Flipping the fan on a Volcano 6

[John1975]

So today i went out and bought a celeron 1.2 and a volcano 6cu. Then I put them into my machine and it all fit nicely.

I took a closer look at saw that there was only about half an inch between my volcano and the side of my enermax power supply.

This would have been wonderful if the fans did not both want to suck the air out from between them. So, I flipped the fan over on my Volcano. No the Volcano pushes air into the power supply which sucks it out of my case.

I was wondering how much this was affecting the cooling of my CPU. I am at 1500 and my idle temp is 48 degrees with a 26 degree Mb temp using asus probe.

[flounder43]

People have different experiences with the blow/suck issue. The best way to find out which is better is to try both ways. When you do, be sure to post the results. It is always interesting to hear which worked better...

flounder43

[John1975]

With the fan upside down I am getting about 48 degrees idle and 54 degrees using sysoft to heat it up. (the multimedia benchmark 10 times in a row). I can run 1500 stable.

I booted it up this morning at 1600 and it ran fine for about 5 mins. Then the cpu temp was about 42 degrees and it crashed. :mad:

I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions on how to keep my chip temp below 40 degrees. I will try just about anything, but I am still hydrophobic.

[flounder43]

Well, it it really was 42, I don't think the temp caused it to crash. It was probably just too high an overclock.

Flip the fan over so it blows into the heat sink and check the temps. That is the usual way...

[John1975]

the problem with flipping the fan over is that there is only a 1/2" gap between it and one of the fans on the power supply. They will both be fighting over the same air and niether will get any.

Both fans will want to suck the air out of the gap between them.

[CrystalMethod]

I'd stick to having the fan suck air off the heatsink. If you feel that your temps are still too high, then you may want to relocate yor power supply, or get a different case.

[Element-Xero]

54 degrees load is kind of high.....especially for a celery....my old t-bird never even got that hot! Are you sure its seated correctly, and what t-grease are you using/how much?

[UserName]

Do you have a rear case fan?

Does it suck air out of the case?

Flip it and blow cold air into the case over the CPU.

[John1975]

I am using the garbage grease that came on it. I am thinking of getting some artic silver 2 and lapping. Or I will try the same mod that Ol' man tried and take the IHS off. I do not know what kind of heat reduction I will get though.

[John1975]

I have a 80mm intake fan at the front of the case. I use the power supply to suck the air out at the rear. Using Asus Probe my MB temp is 23c/73f.

[UserName]

if you relocate the fan to the rear by the CPU and blow into the case you will get a 3C drop