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The Official Cooling Thread!
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12. August 2007 @ 08:40 |
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My room is always kinda hot, it started with those P4 PCs I had in it.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 08:42 |
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heh, my CPU and GPU combined use 270W power full load. Even a Prescott P4 only uses 90W.
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12. August 2007 @ 08:47 |
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Sam & Mort81
Both of them are pretty tall as well as heavy. The tuniq tower is about the heaviest cooler I've ever seen. 798g without the fan and 153mm tall! The Thermalright is right behind it at 790g without the fan and a whopping 160.50mm tall! Both of them have difficulties fitting inside of some cases, and a side fan or CPU duct would be out of the question on most cases! Besides he did indicate the need for something less expensive in his earlier post, and he did inquire about 2 coolers that were under $30, and he did say that he's not a gamer!
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GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 08:49 |
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Then I'd say I gave him a good answer with the Freezer 7 Pro...
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12. August 2007 @ 08:53 |
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I never said I wasn't a gamer, I've been playing video games since I was three. I just never have had good enough PCs to play the latest games but I have always had the latest consoles.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 09:11 |
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here's a few budget cpu hsf's. I would opt for the arctic freezer though.
Rig #1 Asus Rampage Formula Mobo, Intel Core2Quad Q9450 CPU @ 3.55ghz, 2gb Corsair DDR2 1066 Dominator Ram @ 5-5-5-15, TR Ultra 120 Extreme w/ Scythe 9 blade 110 cfm 120mm Fan HSF, HIS Radeon 512mb HD3850 IceQ TurboX GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, CM Stacker 830 Evo Case, Rig #2 Asus P5W DH Deluxe Mobo, Intel C2D E6600 CPU @ 3.6ghz, 2gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Ram @ 4-4-4-12-2t, Zalman CNPS9500LED HSF, Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, Cooler Master Mystique Case, Viewsonic 20.1" Widescreen Digital LCD Monitor, Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1 THX Desktop Speakers, http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=348351 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=236435 |
AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 09:23 |
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Yead I'll probably go with the freezer 7 also.
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12. August 2007 @ 09:24 |
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Yeah I'll probably go with the freezer 7 also.
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12. August 2007 @ 10:47 |
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I noticed something strange, my PSU fan is pretty much the only exhaust. I have another 120mm fan for exhaust but when I put my hand behind it there seems no be no air exiting from it.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:05 |
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Then it's not going very fast. What make/model is it?
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:13 |
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This is my case and I think these are my fans, although they might be the double ball bearing ones, I'm not sure.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:20 |
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At 1500rpm you should feel plenty of air coming out the back, but fans are often rated for different speeds.
If you feel like you need more air coming out, try Scythe S-Flex fans. (The 1600rpm ones)
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12. August 2007 @ 11:26 |
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What do you mean rated for different speeds?
EDIT: I mean they sound like a lot of air is moving but the 80mm PSU fans are moving a LOT more air.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:31 |
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Different rpm. More rpm = more airflow.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:33 |
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Isn't 1500 rpm any good?
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 11:37 |
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It should be, I run my fans at 500rpm.
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12. August 2007 @ 12:18 |
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Well I just installed a 92mm(It's about 3.5 inches, not exactly but around there) fan from my OLD compaq machine and CPU temps seems to have dropped about 5 degrees. Motherboard temps are about the same, may have increased about 1 degree.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 12:19 |
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Sounds good!
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12. August 2007 @ 12:24 |
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Yeah, but its still kinda gay that this HUGE f'in fan wont move any air. I should probably get ULTRA to replace it and tell them it doesn't move as much speed as advertised.
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. August 2007 @ 12:37 |
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Hmm,perhaps.
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12. August 2007 @ 19:40 |
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Actually there may be something wrong with my mobo. When I first installed that new fan and I put it at 100 in speefan, it was over 2000 RPM, now at 100 percent in speedfan it is at 1400 RPM.
EDIT: Figured it all out. I was playing around in speed fan and in the advanced config menu it has PWM options. I set all of them to software controlled. It seems the reason for my decreased fan speeds was not the new fan but because my CPU fan was running at 2100 RPM instead instead of 1400! I'll put the Ultra fan back, at it probably will move a nice amount of air.
EDIT(AGAIN!): Well I disabled fan speed control and I have the same kind of fans for intake and exhaust. Well with that fan control disabled my CPU runs at 2100 RPM, but both my other fans wont go over 1550 RPM! I'm guessing these are the double ball bearing ones since the other kind don't go over 1500 RPM.
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AfterDawn Addict
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13. August 2007 @ 01:44 |
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1500rpm should be ample airflow.
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14. August 2007 @ 11:14 |
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Well I sold about 300 dollars worth of old tablet pc's that I got for free(A VERY fast Fujitsu Stylistic 500(20 Mb of RAM, 50 MHZ CPU)). So I just ordered the Freezer 7 pro and I'll let you know how much the temps drop.
EDIT: BTW I found Shane's calculator for calculating CPU Watts, and I wanted to know what the stock watts for an e6400 is? I looked on the Intel site and it mentioned 65W, is this correct?
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. August 2007 @ 13:00 |
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Lol nice one!
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14. August 2007 @ 13:16 |
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What about the tablets? Yeah I got about 80 and I'm selling em for 25 USD a piece.
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