Next project - cooling improvements

[Detale]

The warmest part you reffered to is the North Bridge


They usually do get quite hot as well. They sell aftermarket coolers for that as well. Are you saying you always had a fan blowing on the GPU's or did you just do that now?

[Skiz]

It's always been there.

[Detale]

Im surprised that you were getting those temps with a fan blowing right on them. I guess it's that the cards (3 right?) are very close together.Hmmmm you could get a fan blowing more than 1500 RPM's but it would be loud, I mean real loud. If this doesn't bother you I have a bunch of San Ace fans I don't use anymore if you want them. I got them a while ago. I didn't pay nearly as much as on petras. I think they were $8 or so. These things are LOUD but powerful as hell man. 2600RPM moving 102.5 CFM. Let me know, maybe I can finally mail you something.

[Skiz]

Thanks a ton, but for the moment I'll hold off on that fan. The current setup isn't real loud, but the last thing I want is an increase in noise.

I've been doing some poking around and I think I'm gonna spring for one of these. Anyone care to shoot that down?

[Detale]

Oh no you didn't!

[Skiz]

I did. I tewtally went there and back.

It seems like a better idea than the added fans. It should produce less noise ("35db") and give me all the cooling I need. Right?

After that, I'll need to sort something out for the GPUs.

[Detale]

Honestly the H50 isn't any better than one of the current top dog air coolers bud. Also I thought the point here was to cool your GPU's and overall case temps. The H50 will only cool your CPU dude. You will probably still need to add a fan or two.

Something else I thought of just now. You may want to do something first before buying any extra coolers. make sure the stock heatsinks are making contact sometimes they aren't seated properly. Also you could replace the stock thermal paste with some good stuff like Arctic silver 5. I say that because you can get it in radio shack now and just try it before anything else. it should help quite a bit I think.

[Skiz]

Honestly the H50 isn't any better than one of the current top dog air coolers bud. Also I thought the point here was to cool your GPU's and overall case temps. The H50 will only cool your CPU dude. You will probably still need to add a fan or two.

I don't need it to be better than an air cooler, I just need it to work. The problem is that the CPU is getting too hot and the GPUs. The maximum safe temp Intel lists for my processor is 62C and I'm running almost 10 degrees over that while gaming.

I know fuck all about cooling so I'm learning as I go here with my research but everything I post gets shot down.

Something else I thought of just now. You may want to do something first before buying any extra coolers. make sure the stock heatsinks are making contact sometimes they aren't seated properly. Also you could replace the stock thermal paste with some good stuff like Arctic silver 5. I say that because you can get it in radio shack now and just try it before anything else. it should help quite a bit I think.

I don't know how comfortable I am doing that. I've never tinkered with that sort of stuffs before. I'd feel fine about it on another PC but this is my only internets.

[Detale]

LOL, dude you're a smart guy. It's usually either a few pins or screws. Wipe off the old and spread on the new.

[clocker]

I don't know how comfortable I am doing that. I've never tinkered with that sort of stuffs before. I'd feel fine about it on another PC but this is my only internets.

If you're nervous about redoing the TIM, how are you going to install a waterblock?