cpu cooler program

[satman]

i just dl'd rain 1.0 , it reduced my cpu temp from
107degF to 87deg F. there is a rain 2.0 ver just haven't gotten it yet.

I am running amd 1gig at 1070
1.81v core, now temp is down to
71deg F.

[infected]

cpu idle is program you should trie, and hardwaremonitor pro..
you can get this at tweaksfiles.com both are shareware:(shamed..[url="http://"]tweakfiles[/www.tweaksfiles.com]

[satman]

is that the correct url ,cant find it

[Breadfan]

I'm very leary about alot of the software out there that "makes hardware run better." Most notably downloading accelerators and many utilities such as FirstAid98, etc. Too many can really bog down a system becuase you have all this junk running in the background that truly isn't doing anything. And lets not get started on FirstAid...someone let me borrow that a long time ago, I figured I'd try it and ended up uninstalling it after it made my system run WORSE.

Anyway...I got way off track there didn't I. I am curious though...what exaclty can software do to drop CPU temp by 20 deg F? Thats a pretty drastic drop and certainly caught my eye. How does it work?

Mike

[Rottys-R-Us]

satman (Feb 13, 2001 06:56 p.m.):
is that the correct url ,cant find it

It should be- http://www.tweakfiles.com/

Under prosesers

[Rottys-R-Us]

lionfish01 (Feb 13, 2001 10:10 p.m.):
satman (Feb 13, 2001 06:56 p.m.):
is that the correct url ,cant find it

It should be- http://www.tweakfiles.com/

Under prosesers

Even better-http://www.tweakfiles.com/processor/rain.html

[Rich]

Rain is ok for general non game useage but atually reduces the cpu
processing power if left to run while playing cpu intensive games, the
problem with most put it asleep so called cpu software coolers. You
really need a 2 fan Heatsink and a good airflow around the cpu,
especially with Athlon cpu's, I dropped 7C off my cpu temp by
adding a normal 12 volt fan 1 inch over the normal fan plus H/sink.

[MiracleMan]

I've tried all sort of software cooling, with no results at all whit my current system... ;P

[Hoot]

MiracleMan (Feb 14, 2001 11:34 a.m.):
I've tried all sort of software cooling, with no results at all whit my current system... ;P

Ditto here...