fan addapers suck

[BigMoe]

bought a 92mm to 60 mm fan addapter cpu temps 43c blowing and sucking that temp was idle afraid to stress cpu

 

[MoFunk]

Get a bigger heatsink! My Alpha has a 92mm fan with adapter and it cools great!

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

What type of CPU do you have? For most current CPUs, 43C is well within acceptable limits.. even 50C is. (running an already hot 1.4 Athlon @ 1.85v using an 8045 and a Panaflo.. idling at 46, load at 51-52.. no probs at all)

 

[Migroo]

You should never worry about anything under 50 deg. C.

Hell, I was running a K6-2 350 at about 65 deg. C. for 18 months, and it still lives (i have added a case fan now... )

 

[sirsleepsalot]

Heh.... On minimal cooling, I get temps of 44C idle, max cooling... it drops to 29~32C... But then again, I'm a victim of REALLY LOUD fans when increasing cooling... 4X80mm case fans and the good ol Delta Black Label... ARGH !!!!!!!

Much better when it's set to low cooling... the delta and two of my 80mm are at 7V and the other two 80s are off...

 

[BigMoe]

900 amd im cooling it for overclocking so far 143 fsb 7 multi looking for 150 fsb

 

[MoFunk]

<< You should never worry about anything under 50 deg. C.

Hell, I was running a K6-2 350 at about 65 deg. C. for 18 months, and it still lives (i have added a case fan now... ) >>



Just keep in mind that any software you use to monitor this will not be 100% accurate! i use a thermal probe and software is always 6c cooler. So be carefull. If you are on the edge, you may in fact be over it. But AMD says you can run hotter, but I still don't beleive them!

 

[BigMoe]

how hot

 

[Migroo]

<< Just keep in mind that any software you use to monitor this will not be 100% accurate! i use a thermal probe and software is always 6c cooler. So be carefull. If you are on the edge, you may in fact be over it. But AMD says you can run hotter, but I still don't beleive them! >>



Thanks MoFunk, but yes, the chip is fine - just basics of silicon. The warning temp is at 70 so it never goes above that now. Silicons normally OK up to 85 at least...

And the chip still works...

 

[deftron]

<< What type of CPU do you have? For most current CPUs, 43C is well within acceptable limits.. even 50C is. (running an already hot 1.4 Athlon @ 1.85v using an 8045 and a Panaflo.. idling at 46, load at 51-52.. no probs at all) >>



Same here

Alpha 8045 = $29

1 Panaflo Fan (CPU) = $5

4 PP & C Fans (Case) = $20

Silent PC = PRICELESS

 

[Squisher]

Here is my 92mm fan setup on an Alpha together with my old mobo

Just put it on my new Soltek SL-75DRV4 and have a XP2000+(1663MHz) running at 1763MHz with 38C idle, 44C running Prime95 for an hour now. Case temps are running 26C with two 80mm Panaflos in the back.

Was going to put a 120mm fan on the Alpha but that monster wouldn't fit because the cpu is too close to the back of the case. hehehehe

 

[MoFunk]

You you be able to go into some detail on exactly how you constructed your adapter?

 

[Squisher]

Like it says, just glued 5 pieces of .090 plexiglas together to get a big hunk of plastic. Drilled a real small hole in the center so I could use a compass to draw concentric circles on both sides. Laid out the small and large sizes on oposite sides and cut the small(approx. 80mm) hole with a jig saw. Then put some magic marker on the inside of the hole so I could see the outline better and used like a rotary rasp to cut the funnel shape to the large(92mm approx.) hole by hand with the plastic in a vice, working my way around and finished it with a sanding wheel. Cut the outside square and drilled the holes. Took a hour not counting the time it took the glue to dry.

 

[MoFunk]

Thank you veru much. Nice work.

 

[SnowPunk98]

SVC Glacial Cooler 68 heres a review at OCModShop its a 60mm base that takes a 80mm fan performs very well too