Temps to High

[Icedout]

My cpu idles at a 49C at 75% fan speed my first vid card at 72C at 35% fan speed my second vid car at 66C at 35% fan speed under load in crysis at 1920x 1080p on 40"lcd I hit 91C on both of them but this is allowing ntune to auto control my fans instead of manual control

factory cooling on cpu and cards

was thinking about zalman 9700 led artic silver 5 would like mx 2 though but hard to come by right now.

and zalman 1000's vga coolers.


120mm led fan in front of drives 1 in back of case
92 mm fan in top back of case next to psu and one in roof
250mm side fan

Im thinking I need to add one more 120mm to front as well.


Please help out if you can would like to see the temps go down.

other case is old thermaltake armor silver
e6850
2 gig corsair xms 6500
evga 8800 gtx-625/970
2x 80 gig WD Sata's
ps35 gigabyte mobo
stock cpu cooler
7 80mm fans
2 front 2 side 2 back 1 top card stays 63C idle with all fans 1/2 way and 82 loaded with crysis at 1920x1200 high settings 16x on samsung 24 lcd


any suggestions on either case would be helpfull would like to see a cpu cooler for the sli rig that has a fan that is not pwm so My controller can adapt to it it splices from the mobo pwm to a 3 pin for the fan interupt since my factory fan is pwm wont plug in

Thanks for the intput
p.s in case your interested 370 max usage playing crysis on sli rig.



thanks in advance.

 

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anyone?

 

[aigomorla]

Firt off get some air inside your case. 80mm fans are just too loud for there CFM. Replace all the fans that can take 120mm fans with 120mm fans.

Jab-tech.com has a great deal on yate loons DSM or DSH the medium speed or high speed. And they give bulk discounts. You'll get the fans for less then 4 dollars each..

If the noise doesnt bug you, then nevermind

I see your running the side pannel 250mm fan. So you definitely got enough air flow. I would recomend you invest in a great sink.

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme should fit inside that case
Tuniq Tower is another recomendation for a quadcore.


For your videocards, the Thermalright HR-03 has no rival yet, so it might be a good idea to swap to those if your interested.


All of the listed can be bought at jab-tech.

 

[Icedout]

thanks for the reply


I have been looking at all the coolers out there both vga and cpu I would like to keep them small I Know thermalright is an excellent product but I dont think i would have enough room in my case for their products and I dont plan to overclock that much.

I have two systems that I use so im gonna test the zalmans vn1000 which were the closet things to the thermalrights and they use up half of the height and were only a couple degrees behind.

An enzotech cooler which is the best downflow cooler tested to date according to various sites including this one. Ill try those out and then give you guys readings and such and then im either gonna use the zalman 9700 or the thermalright if i can fit it in my case.

Thanks again for the info and iLL try to keep this article going until the 4th or so my parts come in then. Ill test and then let you know.

 

[Icedout]

another question while im in the forum.


how far can I oc my e6850 on air?

I realize the more I want a stable oc the better cooler I will get but I would like some info please.


http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3022

this link is quite helpful for me as I hope it is for others.

Thanks in advance.

 

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I orderd the enzotech which Ill put on my other 6850 with the 8800 gtx in the case then I ordered the thermalright ultra extreme for this case which will be really close to the side fan

 

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testing update.


gpu1 91c
gpu2 91c-------factory heatsinks

gpu1 71c
gpu2 70c-------zalman vf 1000 heatsinks

gpu1 65c
gpu2 60c-------switched the zalman thermal paste and put on artic silver 5 instead.


my load test is cryis at 1920x1080 everything on high aa is maxed on 8 for some reason sli on 8800 gts wont go to 16q like it does on my 8800gtx

cpu loads at 55 still waiting for my thermalright cpu cooler and my new fans.