Dropped CPU temp 2 degrees C, didn't cost a dime...

[Valvoline6]

All I needed was 6 cable ties and a rubber band I had laying around. I rolled up the 2 ATA 100 cables and one floppy cable between the controller connector and the first drive connector. I rolled them to reduce width, NOT length. Used 2 cable ties on each cable to keep it rolled up. Now the bottleneck of these wide cables has been reduced allowing much better airflow across the the motherboard and CPU. Also I ran all power cables around the side of the case and drive cages, and rubberbanded the excess length and cables. Now the inside looks neater, and my CPU is at 29* idle, the mobo is at 27* (a one degree drop).

I think I may put in a blowhole. I should be able to keep my beer in there then too.

 

[vvvvvv]

ok

 

[Dan]

Last weekend I rounded my floppy and secondary IDE cables. (The latter is ATA-33.) I tried rounding the the primary IDE cable but it's an ATA-66 and, as you might imagine, that didn't go as well. I left that one (well, it's replacement) flat but you're right: inside the case looks much neater and I dropped the ambient temperature by 2 degrees.