Hi all,
It seems I'm up against the limit of how far my setup will overclock, and I'm thinking temperatures have something to do with it. Right now, with outlook express, antivir, and spybot as the only apps running constantly, I'm seeing a reported motherboard temp of 46 and a core temp of 47 degrees celcius. A couple of things jump out at me: First, that motherboard temp sounds awfully high for good overclocking. Second, I wonder if the motherboard temp is actually lower, since the cpu core temp is only being reported as one degree higher.
I'm using the asus AI Suite, which reports actual core temp as far as I know. I don't see how my cpu cooler can be keeping the cpu temp at only one degree higher than the ambient air, which tells me the ambient air is actually considerably cooler than what the motherboard temp reports. (the cpu voltage is at 1.376)
Nevertheless, these temps seem too high for a system that's essentially idling. Lemme clarify some details about the airflow in my case. The case is one of those xclio jet engine-looking things. It's a full tower with a 250mm fan in front and a 350mm fan in the left side. The 250 pulls air in and the 350 pulls it out. Both of these fans are set as high as they'll go with the included speed controllers, and the fan on the tuniq tower is also at full speed (plugged directly in to a motherboard fan header without the controller).
I'm wondering how I ought to approach this. The side fan is pulling air out exactly where I think it needs to be pulled out-next to the videocard. That monstrosity puts out more heat according to my hand-o-meter than the cpu. I suspect leftover heat from the videocard is still circulating in the case. Since the card seems to expel most of it's heat straight down. maybe I ought to fab up some kind of duct to take that hot air directly out of the case?
All this leads to another question-what motherboard components might really benefit from extra cooling efforts? Basically, I think that something on the board has me blocked from higher overclocks, so I'd like to focus my efforts on things on my specific type of board that can get hot and affect stability.
Any of you folks have ideas for me to try?
It seems I'm up against the limit of how far my setup will overclock, and I'm thinking temperatures have something to do with it. Right now, with outlook express, antivir, and spybot as the only apps running constantly, I'm seeing a reported motherboard temp of 46 and a core temp of 47 degrees celcius. A couple of things jump out at me: First, that motherboard temp sounds awfully high for good overclocking. Second, I wonder if the motherboard temp is actually lower, since the cpu core temp is only being reported as one degree higher.
I'm using the asus AI Suite, which reports actual core temp as far as I know. I don't see how my cpu cooler can be keeping the cpu temp at only one degree higher than the ambient air, which tells me the ambient air is actually considerably cooler than what the motherboard temp reports. (the cpu voltage is at 1.376)
Nevertheless, these temps seem too high for a system that's essentially idling. Lemme clarify some details about the airflow in my case. The case is one of those xclio jet engine-looking things. It's a full tower with a 250mm fan in front and a 350mm fan in the left side. The 250 pulls air in and the 350 pulls it out. Both of these fans are set as high as they'll go with the included speed controllers, and the fan on the tuniq tower is also at full speed (plugged directly in to a motherboard fan header without the controller).
I'm wondering how I ought to approach this. The side fan is pulling air out exactly where I think it needs to be pulled out-next to the videocard. That monstrosity puts out more heat according to my hand-o-meter than the cpu. I suspect leftover heat from the videocard is still circulating in the case. Since the card seems to expel most of it's heat straight down. maybe I ought to fab up some kind of duct to take that hot air directly out of the case?
All this leads to another question-what motherboard components might really benefit from extra cooling efforts? Basically, I think that something on the board has me blocked from higher overclocks, so I'd like to focus my efforts on things on my specific type of board that can get hot and affect stability.
Any of you folks have ideas for me to try?