Cooling AM2 recomendations anyone?

Barracas · Posted: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:33:36 Post Subject:

Damn with all of that going on you may as well go water cooling...... And i thought i had mem clearance issues wow.....

**Modulok** · Posted: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:34:56 Post Subject:

Quadros and FireGLs are better for 3D and rendering. (but are a lot of money)
Geforces are for gaming.

Might be worth a "try" to use one of those cards instead of your 7600GT SLI setup.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

This contest Grin

http://bigbruin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12907&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

DKZS · Posted: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:44:04 Post Subject:

oh well, that hopefully for next year for a render-farm...if all goes good..

Barracas · Posted: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:55:21 Post Subject:

mine

DKZS · Posted: Fri, 18 May 2007 01:03:08 Post Subject:

Barracas: That is a big @ss orb.

Well i measured the space, and the memory cooler raises 6 cm off the mobo, it can be separated 1 cm from the heatsink, and has from the heatsink to the psu 7cm, heatsink to the 120mm rear fan another 7cm , and another 8cm from the heatsink to the graphics card.

Maybe ill go for the huge zalman with the green fan or i was thinking , to take out just the 70mm fan of the heatsink and find and adaptor to put in there a noise screamer(70.1 dB) like vantec tornado 92mm at 4800RPM but with 119 CFM or an adaptor to 120mm Delta TFB1212GHE with an airflow of 220.01 CFM @ 4600 RPM.

What you guys think of my idea?

*Edit: 2 minutes after posting this, i bought from ebay 1x 80mm and 1x 92 mm vantec tornados and a adaptor from 70mm to 80mm, hopefully all will come on monday to try it on...but still i want to know what you guys think of my idea (apart that it will be really noisy)

DKZS · Posted: Sat, 19 May 2007 23:04:57 Post Subject:

Does someone know if the Thermaltake Armor JR (my case) can be upgraded with the 250 milimiter fan of the normal Thermaltake Armor case????

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 19 May 2007 23:39:44 Post Subject:

Not unless you are handy with a saw, etc... Grin

Only the Armor Sr. has that fan option.

DKZS · Posted: Sun, 20 May 2007 00:10:40 Post Subject:

I dont know. Im a total noob on this, never touched the inside of my pcs (just a couple of times for exploring) and now im inmersed in the world of modding and get a better cooling system. Since i heard, good airflow and cooling system means more speed.

I have got a 80mm fan and a 120mm fan on the front of the case, a 120 mm on the rear and a 90mm hole on the side.

The 120mm on the front is basically to cool the hard drives (and its the one that came with the case, a slow low noise fan with fancy lblue leds), and the 80 one (in the front too) for, just it looks good with the red leds.

In the rear i have got the 120mm fan that runs at 2800 rpm, to take the hot air out (that was my idea anyway)
In the side pannel im installing this monday a vantec tornado of 90 mm (hopefully it wont break the side panel and start flying)

Anyway, i dont know what its going on, that the cpu temperature just jumps (not doing nothing ) from the 27 average degrees to 36 degrees in random periods of time. Same happens with the mobo.
So what i am doing wrong? its not entering enough air? the heatsink and fan that came with the processor its crap? my room its really hot and doesnt cool down? what?
What do i do?

And its even scarier seeing the temperature raise when im rendering stuff.

Barracas · Posted: Sun, 20 May 2007 12:26:27 Post Subject:

27-36 is normal.
Do not sweat it as all systems start lower and gradually raise over a few minutes after being turned on.
You should have enough air flow to keep things cool in your case.
Just make sure you have your cables managed in a way so that they are not blocking positive airflow.
BTW if your temps hit and maintain temps in the 50's then you should be concerned.
But in the 30's no sweat and is actually decent.
That is only 98 degrees in as you say a warm room with all the heat those components release.
Your current fan setup should suit you fine.
But if you wish to tinker have at it. It may give you a fun lil project.