Everyone talks about needing AS 2 and a good hsf for a good o/c. I was once caught in those thoughts but could not get any of those locally. I just feel I should post what I have done so far to my system and my specs at this time...
duron 700 @ 945 105x9
voodoo5 5500 (o/c)
stock coolermaster (which I now know is adequate)
use radio shack compound instead of AS2
I have 2 intake fans and 2 exhaust
My case is only 18inches high and 22 inches long
Drilled a wack of holes in the lower front for the intkaes which are positioned 1/4 away from the inside of the case (gap sealed with masking tape for no recycled warm air)
Actually cut out a hole the size of the fan right on top of the case for increased air flow on the exhaust.
Flipped the fan over on the hs so it draws from it and not blow on it. And my top fan helps exhaust the hot air as well.
Had to mod it this way because of where the psu is positioned as well as the vid card is so long had to glue a fan underneath the psu to help the flow of the 2 intake to blow on the vid card as well as the mobo.
And all the cables and wires have been positioned perfectly so that they're all in the space between my cd rom and the hard drive which I also think help a great deal in air flow to lower the temps.
I thought temp was gonna be a big problem for me but just those little adjustements I made last night was a obvious success. This baby now idles at cpu 41c and case temp 27c (man i think that's great for this litlle tower) and I ran prime95 3d Mark2001 for about and hour and I maxed out at 47c.
So my point is that I dont think it's necessary for the extras or I'm just lucky....
duron 700 @ 945 105x9
voodoo5 5500 (o/c)
stock coolermaster (which I now know is adequate)
use radio shack compound instead of AS2
I have 2 intake fans and 2 exhaust
My case is only 18inches high and 22 inches long
Drilled a wack of holes in the lower front for the intkaes which are positioned 1/4 away from the inside of the case (gap sealed with masking tape for no recycled warm air)
Actually cut out a hole the size of the fan right on top of the case for increased air flow on the exhaust.
Flipped the fan over on the hs so it draws from it and not blow on it. And my top fan helps exhaust the hot air as well.
Had to mod it this way because of where the psu is positioned as well as the vid card is so long had to glue a fan underneath the psu to help the flow of the 2 intake to blow on the vid card as well as the mobo.
And all the cables and wires have been positioned perfectly so that they're all in the space between my cd rom and the hard drive which I also think help a great deal in air flow to lower the temps.
I thought temp was gonna be a big problem for me but just those little adjustements I made last night was a obvious success. This baby now idles at cpu 41c and case temp 27c (man i think that's great for this litlle tower) and I ran prime95 3d Mark2001 for about and hour and I maxed out at 47c.
So my point is that I dont think it's necessary for the extras or I'm just lucky....