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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2003, 03:15:31 AM »
Did you build it yourself? What did you use for the thermal compound and heatsink/fan?

I used Arctic Silver and a Coolermaster fan and mine never goes above 42 deg C even in Summer. I have an Antec tower case with 2 case fans, so that does help. :)
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« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2003, 04:02:05 AM »
JB73 - your reward will be a trip to Milwaukee zoo, next time I'm in the area. :) I went there once - quite a good zoo I thought.

Dowding, yes I built it myself - the third incarnation within my desktop case, which I bought as part of a complete system from Viglen in 1997. That's part of the problem - the case is an older design, and doesn't have the CPU vents with additional fans that modern cases have. I put an extractor fan into a PCI slot, but that's the best I could do with this case. The heatsink fan is a Taisor, and I mounted this directly on top of the processor. It had that patch of thermal paste on it, and I did not use any other material.

I just built another system with an Athlon XP1800 in a case like this and it was running at a steady 47° - not too bad.
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2003, 08:46:35 AM »
Those thermal pads already mounted on the hsf are not very good at all. Suggest getting some artic silver compound and using it according to instructions,, works wonders :)

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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2003, 08:48:46 AM »
That might be your problem, regarding the increasing temperatures. Even with poor venting, I shouldn't think the max temperature should be increasing every time you use the PC. Your standard thermal compound is usually pretty poor stuff. For £30 (I think) you can get the arctic silver compound, and apply that to the CPU die. It has superb heat conductivity - the temperature of my system has been rock solid for 2 years. Don't use the compound that comes with separate coolers either.

Having siad that, the cooler set-up that comes with Intel Pentium IV stuff is supposed to be good.

Check out Overclockers UK.
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« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2003, 10:30:24 AM »
Overclockers UK built my machine. Coolermaster aluminium case, flashy heatsink/fan on 1800XP, 2 case fans . Runs at 52 Deg C which is ok but not fantastic according to some of your posts.:(

Case temp is 32 or so. That is according to the BIOS which may not be accurate.
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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2003, 06:06:23 PM »
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JB73 - your reward will be a trip to Milwaukee zoo, next time I'm in the area. :) I went there once - quite a good zoo I thought.

Dowding, yes I built it myself - the third incarnation within my desktop case, which I bought as part of a complete system from Viglen in 1997. That's part of the problem - the case is an older design, and doesn't have the CPU vents with additional fans that modern cases have. I put an extractor fan into a PCI slot, but that's the best I could do with this case. The heatsink fan is a Taisor, and I mounted this directly on top of the processor. It had that patch of thermal paste on it, and I did not use any other material.

I just built another system with an Athlon XP1800 in a case like this and it was running at a steady 47° - not too bad.
yes its not a bad zoo :D

but you should look intoTHIS case for your current PC that was overheating..... get the all aluminum one. or THIS one that i use. also all aluminum. i put in the extractor fan + the 2 rear + the front + the 3 on my power supply + the CPU and a side panel fan not shown on this version of the case.

oh well my 2¢
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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2003, 06:02:06 AM »
JB73 - rgr that. I checked UK suppliers, and found this one. Similar to what you suggested- any good?
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2003, 01:51:31 PM »
I couldn't believe this. I took on board all suggestions offered in this and other threads, and began to evaluate a few options starting at the easiest, and working up. Clearly, my PSU fan failure needed to be resolved, et voila - a reduction of 8° down to 64°. Still not good enough. And I was not happy with the ventilation of my case. So tonight I tried an experiment. I moved the monitor to one side, then with the PC still running, I removed the top cover while monitoring the various Asus Probe readings.

Within 15 minutes, the CPU temperature had tumbled from 64° to 50°, and continued to fall. Within half an hour, she was flat-lining at 47°!  :eek: Well... I knew that removing the cover might make a few degrees difference, perhaps as many as 5, but I never would have known it could make 17° difference. And I never realised how ineffective that PCI slot fan was. I can't locate it close to the CPU because it is screened by the vid card in the AGP slot.

No Arctic Ice, no voltage changes, no additional heatsinks or fans. Just removal of the lid!  So now... I must get a new case. I spoke to the supplier of those Chieftec cases that JB73 recommended, and I have one picked out.

Picture of my CPU temp falling after cover removed...
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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2003, 03:48:07 PM »
I fried an Athalon 1 gig not long after I got the new computer.It was pegged at 90+ when I rebooted after it crapped out.This was about 15 mins after it shut off.STILL 90+     I sent it back and they replaced the chip but I got a better heat sink and never had problems with it after.
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2003, 05:48:48 PM »
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JB73 - rgr that. I checked UK suppliers, and found this one. Similar to what you suggested- any good?
yep .. thats pretty much the case i use right now.

its real nice. lots of airflow. also the drives mount super easy. i paid about $95 US .. i dont know the conversion but that looks like i fine price.

hope you enjoy it! :)

dont forget about looking into a copper heatsink.

and the extrusion fan.... the new tower will have more room so put it on the bottom slot. there should be plentty of airflow on top of that.

<> and glad to be of help!
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« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2003, 02:15:43 AM »
Bah airflow sucks. It's too noisy..

H2O is a better way to go, phasechange the best :)

Buy a Vapochill.
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« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2003, 02:01:36 PM »
My new case has arrived. And I have a question for JB73. I've bought four optional case cooling fans, and they look pretty much reversible - back and front are same. So I wondered. Do you have yours draw air in at the front of the case, and exhaust out the back, or in through the back and exhaust through the front?
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« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2003, 05:29:42 PM »
well .... i shouldn't really tell you cause i smoke by my PC (i KNOW its really bad LOL).... but because of this i have all fans blowing out. ait comes in through the spaces that dont have fans.

it works well ... but if you dont have to worry about what gets sucked in..... go in through the 2 front ports and out the back. you will need at least 8 inches of clearance in the back though. then you should be set. the reason to bring in through the front is simple. there will be more fresh air in the room than is stuck behind the tower.

hope you like it :)

aren't those drive bays sweet! ;)
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« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2003, 07:02:28 AM »
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Overclockers UK built my machine. Coolermaster aluminium case, flashy heatsink/fan on 1800XP, 2 case fans . Runs at 52 Deg C which is ok but not fantastic according to some of your posts.:(

Case temp is 32 or so. That is according to the BIOS which may not be accurate.


 I got the 1800xp with 1 case fan, 1 power supply fan, and 1 tornado i think is what they call it near PCI slots blowing out it's also near video card. and my temps are 36 cpu , 20 case. when browsing the web and after playing IL2 45 cpu 28 case. after and during AH it around 40 cpu and 25 case.

 It's overclocked by 10% and the video card is overclocked also 10%.
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« Reply #29 on: January 31, 2003, 09:50:06 AM »
I run 2 fans front low, sucking in, 2 fans hi rear blowing out


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