T-Bird air cooling limit?

[CD-55]

I have been try to cool my 1.33 T-bird with fans and some makshift ducting. With it running at 1.4GHz 40C is about as cool as I can seem to get it.

Blowing tons more air on it seems to not help much if any. Have I reached the limit that the heat sink (Thermaltake 6Cu) can draw heat away?

What should I do now?

CD-55

[foxmulder]

I doubt you'll be able top realistically get much lower than that. I know a lot of people claim to have lower temps and maybe it is possible but remeber that most people use the mobo sentors to determine temps so that gives u quite a margin for error.

[AlanSr]

I'm not sure about that,
my 1.2 is now o/ced to 1.42 and I still idle between 26C and 27C, full load won't go over 35C

[ymNA]

my duron is crazy, sometimes it load at 36c and sometimes it load at 47...so crazyyy...i wonder if room temp got anything to do with it :D

[The Coolest]

I got a 10C drop in air temp, same drop in CPU & Mobo temps...

[RED Hot Machine]

I don't think you have reach the limit on how low you can cool using air. My 1.4@1.6 runs at around 39-41 load/idle.

My temps do go lower depending on the temp of the air in the room.

btw Welcome to the Forum

[CD-55]

I have been lurking in the shadows for a while.

My DSL is scheduled to be ready on Nov 8th!!! If all goes well I will post some pics of my latest case mod

CD-55

[JetMech]

Let's compare apples to apples. There is a big diff between a cpu overclocked to 1.4 and one running at 1.2/default vcore. It is possible that for the given ambient temp that is all that can be achieved. Lower the ambient and see if the indicated temp follows. Find the realistic room temp( that temp that the room averages) and you'll see what temp you will normally be running at. To simply blow air and see a temp drop and declare victory is a false conclusion. The only temps that are important are the ones we see in the real world. That world the pc exists in under normal circumstances. Everything else is garbage. Wow I got my system done to -50c using liquid nitrogen. That's a no brainer. I am not saying all this to be mean or sarcastic but to implore all of use (myself included) to realize that this is physical science and any conclusions arrived at unscientifically are garbage and an absolute waste of time.

[Thelemac]

A lot depends on your ambient temp (I believe that was stated). I think that you would also be able to get better temps with a better hsf (not really positive how that one stacks up to some of the others, though, check the hsf roundup on the front page for a better idea). There is a point where you don't really see any differnece in temps with air cooling.

*Moved to "Cooling"*

[hunter00]

my computer runs anywhere from 30-40 C under load, i think the discrepancies here are mostly because it definitely matters what your ambient temp. is

[SickBoy]

Ambient temps matter a lot... as does how effectively air circulates around the outside of your case. Strategically placing your case under a ceiling A/C vent may be advisable. It's also an argument for not placing it in one of those computer desk cubbies that are built for that purpose...

BTW the new Alpha rocks. Just installed it yesterday, it came with a 44 CFM fan so it doesn't perform any better than my SK6/YS Tech 40 CFM but it's much quieter, and I can always get a higher RPM fan.

Sorry, end off topic rant.

SickBoy