Something has to be wrong here...

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I have a T-Bird 1.1Ghz and I just put on a Global Win FOP38 on the thing and it's running at about 50 C. Before this it was running at about 59 C. (Both idle temps!) It has a ThermalTake fan on it, but I'm not sure of what Model # it is. I didn't have time to look before I left for work this morning. Should I replace the whole thing or just the fan? (BTW, that ThermalTake fan is kinda loud =\) I was thinking of picking up a ThermalRight SK-6 w/Sunon fan instead.

Now I look around this forum and other places and see people getting much lower temps even at full load. I don't know what's wrong but I have 2 80mm Sunon 43cfm fans pushing air out and from the back of the case, and one stock fan that came in the case at the bottom in the front, pushing air in.

I put all this stuff in last night at about 2am and was pretty dissapointed at the results. Did I mess something up?

 

[boyRacer]

Where are you getting your temps? From the mobo?

 

[techweenie]

I would try 2 fans in the front pulling in air, and 1 in the back...

 

[Synapse9]

Yeah, it's off the motherboard.

My case doesn't have room for another fan in the front... hmm..

 

[bozo1]

Keep in mind you can't compare your temps to people with other motherboards. Each manufacturer reads temperature in their own way. I've taken the same CPU, HSF, case and had 10-degree differences between motherboard brands.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

What motherboard are you using?



Mike

 

[Synapse9]

It's an Asus A7V

 

[Mikewarrior2]

For your setup, and knowing that Asus COmpensates their socket-a mb readings, IF your system is stable, then you have nothing to worry about.



Mike

 

[J3anyus]

Yeah, Asus compensates their temps, like Mike said. Most temp readings from boards are way too low, and Asus knows that, so they made it so their boards compensate for that and give a more accurate temperature. Just like Mike said, if it's stable, don't worry about it.

 

[Mitzi]

If your machine is stable I wouldn't worry about it BUT did you use any sort of thermal compound? I know the FOP38 comes with a pad - did you use it? You can usually get about a 3-6 degrees improvement over the pad by using Arctic Silver II insted.

Edit: spelling mistakes

 

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I haven't been able to check this thread since I last posted in it, but I'll update you guys as to what happened and what I did about it now.

Last night as I was putting all my new fans in, I came the realization that my case, though very large and roomy, sucks some major ass for just about everything else, from airflow to being able to take BOTH sides off without aching fingers. Anyways, I went out today and bought an Antec SX1030B. While moving all my stuff into my new case (which absolutely kicks ass btw) I took off the HSF I'd just put on the night before, and what I found was that the CPU wasn't even in full contact with the HS. I'd left the thermal pad on and didn't use any AS2 as I was being really lazy last night. But now, I scraped off the old thermal pad, put on the AS2, reattached the HSF so it's in full contact, put everything back together in the case and I'm running at what I think is a decent idle temp of 38 C. I'll check full load in the morning as it's 3:40AM and I just finished booting up about 20 mins ago.

Btw, in this case I'm running my 2 sunon's I'd mentioned above as intake fans in the front with the 2 stock case fans that came with it. blowing the air out the back. Everything seems to be good. I just have to find a way to cut down the noise level of the damn CPU fan. I'll probably have to replace it.

And for those that were asking, no, I didn't ever have any stability problems with the temps it was running at before. It had been running at those temps nearly 24/7 for a long time now.

 

[Jerboy]

<< Sunon 43cfm >>




Did you mean 43cfm or 43 hypothetical cubic feet per minute?

Most HS CFM ratings are airflow rate of fan under free air condition and you'll never reach anything close to it with heatsink attached.

 

[Synapse9]

The sunon's are being used as case fans, not HS fans