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| Feb 16th, 2004 02:43 PM | |||
| MEATMAN | Also, vacuum out your case every 6 months, more if you smoke or have cats. (NEVER smoke by a computer!) The dust insulates very well, but while that may be good for your house, it's bad for your PC. I find a nice thick furry layer of dust when I clean it out. | ||
| Feb 16th, 2004 02:41 PM | |||
| MEATMAN | Another consideration is air flow. For example, I have space for another fan in the back of my computer, but it's unoccupied. The case was sucking in air less than an inch from where the exhaust was coming out. I covered the open spare with duct tape, and reduced my CPU temp 10 degrees F. | ||
| Dec 22nd, 2003 02:13 AM | |||
| Zbu Manowar | Another minor consideration is how many hard drives you have in there and what their rpm is. If you're running two or more 7200 rpm hard drives that could also add to the problem but I'm not sure how much. | ||
| Dec 17th, 2003 03:56 PM | |||
| Perndog | On the note of noisy fans, can anyone recommend a setup for a really quiet-running computer that still stays quite cool? (fans, some kind of noise insulation, whatever) I'm trying to get a nearly-silent environment around my computer desk for recording and mixing projects. Right now I've got a generic CPU fan, an intake case fan, and an exhaust fan in a PCI slot (those things are so cool and cheap and this one blows lots of hot air out so it must be working), and it sounds *relatively* quiet, but not quiet enough. | ||
| Dec 17th, 2003 11:59 AM | |||
| Flatulor |
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running your cpu at 52° C is fine, like whoreable said, dont let it get around 60° C. if you are truly THAT concerned about the temperature of your CPU, then (if you have a hell of a lot of money) buy a water cooling system, unless you dont mind the extreme noise created by the volcano 7+. judjing by the temperature of your friends cpu, i wouldnt say that its just the case fans that are keeping it cool. he more than likely has a powerful cpu fan (if its loud, he has one) or a watercooled system (very likely) because a temperature that low isnt easily achieved by a fan and heatsink (unless its an extremely old cpu or one that doesnt put off much heat). Quote:
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| Nov 21st, 2003 12:39 AM | |||
| Command Prompt | I want one of them fancy ball bearing cpus. | ||
| Nov 20th, 2003 07:21 AM | |||
| whoreable |
yes and no. These chips are designed to run hot, but once it gets around 60c things will start to get unstable. The heat could also shorten the life of your chip from 30 years to 10 years or something like that(who cares). It could also affect other componets if there is not enough airflow and too much heat builds up.. I would install a temp monitoring program for windows so u can see what the temps are like at full load. Honestly you will probaly be fine, if you want to be safe there are millions of heatsinks better than the amd retail one so it shouldnt be too hard to find one that will decrease temperatures without increasing noise, or costing too much. |
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| Nov 20th, 2003 02:23 AM | |||
| Command Prompt |
Is this processor heat thing really just a conspiracy theory to get us to spend more money? Please advise whoreable. |
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| Nov 12th, 2003 05:19 AM | |||
| whoreable |
if you get one like this and a 92mm fan for i your temps will be way lower. http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewproduc...srchFor=-900-A of course there are cheaper, but this is the best. |
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| Nov 11th, 2003 05:55 PM | |||
| AChimp |
That's because you don't have the connections like I do. 
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| Nov 11th, 2003 05:18 PM | |||
| Command Prompt |
Oh THAT thing. Yes I have the retail one. I asked if I could get some kind of thermal gel put on when they* were mounting it for me but they* said that the retail one was the best. * = computer blvd. |
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| Nov 11th, 2003 11:54 AM | |||
| whoreable | The heatsink is gonna be the key to your cpu temps. I am assuming you just have the retail one that came with the cpu? | ||
| Nov 11th, 2003 11:16 AM | |||
| AChimp |
Heatsinks are big chunks of metal with lots of spike things to increase their surface area so they dissipate heat better. You put them on your CPU.  My 2.4 P4 runs at 40 degrees usually. |
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| Nov 11th, 2003 01:48 AM | |||
| Command Prompt |
What the fuck's a heatsink? Something that aborbs heat? Dammned if I know. That wasn't on the motherboard install chart. AChimp: If I ever found myself wanting to customize my computer like that I would wrap my mouse cord around my neck and put myself out of my money wasting misery. |
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| Nov 10th, 2003 11:32 PM | |||
| whoreable | What heatsink do you have? | ||
| Nov 10th, 2003 11:08 PM | |||
| AChimp | Did you buy one of those gay cases with the neon lights? If so, I laugh at your wattage. | ||
| Nov 10th, 2003 10:41 PM | |||
| Command Prompt |
CPU Temps Okay I installed my new motherboard/CPU but I didn't notice I didn't have any fans in my new case so I almost cooked it at a toasty 60 C. Today I picked up some fans, so I have 2 80mm fans sucking out air, plus my power supply expels internal air as well. I also have a 80 mm fan sucking in air, and I will be getting a second later on. The Bios still says my CPU is a toasty ~52 C and the system temp is a balmy 29 C. WTF??? Its a AMD 2600+. I know AMDs run hot, but this is gay. My buddy runs his CPU at 22 C, but has 13 fans in his gigantic ass case. Must I resort to this extreme? Oh yeah, I also drilled a bunch of holes in the back of my computer desk so there is lots of airflow. Actualy, My feet are cold from the draft coming out the back of the computer
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