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placeing psu outside case? better cooling? if i place the psu outside case say like on top and run wires in will my cooling be better?
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plcaeing psu outside case? better cooling?
- Thread starter metalthrashingm
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Chances are no. Its as the top of your case, and if you have half way decent air flow, the heat never reaches the cpu area of the case. Plus I would not want to have a PSU not being screwed onto something, b/c you need a ground just for safety's sake. Also thats a lot of wires you'll need to be extending. It just isn't worth the hassle.
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It should be, if your PSU is running kinda hot, upgrade the PSU fan or fans. It also may be a sign of failure comming soon.
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Well then it might help. Not b/c its heat is now outside the case, but b/c your opening up an area for the heat to get out. Making a blow hole at the top of your case will probably get you the same results, if not better ones.
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metalthrashingm said:
Damn that’s hot!.
You definitely need to do something about your cooling. Whats your setup right now?
Are you sure that’s right?? That is 170.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Your CPU will not live that long with those temps
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I wouyld order an slk-800, turn off your computer until you get it.....
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metalthrashingm said:
That's no laughing matter. Get yourself some cooling quick! Check your BIOS temps, because that sounds wayy to high. Are you sure you don't need to calibrate the settings?
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lol cpus are so cheap now it blows it blows lol btw its a amd xp [email protected] a folding fool lol i cant lose my place lol plus i realy dont think them temps are corect i have a laped volcao 7+ at 6500 rpm asus probe says its 60c i know thats still to hot.
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metalthrashingm said:
Well unless you want to waste money you need to reseat your heatsink and preferably get some artic silver 3
The only time I have ever seen temps that high was on my older system when the cpu fan failed.
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its reseated many times its on there fine i am 100% sure.like i said im sure that temp reading is a error asus is not known to be to relable in that dept a cpu runing at 77 f will ualy be unstable as hell and reboot .but i fold 24/7 with a beta protien and i never crash.but ty for the addvice ive seen many people put hsf,s on wrong .i have even seen em put on backwards lol
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guys did you look At the heatsink he has then look @ his OC!! it IS seated properly he IS LUCKY hes getting those temps. get a different heatsink that HSF is NO good for that kind of oc and Ghz, get a better one. 60C is still to high.
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yeah i know this hsf sucks lolbut i have no credit card so i cant buy stuff online.sucks to be me.i lowered my oc however to 11x200 can run this at 1.6 volts.but still way to hot.so in reality i can only buy. hsfs localy and lol there lucky to have a volcano 2 ,
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Do what i do, and borrow a parent's or friend's credit card. You need some better cooling.
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Where do you live, if you dont mind me asking?
