I knew there was a reason for keeping your HS clean.

[jspeicher]

My CPU hit 50 degrees C last night, never been in that territory before. So I cracked opn the case and found....

http://www.lemurballs.com/digital/DSC00764.JPG

http://www.lemurballs.com/digital/DSC00766.JPG

 

[Matthias99]

Um... might be time for an air intake filter in your case.

 

[jspeicher]

I haven't cleaned it out until this summer. Also, there is a large intake blowing on the the heatsink, so I'm gonna change that to a blowhole. What a mess though.

 

[Crusty]

Your pics wont load...

 

[jspeicher]

they do for me....

 

[SithSolo1]

I can see them. :Q

 

[Ilmater]

Me too. That's some serious dust!

 

[Megatomic]

Wow....

What cooler is that by the way?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You suck at the airflow/filtration.

How much of a temp drop did you see?

- M4H

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

WTF? You get manicures? Nice cuticles!

 

[Acanthus]

I have that fan 11000rpm

 

[WebDude]

Euuwwww! Gross! Looks like the insides of a vacuum cleaner bag.

 

[dkozloski]

Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

 

[NokiaDude]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

Holy crap! I'm amazed the heatsink still performed well wnough to keep you CPU from exploding! My HS never gets that dirty because I take a leaf blower to my computer every 3 months.

 

[bob4432]

je$u$ chri$t, wtf??? i blow my machines out every month or so with a air compressor. i had my xp2000 hit 70C once because i hadn't blown it out for some time, but it still ran like a champ.

 

[Cheetah8799]

WOW!

that's all I have to say...

 

[jspeicher]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

the fan on that HS does suck, i was talking about a 120mm fan that is on the side of the case that blows right onto the motherboard ... I'm sure it has something to do with the amount of dust making it into my case...

(by SUCK, i mean suck air...lmao..that sounded odd)

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

That's wrong. Nearly all cpu fans blow air onto the heatsink.

 

[WHipLAsh13]

WOW... Holy dust Batman

 

[dkozloski]

AIWGuru, the high performance units like the Alphas pull air from the heat sink. This has been true as far back as the slot 1 and slot A models and continues to my 8045 Alpha. Putting the fan on to blow onto the heatsink is a common error for amateur assemblers.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: AIWGuru

Originally posted by: dkozloski
Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

That's wrong. Nearly all cpu fans blow air onto the heatsink.

 

[Jojo7]

Most importantly, you shouldn't bite your fingernails.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
AIWGuru, the high performance units like the Alphas pull air from the heat sink. This has been true as far back as the slot 1 and slot A models and continues to my 8045 Alpha. Putting the fan on to blow onto the heatsink is a common error for amateur assemblers.

And this is relevant how?
You said most.
MOST, in fact 99.99% of HSF blow down.
You were wrong.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
AIWGuru, the high performance units like the Alphas pull air from the heat sink. This has been true as far back as the slot 1 and slot A models and continues to my 8045 Alpha. Putting the fan on to blow onto the heatsink is a common error for amateur assemblers.

I disagree. Putting the fan to BLOW onto a heatsink IS NOT a "common error." The Alpha is the only heatsink I've ever seen that actually "sucks up" from the heatsink and blows upwards instead of downwards.

I'd hazard a guess that 99% of the CPU heatsinks manufactured in the past 10 years blow down onto the fan. You're right about the Alpha, but a little off on that "common error" part.

I've never tried it, but I'd say that if I flipped the fan over on my SLK-900A to blow up instead of down onto it, the performance would suck. Get it? "suck?" I made a funnay!

ps
Oh, this is positively one of the filthiest heatsinks EVER. :Q In fact, I saved the pic for future use. Kind of a "don't let this happen to YOU" type dealie.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: AIWGuru

Originally posted by: dkozloski
Are you sure you didn't have the fan on backwards as well? Most CPU fans suck not blow.

That's wrong. Nearly all cpu fans blow air onto the heatsink.

Many CPU fans suck air off the heatsink. And it works fine that way too.