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CPU Temps; I am out of Ideas! Going Nutz!
Well I am out of ides, I just don't know what else to try....
After doing what I posted in the below links, I am not much better off with my cpu temps than before I started. Read the 2 links again too catch up on my problems and what I have done:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?postid=757640&t=3554#post757640 (Last post!)
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=94280
Basically it boils down to this, my cpu with an Alpha PAL 8942 on it with a YS Tech 48 cfm fan is still only bringing my cpu temps down to no less than 48c (stock & at idle) with my outside the box 8" fan picking up fresh ac air from the nearby vent, piping it to the back of my case in 4" flex vent pipe. When the ac isn't on my cpu temps stays around 53c. System temp with ac on and my fan picking up that air, runs about 31c and about 36c with the ac air off.
The outside fan air does make for breazy/turbulent airflow inside my case, which also now has a slight positive pressure from this forced air. I have a bay cooler containing 2x120mm fans, and my Enermax 465P ps, which has 2 fans. And 1-90mm fan case fan in the front bottom of my computer, which pulls in air.
I can't figure out why my cpu temps WILL NOT go down any further? I've put the heatsink on correctly and I had tried reseating my previous Sunflower h/F in hopes that would reduce my cpu temps, but NOTHING has worked! My vcore voltage is running about 1.69 to 1.72v. The only thing I know that does affect my overall temps, both cpu and system is that my room ambient temp usually stays between 74 and 78 degrees f. (Only when the room ambient temp is at 72 degrees f will my cpu go down to 49c!
I used AS3 and know I have applied that correctly also. I even tried my cpu at stock speed and it still ran average temps of 48c at idle! I thought about adding some inside baffles to direct the air more towards the motherboard and away from the bottom of the power supply's bottom pickup, fan and because of the way the Alpha blows out air instead of blowing it down onto the heatsink. My inside wiring is fairly pinned up and out of the way, although it could be better, and I have the round HD cables. But I just don't know anything more to try! So what is my problem? Would placing baffles help?
This is driving me nutz! I'd post some pics of my cooling if I had someplace, but I think I gave a good description of it in another of my linked posts. BTW I am running an AOpen H600A case. (Link to case http://www.aopen.com/products/housing/h600a.htm)
The 4" duct pipe runs into the back of the AOpen case, where the two add-on fans (1 shown in pic at AOpen site) supposed to be. I made a air-handling box that attaches to the back of my case and holds the duct pipe.
Cheers,
Mike Lamb
Well I am out of ides, I just don't know what else to try....
After doing what I posted in the below links, I am not much better off with my cpu temps than before I started. Read the 2 links again too catch up on my problems and what I have done:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?postid=757640&t=3554#post757640 (Last post!)
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=94280
Basically it boils down to this, my cpu with an Alpha PAL 8942 on it with a YS Tech 48 cfm fan is still only bringing my cpu temps down to no less than 48c (stock & at idle) with my outside the box 8" fan picking up fresh ac air from the nearby vent, piping it to the back of my case in 4" flex vent pipe. When the ac isn't on my cpu temps stays around 53c. System temp with ac on and my fan picking up that air, runs about 31c and about 36c with the ac air off.
The outside fan air does make for breazy/turbulent airflow inside my case, which also now has a slight positive pressure from this forced air. I have a bay cooler containing 2x120mm fans, and my Enermax 465P ps, which has 2 fans. And 1-90mm fan case fan in the front bottom of my computer, which pulls in air.
I can't figure out why my cpu temps WILL NOT go down any further? I've put the heatsink on correctly and I had tried reseating my previous Sunflower h/F in hopes that would reduce my cpu temps, but NOTHING has worked! My vcore voltage is running about 1.69 to 1.72v. The only thing I know that does affect my overall temps, both cpu and system is that my room ambient temp usually stays between 74 and 78 degrees f. (Only when the room ambient temp is at 72 degrees f will my cpu go down to 49c!
I used AS3 and know I have applied that correctly also. I even tried my cpu at stock speed and it still ran average temps of 48c at idle! I thought about adding some inside baffles to direct the air more towards the motherboard and away from the bottom of the power supply's bottom pickup, fan and because of the way the Alpha blows out air instead of blowing it down onto the heatsink. My inside wiring is fairly pinned up and out of the way, although it could be better, and I have the round HD cables. But I just don't know anything more to try! So what is my problem? Would placing baffles help?
This is driving me nutz! I'd post some pics of my cooling if I had someplace, but I think I gave a good description of it in another of my linked posts. BTW I am running an AOpen H600A case. (Link to case http://www.aopen.com/products/housing/h600a.htm)
The 4" duct pipe runs into the back of the AOpen case, where the two add-on fans (1 shown in pic at AOpen site) supposed to be. I made a air-handling box that attaches to the back of my case and holds the duct pipe.
Cheers,
Mike Lamb
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