Welcome to Summer: Heat/Instability problems

stultus

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A64 3000+ w/Zalman CNPS7000A-ALCU, BFG 6800 GT OC

In the winter I was running at 2.4 GHz no problem. Now I'm having stability problems not overclocked at all. CPU while playing WoW was 66C last night and I was getting hitching where everything would freeze for several seconds. Took off my case shell and watched it drop 7-8 degrees. Hitching got better but is still not fixed. Ambient room temp is about 25C (75F).

My current case is an ugly, old POS with no airflow.

Can anyone recommend me a solid case with good airflow? I was eyeing the P160 just because I like the connectors in front but I'm not sure if that's a good case for cooling. purposes.

I basically think I need to go one step beyond the average cooling needs, so I want something really decent. If I don't have to spend $150, that's a plus.
 

DanDaMan315

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CM Stacker, you can load that baby up with 3 120mm in the front and the cross flow fan for your mobo. Unfortunately it'll cost you ~$160.