How I fixed my *HOT* system

[lopri]

I'll let the pictures talk.

http://img498.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc001121yz.jpg

And the result..

http://img498.imageshack.us/my.php?image=temp10wa.gif

The first shot was taken before I add the 2nd video card. I was under 30C for both CPU and mobo.

This is a very simple and econimic way to lower the system temp and enhance the air flow. I strongly recommend.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Well, that's good, I suppose.

Usually, the mobo temperature is significantly lower than the processor temperature at Idle, but here, they're the same.

30C or 86F is a very respectable idle temperature reading.

Now the question is, what happens when you load up the processor with PRIME95 "Large FFT" or S&M @ 100% ?

 

[SLCentral]

And, how loud is that beast?

 

[lopri]

It's not loud at all. Indeed, you can hardly hear it. If you look at the fan RPM (the one that says "Power Fan" in the ASUS Probe is actually it), it's only hovering around 1000RPM.

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
Well, that's good, I suppose.

Usually, the mobo temperature is significantly lower than the processor temperature at Idle, but here, they're the same.

30C or 86F is a very respectable idle temperature reading.

Now the question is, what happens when you load up the processor with PRIME95 "Large FFT" or S&M @ 100% ?

In my case, before I attached this fan the mobo temperature was significantly *higher* than the CPU temp. (That's why I attempted this in the first place) Look closely - the mobo is inverted and I have an A8N-SLI Premium which uses a heatpipe for chipset cooling.

When I load 2 Prime95 at 100%, the max CPU temp is 45C (room windows open at night) and 54C (during the daytime).

lop

 

[BonzaiDuck]

That's interesting . . . . a mobo temp (idle) higher than a CPU at idle.

I also notice that your nVidia graphics card idles at -- what was it? -- 44C?

I can't speak with authority on these new high-power nVidia 7800 GTX cards, but this I know through a few generations of nVidia high-end cards: the cooling solutions still leave the GPU running "pretty warm." I discovered that the Zalman ZM80 [B/C/ and D] heatpipe coolers (not good for your Lian Li VB1000 "motherboard-flip", even if they DID fit your GFX card -- which they don't) -- I discovered that they push down my GPU temperature some 20 to 25F degrees. For instance, my AGP card is idling now at 35C, and at load with this room temperature wouldn't exceed 40C.

I believe this is another incremental improvement in keeping my mobo and CPU temperatures down.

And your cooler . . . . It looks something like the TT Big Typhoon? So I'd say -- for a processor such as yours -- with a maximum thermal power it probably has -- those load temperatures are pretty good -- I guess. That's still a 25C degree spread if you use the "daytime" value. I can't tell if the 30C idle temperature is "day" or "night." Room temperature is very useful for assessing these things.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
And, how loud is that beast?

All the Zalman fans are on par with the Coolermaster fans......both are very quiet even at high rpm`s!

Only drawback to the zalman fans...is they are onbe color only...black..black...etc