New case... high temps

mxthunder · Jan 8, 2005

I got this new case the other day, and transferred everything over. I have been toying with the fan setup, and cannot get my temps down. I was overclocked with my old case running cooler temperatures than I am now with the new case UNDERCLOCKED!

Here is a pic of the case. What fan arrangement would you suggest? Currently I have the side as an intake and the rear as an exhaust. There isnt any front vents, so even if I did mount a fan up there, I dont think it would help.

rebelwarlock · Jan 8, 2005

maybe this will help. when i put together my main rig i immediately had to drag it down from cape code to belize. when i got here, there was so much shaking that i had to reseat the processor, so i did that without thinking. what i didn't realize is that when you remove the heatsink you have to reapply the thermal paste. that made it run hot. well within amd specs, but not within mine. get yourself some as5 and clean that old stuff off.

Big Smoke · Jan 8, 2005

Try arranging the cables in a different matter, if you haven't done so already. Does the PSU have a fan underneath it's chassis? I'm no genius when it comes to cooling but I found that the best way for me to get my temps down in my case was to use high rpm fans, that's just me though, I don't mind the noise much.

gvblake22 · Jan 8, 2005

How many case fans were in your old case?

archilochus · Jan 8, 2005

Pop out the 2 floppy blanks and mount a fan there.. Cases with power bottons lower center are not very good for OC cooling... The buttons interfer with the intake fan mounts and vents..

atomic hamster · Jan 8, 2005

I got the same case as you. all i did for good cooling was made the side, and back fans intake air. I then added a top blowhole for exaust. It worked good with out the top blowhole to though so you dont have to cut up your case. oh one more thing REPLACE the side fan, and the one in the psu if possible. One of the fins broke off and took out my sound card

what i did about the front intake was cut out two holes on either side of the power button box thing, and i put some of that mesh that on stereos over the holes. It works pretty good.

mxthunder · Jan 8, 2005

Hmmm... all good ideas. I will look into it today. My old case had one intake in the lower front with a good vent infront of it, and a luvered vent along the bottom side, and one exhuast on the back, below the PSU. This PSU only has 1 fan out the rear. I never took off the heatsink, or processor, so it should be fine.

Ven0m · Jan 8, 2005

In my opinion side in and rear out aren't bad, but it's only a guess. Better check heatsink mounting - perhaps you have done something wrong. Even with crappy case CPUs should run nicely with stock speed, and this case doesn't look that bad.

gvblake22 · Jan 8, 2005

Yeah, try reseating the heatsink. Maybe you jarred it out of place a little when you installed it in the new case...

mxthunder · Jan 8, 2005

Ah, Im starting to think that maybe its not worth modding the case. My idle case temp is 91-93F, and idle CPU is 102-104 up from 100F. These temps are with it over clocked from 1.883 to 2.1ghz.

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