Duct installed...

[sailor420]

Sorry, no pics. I dont have a digital camera

So, I made this duct out of some expandable metal ducting I had laying around in the basement. Hooked a 92mm on one side, and I now have it cranking right onto the proc. However, my CPU temps only went down a few degrees. They were 55C under full load; they are now 51C in the day and 49C at night. Do I have an underpowered HS? Its a Volcano 5, on a TBird 1.3.

I will try to get a way to get pics up soon...

 

[Iron Hawk]

that heatsink aint great, but it is okay.

If you are thinking about getting a new heatsink Click!

 

[adamtekh]

you could use a heatsink upgrade

 

[dreadlord79]

Here is a site or 2 for the bare AX-7 hs which is currently the king of air cooling.
http://www.plycon.com/ax7.htm
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/

Make sure to grab some Arctic Silver 3 while you are at it. Hope this helped.

 

[Iron Hawk]

If ur looking for quiet go for the Glaciator II

 

[sailor420]

Whatever I get (looking like the AX-7: hella low c/w), I will most likey not be running a fan on it. With this 92mm duct cranking on it, my temps are the same in my current rig with or without the fan from the HS installed.

 

[dreadlord79]

When you say "in my rig" are you talking about the temp in the case it self or the temp of the CPU? Just clarifing.

 

[sailor420]

CPU. Sorry about that.

 

[Yodums]

If I'm not right, you said you don't want a fan on the heatsink? That's impossible for the your chip. And the AX7 is an excellent choice

 

[sailor420]

No, I think I can do it... I was doing it earlier. Its ducted, with the 92 blowing on it. I tried it with and without the fan on my current HS: both temps were identical after a few hours at full load.

I can certainly try, anyways.

 

[dreadlord79]

As long as you have air flowing over your HS you are go to go. Usually from the articles I have seen, performance will usually go down if the HS fan and the duct fan are both on and in a close proximity to each other. Nice job!