SUGGEST A CASE

[rammohanp]

My system comfig. is as follows:
PENTIUM-DUAL CORE-D945 processor;
Intel D945GNT MOTHERBOARD;
1 GB DDR2 RAM;
80 GB HDD; 128MB NVIDIA CHIPSET PCI-E CARD;
DVD WRITER (COMBO); COLORSIT-L8030 CABINET WITH TWO ADDITIONAL FANS (1 EACH IN FRONT AND REAR); 17"TFT MONITOR.

I have been facing temperature related issues since this system was assembled around a month back. The problem is described below.

On boot up and until 5 minutes, the temperatures as reported by Intel motherboard monitor are as follows:
PROCESSOR ZONE TEMP: 58 TO 63C
ZONE 1 TEMP: 47C
ZONE 2 TEMP: 41C
After around 10 minutes the temp readings are 60 to 63C.
47C and 44C erspectively.
The room temperature is 85F
The voltage readings are as follows:
+12V 11.75V
+5V 5.13V
+3.3V 3.334V
CPU core 1.224
CPU I/O (+1.5V) 1.563V
The fan RPM is around 3250RPM.

I am now seriously considering movind all the components to an ANTEC cabinet. I have shortlisted TX1050B AND TX1088-AMG. Please suggest whether I will suceed to brind down the temperatures and solve the heating issue.

Thanks,
Ram Mohan P

 

[Blain]

The Gigabyte 3D Aurora with its 3 x 120mm fans should help bring those temps down. :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[Zepper]

Computers generally like room temps to be 75 rather than 85F. That's about 5 deg C of your high numbers right there. Make sure your heatsinks and fan filters are kept clean - that should help some. But the Atctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 could make a bit of a difference - best current price I know of is at Provantage.com. The Antec SLK3000-B (or the Tt Tsunami, which is basically the same case done in aluminum) cools well for a budget case.

.bh.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Pentium Ds are pretty hot. If you want better cooling, you'll probably need a new case and HSF. Any decent alluminum case with 2 120mm fans should be fine...

 

[Baked]

Oooh, didn't know there's an aluminum version of the SLK3000B. Or maybe the P180 for $99 @ outpost.com this weekend.

 

[Googer]

This thread belongs in the Cases and Cooling section.

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