Whats The Best Way To Cool An A7v ?

[HOMER322]

I have a super-coller on my T-Bird. WHat else can I do?

Thanks,

[Frodo Baggins]

Super Cooler? Sorry, never heard of it :rolleyes: maybe if you gave us the company name....

Well..in that case, buy yourself a better heatsink/fan
ALPHA Pal, Swifty, thermalTake Volcano, SK6, there are many, just surf around this site till you find some good reviews

What kind of temps you getting now?
Make sure you get yourself some case fans. If you have a mid tower, get at least 2 case fans. One blowing air into the case (bottom) and the other blowing out of the case (top/or middle)

[HOMER322]

Sorry, my fault.
I'm using a Cooler-Master.

Im running at 42*C right now.

I just switched to a full tower running 3 fans in front and 2 in the back. It helped a little over my 2 fan case.

I was thinking about the Millenium Glaciator. Any thoughts?

I was also wondering if there any other litle tricks a person can do at a reasonable price.

Thanks,

[Frodo Baggins]

The Glaciator is very good. And a good price too.

there are many htiings you can do for a cheap price
First make sure you are runing a program that will turn off the cpu when it's idle. CPUIdle, Rain, Waterfall are great programs

next, make sure your case has room to breath. Go to http://www.hardocp.com and read the article on rounding yoour IDE cables. Trust me it took off like 2 degrees and all you need is a knife and some electrical tape (or in my case, masking tape)

Hmm..taking off the case will get dust and stuff in it, but there is no danger. And it will take off a couple degrees

Make sure you are using thermal grease. Just buy a tube for 4 bucks at radio shack

[ve6jhc]

That's a good temp with that mb as it reads high. I have a lan box with that MB and a Tbird 1000 and I run 43 after gaming....same CPU on a Abit KT7 and same HSF = 36.