simply amazing

ashenfang

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• Jul 11, 2003

• #1

I got bored today, so i ran down to the local PC shot and picked up an 80mm LED fan. Made a hole right above my current side intake fan. (which the new fan sits over and just to the right of the CPU fan) My case temps went from 28 degrees to 25 degrees, and my idle CPU droped from 40-41 degrees, to 34-35 degrees! Not bad for an 8 dollar investment. Its not ducted either just have two side intakes now

 

stan03

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• Jul 11, 2003

• #2

thats awsome... i wonder what would happen if you did duct it.

 

Josebmw

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• Jul 12, 2003

• #3

I did something similar, I made a hole in a acrylic window, put on a Coolermaster LED fan, my temps lowered alot from 55 C. idle to 46-48 C with a SLK-800.

 

amdperson

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• Jul 12, 2003

• #4

55ºC, thats quite hot for adn slk800, what fan you got on it?

 

stan03

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• Jul 12, 2003

• #5

i wonder if its not making proper contact with the cpu?

 

dcracer

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• Jul 12, 2003

• #6

that is an easy mod i have to 80mm fans in the side of my case and a 92mm in the top , and the thing is the more air flow you can get the better, i guess .

 

timmyqwest

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• Jul 12, 2003

• #7

Not ducted?!

why the heck not...duct your A/C into it like me!!

then you'll see a cheap cooling solution

 

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Oblivion2kX

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• Jul 13, 2003

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Josebmw said:

55 C. idle to 46-48 C with a SLK-800.

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Holy Bijesus Batman! 55C?! that what I get at load, and 36C idle...u need to crank that bad boy down becuse you probably go into the 70C's when at full load

 

Josebmw

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• Jul 13, 2003

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Well, the ventilation was pretty bad, so the case got pretty got, case temps, even at idle reach 37-38 c.

 

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Lord_Zoltan

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• Jul 13, 2003

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Oblivion2kX said:

Holy Bijesus Batman! 55C?! that what I get at load, and 36C idle...u need to crank that bad boy down becuse you probably go into the 70C's when at full load

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HAHA i get 38°, sometimes 40° TOPS! LOAD

2 x 120mm fans, and my SLK800 w/ TT smartfan 2

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Josebmw said:

Well, the ventilation was pretty bad, so the case got pretty got, case temps, even at idle reach 37-38 c.

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Are you getting proper airflow? Did you make sure your IDE cables arent blocking your Fans...i dont mean to make you sound noobish, its just when i poped open my friends case he had THIS FAT @$$ IDE cable covering his 8mm fan LOL, and he wonders why his temps were a bit high, we rounded that MOFO!

 

Josebmw

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• Jul 13, 2003

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Yea, well now I have watercooling on the system. I have a ATC-220, which has poor ventilation, but it's fixed now...

 

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Oblivion2kX

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• Jul 13, 2003

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Wait u said you had 38C idle temps? ....I think your getting mixed up with yuor F and C lol...anyway if u get 38C now then thats a big drop campered to 55C

 

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Imacrzyprsn

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• Jul 13, 2003

• #13

It's awesome what a very tactical addition of some airflow will do for your system