Why can't I reach room temp at full load?

[OBLIVIONLORD]

This is my case...
http://www.antec.com/us/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=93700#

1. The front grill I cut out so its whide open just exposing the filter. I have a 120mm fan as the intake blowing at 94cfm.

2. I cut a 120mm hole on the side to put a 120mm fan which blows 107cfm and ducted it so it blows air straight which is also filtered.

3. Rear exhaust fan is stock which is 120mm and blows 56cfm

4. I cut a 120mm hole on the top and put a 120mm fan there which blows 79cfm

I put my dvd burner on the bottom 5.25 slot. My main harddrive is in a 5.25 adaptor which I put above my dvd burner. The slot above that is empty but, the slot about that is where I have my Hardcano 9 fan controler.

I can reach room temp at idle while the fans are blastin but, just can't while at full load even when there are no filters on the intake fans.

If anyone has any sudjestions please share. Thanks

 

[veryhumid]

Are these temps from your motherboard or sensors hanging in the case? It's possible that at full load your case fans simply cannot keep up with the radiated heat. If it is very close to room temp then it probably won't affect load temps. How much does it warm up exactly? When I was running 4 tornados (now just 2) My case temps still went up 1-2C.

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Its about a 2c diffrence from idle to load.

 

[Sjaak]

Ambient @ idle seems very good

Ambient @ load on air is almost impossible AFAIK. Be happy with what you have!

 

[veryhumid]

Its about a 2c diffrence from idle to load.

It's good to strive to perfection and be picky with your setups. But right now It's probably as good as it's going to get without major modification. You've got great temps, and that 2C ambient won't necessarily make your cpu temps go up 2C. I'd say job well done for case cooling and move on

 

[clocker2]

Sorry OblivionLord, but I ain't buyin it.
Not that I question your veracity, just your sensors.

Hitting room ambient temp with your CPU is, IMO, impossible.
Even at idle.

Such a result would presume 100% efficiency from your CPU/HS interface AND 100% efficiency in the HS itself...conditions we know are not possible.
No mechanical device even approaches 100% perfection, certainly not a computer.

You may indeed have very good temps, but I would look to verify the readings you are seeing now.

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Sorry for the confuion guys but, I was refering to case temp not cpu temp. The temps in my sig are exactly how it reads.

 

[Radical]

Sorry OblivionLord, but I ain't buyin it.
Not that I question your veracity, just your sensors.

Hitting room ambient temp with your CPU is, IMO, impossible.
Even at idle.

Such a result would presume 100% efficiency from your CPU/HS interface AND 100% efficiency in the HS itself...conditions we know are not possible.
No mechanical device even approaches 100% perfection, certainly not a computer.

You may indeed have very good temps, but I would look to verify the readings you are seeing now.

He should take one of his side panels off at idle and see if his CPU temp goes down at all. If it doesn't go down then he has indeed abient temps inside his case at idle.

 

[sp00L]

I've had a 3700AMB with a 3.2 running 3.6 with 3.0 vdimm on some BH5 with a radeon 9800XT and I could hardly manage a 1-2 C increase in case temps from idle to load. This is with the front bevel cut, grills popped, 2 120 side intakes and 1 120 top blowhole and all fans were enermax speed adjustable 120's running full blast. You have some of the best temps you are going to get on air. Remember, with a heatsink, that cpu fan kicks off some hot air onto the mobo, so unless you eliminate that , ie watercooling, there will be some system temp increase. Or, pipe in cold air with some ear splitting 55 db 120 fans Otherwise, good job on the case airflow.

 

[Guderian]

Sorry for the confuion guys but, I was refering to case temp not cpu temp. The temps in my sig are exactly how it reads.

refer to clocker2's post and just substitute the word case for cpu.... your board is giving off heat, and unless you run it in an air tight room long enough for the room temp to equalize (rise) it just wont work

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

I've been told here that if your case temp is more then 4 degrees over ambient while ocing and at full load then thats bad. This is why I was questioning why I cant cool my case temp in that general area of 4 degree.

My case temp is 33c (91f) at full load which is 8 degrees over ambient.

All I want to know is if this good or bad cause I'm getting 2 sides to the story on this. Thanks

 

[L337 M33P]

Don't bother trying to get your case temperatures "equal" to room temperature.

If you are using motherboard sensors and a cheap thermometer then chances are your accuracy is less than the difference you are trying to measure. MB sensors are precise to within 1°, but most often are only accurate to +-3°C.

 

[Sjaak]

I've been told here that if your case temp is more then 4 degrees over ambient while ocing and at full load then thats bad. This is why I was questioning why I cant cool my case temp in that general area of 4 degree.

My case temp is 33c (91f) at full load which is 8 degrees over ambient.

All I want to know is if this good or bad cause I'm getting 2 sides to the story on this. Thanks

The 'case temp' is usually read out of some Winbond chip placed often on the most lousiest corner of your mobo. I wouldn't get too upset by it, unless the highercase temp starts affecting the rest of your setup (fans blowing hot air onto your cpu or vga for example)

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Im mainly concerned cause I get reboots at anything higher then 231mhz while I game. So Im strongly thinking that since my video card is only passive cooling then its not being cooled by just fan circulation of the case and that I need to add a vga cooler or get a diffrent card inorder to stop these reboots while I game. The heatsink on the video card when under stress gets soo hot to the point that it actualyl burns your finger. This is a really cheap card and I was hoping that maybe if the case was cool then the video card would get slightly cooler as well but now it looks like a vga cooler or new card with active cooling built on it is a beter solution which is why I havent bought a 6800 or x800 just yet.