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Idea's for keeping my PC cool?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:53 pm
by CadeX
AMDx64 Dual Core (2.2GHZ) Proccessor, 3GB DDR400 Ram, 1x 320GB Sata2 HD, 1x 200GB ATA HD, Bloody hot graphics card (can't remember the model)
I'm fully aware that AMD gets rediculously hot, but i'm trying to find a way to keep it alot cooler then it is (50 degrees is the cores temperature, 70 is the gfx cards temperature)
I have fans on: the power supply, 2 for the motherboard, 2 for the processor, and i have no more slots for fans... Keeping the case open doesnt help, it just makes it feel like my room is air conditioned (quite nice in winter, when it's cold in my room i always just flick my case open... mint.)
All i can think of is a water cooling system... Any other idea's?
(Don't want to go damaging the case, its a sexy X-Blade case (
http://imodpc.com/images/X-Blade/XBlade_Black.JPG))
Thanks,
CadeX
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:45 pm
by Bonne_den_kule
The temperatures are normal. My Athlon 64 X2 3800+ reaches 60C on load, and my GPU (Geforce 7600 GS) gets around 80C while playing.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:04 pm
by thamarok
Bonne_den_kule wrote:The temperatures are normal. My Athlon 64 X2 3800+ reaches 60C on load, and my GPU (Geforce 7600 GS) gets around 80C while playing.
Whoa!
My computer runs always on 40C and the graphics card is at about 50C, but when I overclock my CPU to 2.4Ghz, the temperature grows by about 5C.
@CadeX: Beautiful ATX-Case there!
Mine can be found here:
http://www.bestwaycomputer.ca/images/CM ... T03-UW.jpg
It is also beautiful isn't it
Re: Idea's for keeping my PC cool?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:05 pm
by fsw
CadeX wrote:All i can think of is a water cooling system... Any other idea's?
(Don't want to go damaging the case, its a sexy X-Blade case
Why not but a stylish fridge and put it in
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:47 pm
by srod
Paint a picture of the Hoff on the top of the case - very cool!
Re: Idea's for keeping my PC cool?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:40 pm
by Kale
CadeX wrote:Idea's for keeping my PC cool?
Lick it?
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:53 am
by CadeX
Lick it... Burns meh tongue....
Fridge... Don't have the cha-ching.
Hoff... I don't know... Either him or chuck norris... or latoya jackon.
@Thamarok
Nice case, and thanks.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:01 am
by Dreglor
50c is a alright tempature, I'd be worried about your gfx card, 70c is litterlly cooking the thing... my suggestion is take a look around to see if you can replace the heatsink on that guy with one that can take away the heat better
ussally stock sinks and fans do next to nothing on processors and gfx cards unless there high quality cards
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:03 am
by thamarok
Dreglor wrote:50c is a alright tempature, I'd be worried about your gfx card, 70c is litterlly cooking the thing... my suggestion is take a look around to see if you can replace the heatsink on that guy with one that can take away the heat better
ussally stock sinks and fans do next to nothing on processors and gfx cards unless there high quality cards
That's why I bought the Zalman CNPS7700-AlCu processor fan as the stock fan didn't do anything and my CPU got overheated with the stock fan when I overclocked it, but after installing the Zalman fan, the overclock process went fine.
I have been thinking of buying a fan for my GFX card.. I am right now using a fan of CoolerMaster but I think it's not powerful enough for my GFX card, I have been thinking of buying a Zalman VF700-AlCu (Zalman is the best
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:28 am
by techjunkie
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:26 pm
by va!n
use artic cooler freezer <<< i have only very good experience with this coolers! my system always arouns 30 C - max 35 C (when running games).
Another way, just let your PC off
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:21 pm
by dracflamloc
heavy duty ziplock bag of ice...
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:21 pm
by KarLKoX
Dreglor wrote:50c is a alright tempature, I'd be worried about your gfx card, 70c is litterlly cooking the thing... my suggestion is take a look around to see if you can replace the heatsink on that guy with one that can take away the heat better
ussally stock sinks and fans do next to nothing on processors and gfx cards unless there high quality cards
Not really ... latest AMD cpu don't go very high in temperature, 50° C isn't normal where 70° C for a GPU is heat but not very dangerous, latest Nvidia GPU can go up to 120° (extrem limit), ATI's GPU heat is usually about 70/80°.
Though what i would do is to change the cpu cooling with a better one, for example, a Thermaltake XP90-C + a NoiseBlocker SE2 Blue 92 mm cooling with some Artic Silver 5 Ceramic, you will not regret it.
This is just an example, the Zalman CNPS 9550cu is another good choice.
If you want to change the GPU fan, depending on wich one you have, NV Silencer and the Zalman VF900 are very good.
