Reccomended cooling

Hey,

I need to lower my temps, my cpu is often at about 51 on load which is too high! I have a decent HSF etc but its because my other cooling isnt good.

Please reccomend me some cooling products,

e.g. an extractor - what are the good ones,
i want to really cool the system down, but the noise is already loud, so i dont want to much noise generated but thats not a huge prob.

Thanks for the help,

Jonny

hmmm... 51C load isn't that bad..... My t-bird runs 53 C idle, 57 C load.

But I recommend more case fans and cleaning up the case if its a mess, to improve airflow. Round your cables maybe.

AIRFLOW. make a blowhole on the top of your case. replace your psu fan with a high flow fan. and add fans to stir air up.

how should one go about putting a hole in the top of their case? what tools do i need?

check out yodums stickey at the top for some good ideas !

Hole saw is the easiest to use if you have a drill. I did one using a dremel before, but it took a lot longer and wasnt a perfect circle. If your not sure what a hole saw or a dremel is search them in the alternative modding section. There has been a lot of posts about them. Good luck!