Another temp question

[RJ]

HI, I'm running a 1.2gig t-bird clock@1440 with a voltage of1.795, on a a7v133 Asus board,I have 2 case fans,and a FOP38 CPU fan.And using prime95 the cpu runs around 118-120F and 108-111F idle is this ok? The heat sink is lapped and I am using Arctic silver coumpoud. If not should I try the swiftech HS or maybe better case cooling? Please help, Rick[]

[jordan]

it is not necessarily bad enough to warrent spending another $50.00 on a new heatsink, if you are running stable then dont worry about it, at worst it will cut the life expectancy of your chip, but we are talking only about 6 months or so on a chip that will last 2 years, by then you certainly will have a new one anyway

ps- good oc

[RJ]

Thanks for the reply, I think I just found out what a good part of the problem is not enough case cooling even though I have 2 case fans, I think I will invest in some higher cfm case fans.Right now just being on the net its running 113f.

[kat]

take your cover off and point a table top fan at a 45degree angle into your case and see what happens ;D

[RJ]

Thanks again for the help .The majority of the problem lies in the actual case cooling . There aren't enough vent holes in the front panel,I get a 5 degree change when I remove the front panel ,and a good 10-12 change when I take the side panel off. So I think I will add some more vent holes on the front and add a blow hole on the side with a 120mm fan.I think that should do the trick, I would appreciate any input on my idea. thanks Rick

[J.S.]

I'm going to mount one fan across from the proc. (Intake) and another exhusting out the top.For now i'v been doing what Katz suggested and it works real well for a cheap quick fix.

[RJ]

Well I did some mods to the case today I put a 80mm across from the cpu and I also bought 2 hard drive coolers that fit in the drive bays wich added 4 more fans not to much xtra cooling there but I will use them later when I get my other drive,also I added more vent holes to the front.Running prime95 for 2 hours the temp only got up to 111f a good 10f cooler.I think I might a yet another 80mm below the other. Rick A7V133 1.2 Athlon clocked 1440mhz