temp problems w/rebuild; help a noob!

[bootoo]

Hi & thanks for reading. I recently traded my kg7r for a used nforce abit nv7-133r. At the same time I replaced the stock hsf w/ a tt dragon orb (copper core) which I bought with the mobo. I'm running an xp2100+, 512 kingston value ram, geforce 4 ti 4200, all in a coolerguys wind tunnel case. Thought the orb would bring my temps (around 50) down but no way! Yesterday they were hovering between 60 and 70 in 3d when I fired up (bad choice of words) counterstrike for a few minutes to test. Today they're running "better" at 60, 63 after 10 minutes of counterstrike.

I can find no heating issues mentioned on a couple of nforce places, and really the dragon orb should be better than the stock hsf. I'm using the same thermal grease - think it's antec - as I did before, and the case is an overclocker dream - 4 fans (I took 2 out to put in a nicer window back when I had a nice cool 1500+).

ANY HELP or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Only new components are the motherboard (running at stock voltages; checked) and the orb. What the heck!

 

[jarsoffart]

The Dragon Orb is not a great heatsink, even when compared to the stock AMD heatsink. I know with newer NV7-133R BIOS's they change the temperature calibration, so that might have a bit to do with it, althought the temperature is not physically changed. If you want a quality heatsink, get a Thermalright SK-7.

 

[bootoo]

Thanks; I got this orb as part of a combo but will definitely be buying another and that looks good.

Another annoying newb question - the generic high flow blowhole fans shoved into the case are temporary; I can hear them all through the house. What do you think of panaflo l1 fans to replace them? Or is there a better choice that won't choke the cfm going through? Thanks; cooling's never been my problem before.