Wow.... I sure hope that A7V reads as high as they say... MikeWarrior2?

[DanishGuy]

Hmmm, my CPU is idling at 55 °C and doing 63 °C under full load...

My case temp hovers around 35-40 °C

I've got a Asus A7V rev 1.02, bios v. 1006

It's a 1 GHz TB running 9.5*106 MHz, that means 141 MHz on RAM (PC133 VCM 2-2-2) and 1007 MHz on CPU.

Well, I've got an desktop case to defend my honor.

The problem is that I've already got 1*80 mm Papst, 1*60mm Papst, a 330W Enermax PSU with 1*80 mm Papst and 1*92 mm Papst..... Ordered a Slot cooler to place under my Voodoo 3 3500, which is 40-50 °C depending on load situations.

My HSF is the Silverado50 cooler. (Very effective!) It has 2 "squirrel cage" fans @ 3,600 RPM which MikeWarrior2 says is A LOT. the insanity doesn't stop here, it has 50 grams of polished fine silver at the mating spot with the core. The HS is made of aluminum. (Need I say it's quite expensive?)

Guess there's no need to say that it sounds like a small jet taking off?

So maybe anyone around here can help? (Yeah yeah, i know... Get a new case, but I got no money man!)

If I'm gonna buy one it'll be Addtronics 7896A FullTower. (Has room for pretty many fans!)

 

[enginjon]

That is definetely too high of temps. I would shutdown, take off the Heatsink, clean it up good, reapply the Arctic Silver, and then reseat the Heatsink and clamp it down. It must not be seated jsut right, sometimes the can be very picky.

 

[DanishGuy]

It's been reseated 6 times now... Still waiting for the AS to arrive any day now.

Please note the case temps, they do affect the CPU temp´s a lot.

The air coming out of my PSU is ~30-35 °C.

 

[mechBgon]

The heatsink needs a supply of cool air. The higher the air temperature in your case, the higher the CPU temperature will be. At the moment, my case air temperature is about 22C. Can you run the case with the cover off, or is the monitor on top?

Some ways to get the case cooled off: drill holes in any unused bay covers, or put a hard-drive cooler in one of the unused bays to blow cool air in. If you have no fans on the rear panel above the I/O area, see if there is room to cut blowholes for 60mm fans there, or 80mm if the case is tall enough. This is one of the requirements for an AMD-approved case (fan behind CPU on rear panel). Cut an intake blowhole on the left side panel. Or just get a cheap well-ventilated mid-tower case like an Enlight 7237 or Inwin S500, until you can afford the Addtronics. The Enlight is available without a power supply. Sell your desktop case to get some of your money back, and sell the Enlight when you have your dream case. But do something to reduce that case temperature!

 

[ericd]

So are you saying that there is nothing between the heatsink and the processor core right now?????? If so there is your problem right there.

Eric

 

[DanishGuy]

Bad news.....

My monitor is on top of the case, and my 60 mm PAPST is sucking out the air right beside the HSF, and so is the 92 mm fan from the PSU.

 

[DanishGuy]

I've got some radio shack stock thermal grease in there....

 

[mechBgon]

Perhaps you can increase the efficiency of the intake fan at the front, by reducing obstructions to airflow. Drilling the ventilation holes to a larger size is an idea, and cutting away any metal where the fan is blowing.

 

[DanishGuy]

mechBgon:

Maybe I'll borrow my dad's Dremel and our 64 mm hole punch at work (It's called "locker" in Danish).

We also have them in 60 & 54 mm versions, and a hydraulic cylinder to punch the holes, very nice!

If I use the hole punch first (which btw. makes a _very_ nice cut) , and finish the rest, from 64 to 80 mm with the Dremel.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

its reading that high because your case temps aren't all that low.


Mike