under load is a pretty normal temperature for those chips, I believe.

 

[CurseTheSky]

There's a quick and easy way to test to see if more airflow will have a big impact on your temperatures. Remove the case's side panel and position a desk fan blowing into it (even a pedestal fan works, as long as it's not set so high that no computer case could hope to achieve the same CFM). If you see more than a 3-4C drop, you're probably not getting enough air circulation.

 

[yh125d]

A better CPU cooler would probably benefit more for CPU temps than a new case. Chances are, 15 quid probably wouldn't get you a very good cooler unless you got a good deal. Which did you buy?

You should be able to find something like a CM Hyper TX-2, OCZ Vend2, Xigmatek S1283, Sunbeam core contact freezer for 20-25 quid, which all should perform 15-20c better than the stock cooler, or more

 

[sc2071]

Thanks for the advice... I'll try removing the side and see how I do.

The replacement cooler I got was an Arctic Cooling - Alpine 7 Pro. I also used some Arctic Silver thermal paste after removing the paste that the cooler came with.

EDIT: I think I went with that cooler largely because it sounded like a decent performer, and I was concerned about the weight of other coolers. I'm using an Intel motherboard, and I don't know just how much extra weight it can hold.

(Moonkins FTW!)

Thanks!

 

[sticks435]

Originally posted by: sc2071
Thanks for the advice... I'll try removing the side and see how I do.

The replacement cooler I got was an Arctic Cooling - Alpine 7 Pro. I also used some Arctic Silver thermal paste after removing the paste that the cooler came with.

EDIT: I think I went with that cooler largely because it sounded like a decent performer, and I was concerned about the weight of other coolers. I'm using an Intel motherboard, and I don't know just how much extra weight it can hold.

(Moonkins FTW!)

Thanks!

Hmm, I have the AC Freezer 7 pro, which is the previous verison of that a believe, and it works wonderful. The thing is, and I did this too, you actully didn't want to remove the paste that it came with, as that is some of the best that's available. My guess is, by removing the standard past, and applying your own, it probably decreased the performance of the cooler.

 

[yh125d]

The OP has an AC ALPINE 7 pro, not freezer 7 pro. The alpine is pretty crappy, barely better than stock intel

 

[sticks435]

Originally posted by: yh125d
The OP has an AC ALPINE 7 pro, not freezer 7 pro. The alpine is pretty crappy, barely better than stock intel

Ahh ok. I figured the Alpine was maybe the new version or something. I saw it in a Newegg deal email couple of weeks ago.

 

[sc2071]

So, I took the side cover off my case. This maybe helped the cooling by shaving maybe 5'C off. I decided to go ahead and get a new case.

So, I purchased an Antec Three Hundred. It comes with two rear exhaust fans, and I installed a 120mm intake fan (Antec TriCool) in the front. I also bought MX-3 thermal paste by Arctic Cooling. All fans are running on Low, before they were running on Med in the old case (120mm rear, 60mm front).

Playing WoW, my old case was giving me roughly 64-67 'C on load. Now, I'm getting like 54-59'C on load. So, roughly the new case and paste took me down 10'C. I'm definitely happier, although I don't know if 10'C is worth £50 to everyone!