I was cruising around the goodie sites and saw this on sale
http://www.nexfan.com/evcucoacofrs1.html I read the review and figured what the heck, for eighteen bucks I'll try one.
I use the A7N8X Dlx revision 2.0 with an Athalon XP 2100+, downgraded 2600 B core, fsb 166 I get 2166Mhz no sweat.
I originally ordered the AMD boxed version from newegg to get the three year AMD warranty and used the AMD HS & Fan with the pink pad and the CPU temps ran average 115F. Temps I quote are those shown by ASUS Probe version 2.18.04.
I received the EverCool in a timely manner and removed the AMD HS and fan, then oh so carefully cleaned the CPU die with OOPS.
I applied the OOPS several times very sparingly then absorbed it with a Q tip and ultimately had a nice, like new, shiney CPU die. I know, use lint free and I blew it off to remove any lint.
I used the regular old white HS compound and mounted the EverCool on the CPU. Yup, I know how important it is to apply the compound properly, not tooo much, not tooo little. OK Ba-bee, now we ready to rock n' roll.
Hooked that bad boy up, fired it off and after fifteen minutes nearly fell out of my chair because Probe was showing me a constant CPU temp 89F ! ! Now I am by no means one who leans towards skepticism, so I figure Probe, for some unknown reason, went assunder. I uninstall then reinstall Probe and see the same 89F. WHOA! That's 25 degrees cooler!
I'll 'fess up and say I am a novice to this OC'ing and have learned a lot from you good folks here. Just an Old Bird senior citizen with a sincere love and fascinated by computers and built my first one a year ago. BTW, have any of you ever had the same exerience whereby an aftermarket HS set-up drops the CPU temp that much?
For what it's worth, I used the DynaPower Atlas metal case with the side case fan, 80MM 32CFM fan, Fortron 350W PSU with one cooling fan. No heavy duty case cooling here, average run of the mill case & case fans. I'm astounded by the significant drop in temp and would certainly appreciate hearing your experiences.
Thanks and have a fine evening. OldBird
http://www.nexfan.com/evcucoacofrs1.html I read the review and figured what the heck, for eighteen bucks I'll try one.
I use the A7N8X Dlx revision 2.0 with an Athalon XP 2100+, downgraded 2600 B core, fsb 166 I get 2166Mhz no sweat.
I originally ordered the AMD boxed version from newegg to get the three year AMD warranty and used the AMD HS & Fan with the pink pad and the CPU temps ran average 115F. Temps I quote are those shown by ASUS Probe version 2.18.04.
I received the EverCool in a timely manner and removed the AMD HS and fan, then oh so carefully cleaned the CPU die with OOPS.
I applied the OOPS several times very sparingly then absorbed it with a Q tip and ultimately had a nice, like new, shiney CPU die. I know, use lint free and I blew it off to remove any lint.
I used the regular old white HS compound and mounted the EverCool on the CPU. Yup, I know how important it is to apply the compound properly, not tooo much, not tooo little. OK Ba-bee, now we ready to rock n' roll.
Hooked that bad boy up, fired it off and after fifteen minutes nearly fell out of my chair because Probe was showing me a constant CPU temp 89F ! ! Now I am by no means one who leans towards skepticism, so I figure Probe, for some unknown reason, went assunder. I uninstall then reinstall Probe and see the same 89F. WHOA! That's 25 degrees cooler!
I'll 'fess up and say I am a novice to this OC'ing and have learned a lot from you good folks here. Just an Old Bird senior citizen with a sincere love and fascinated by computers and built my first one a year ago. BTW, have any of you ever had the same exerience whereby an aftermarket HS set-up drops the CPU temp that much?
For what it's worth, I used the DynaPower Atlas metal case with the side case fan, 80MM 32CFM fan, Fortron 350W PSU with one cooling fan. No heavy duty case cooling here, average run of the mill case & case fans. I'm astounded by the significant drop in temp and would certainly appreciate hearing your experiences.
Thanks and have a fine evening. OldBird
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