Hi,
I currently have an opteron 165 @2.4ghz mated to a Zalman 9500 in a HD-160 case. It has been running for quite some time (I dont shut it down at night, usually running for a few weeks before an update or something else requires a reboot) and I would like to improve on its cooling. Currently it has been fairly stable, I game on it, encode movies, play movies, its always downloading and whatnot, however it peaks out at 62C. Prior to this CPU I would be very leary if one of my CPUs exceeded 40C, but seeing this one is dual-core until now I have been fairly leniant.
I would like to get the temperatures a little lower to aid in my overclocking efforts. Ideally I would like ~ 2.6ghz, which may be doable providing I increase the voltages(currently stock) as well as lower the temperatures. I will have to voltmod my motherboard (Asrock 939Dual-Sata2) which wont be too much of a stretch, however while maintain an enclosed aircooling I was somewhat stumped until reading about the Tuniq Tower 120. I am hoping to replace the fan with a Nexus 120 (all my case fans have been swapped for nexus, as well as the one in my OCZ Powerstream 700) while maintaining it at 12V. The Zalman is currently running at minimum via the pot because that fan is way too noisy for my tastes.
Any ideas if the Tuniq, most likely with a Nexus 120 will perform better than my current 9500 running at low? I realize there are plenty of variables...
And yes, its an HTPC, its supposed to be "silent". I consider my xbox360 crazy loud in comparison to my pc right now (which is marginally louder than a working fluorescent ballast).
I currently have an opteron 165 @2.4ghz mated to a Zalman 9500 in a HD-160 case. It has been running for quite some time (I dont shut it down at night, usually running for a few weeks before an update or something else requires a reboot) and I would like to improve on its cooling. Currently it has been fairly stable, I game on it, encode movies, play movies, its always downloading and whatnot, however it peaks out at 62C. Prior to this CPU I would be very leary if one of my CPUs exceeded 40C, but seeing this one is dual-core until now I have been fairly leniant.
I would like to get the temperatures a little lower to aid in my overclocking efforts. Ideally I would like ~ 2.6ghz, which may be doable providing I increase the voltages(currently stock) as well as lower the temperatures. I will have to voltmod my motherboard (Asrock 939Dual-Sata2) which wont be too much of a stretch, however while maintain an enclosed aircooling I was somewhat stumped until reading about the Tuniq Tower 120. I am hoping to replace the fan with a Nexus 120 (all my case fans have been swapped for nexus, as well as the one in my OCZ Powerstream 700) while maintaining it at 12V. The Zalman is currently running at minimum via the pot because that fan is way too noisy for my tastes.
Any ideas if the Tuniq, most likely with a Nexus 120 will perform better than my current 9500 running at low? I realize there are plenty of variables...
And yes, its an HTPC, its supposed to be "silent". I consider my xbox360 crazy loud in comparison to my pc right now (which is marginally louder than a working fluorescent ballast).
