Cooling advice needed please

BringTheRain · 24 Jan 2009 at 00:25

Hi there i have a thermaltake armor case full tower.

At the moment it has a

Rear fan 90/80mm
Rear Fan 90/80mm
Front fan 120mm
Top fan 90/80mm
Cpu fan (normal intel one)

Is this enough for a 2.4 ghz dual core duo. I have no idea on how to check temps etc?

Do i need to buy more fans? Pc is very stable. But i would like to quiten the pc down a bit.

I dont play games really, and its not OC

ChrisLX200 · 24 Jan 2009 at 00:46

Can't you swap the 80/90 fans for 120s? I guess not. It'll be OK but a bit noisy I would think, the smaller fans will have to work that bit harder. If you can fit more fans you could reduce the rpm a bit and still move the same volume of air, would reduce noise.

BringTheRain · 24 Jan 2009 at 00:51

Ok thanks

is there any guide on the net for cooling, seems to be all aimed at watercooling that i can find?

StephenLawUK · 24 Jan 2009 at 00:58

for checking temps get realtemp, coretemp or speedfan should be links in the overclocking sticky.

Get a better CPU cooler if your worried about it overheating then you could get a fan controller to control the case fan speeds to lower them a bit as they should still get enough air in/out at a lil lower speed.

BringTheRain · 24 Jan 2009 at 04:19

Thanks for the heads up

These are my temps at idle, i have no idea if they are good or bad

GPU 44C
SYSTEM 33C
CPU 36C
AUX 45C
CORE 0 32C
CORE 1 32C

Thats what it says, input please

WJA96 · 24 Jan 2009 at 06:16

If you're not overclocked and you only have the stock Intel cooler then those temperatures are fine. Turn off the two rear fans and the top fan and I bet your temperatures won't change much, but it will be much quieter.