Cooling advise etc

Pilgrim57

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Having made 2 posts in other fora but no replies:(
I thiught I'd make a request here considering the expertise shown.
My Antec 182 case seems to be getting hotter now I've up'ed the o/c with only 1 intake fan, a poorly performing Scythe slipstream 1200rpm, soon to be replace with a Xigmatek 120mm. There are 2 exhaust 54 & 56 cfm plus the 260 vents out the case.
Thought about Corsair H5O but it says better cooling is got by drawing air from outside through rad into case which doesn't seem to help improve things.
Or should I think about water cooling the 260 rather than a new case
Please see:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18185542
andhttp://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18186768
 
Few options I can think of (although I'm no expert, only what I've learned through my own mistakes! :p I'm sure others will jump in with their experience though)

- H50 drawing air in through what is currently the rear exhaust, then exhaust only through the top.

- Upgrade to a case with better air flow (although having a look at reviews your case seems pretty good already, are the dust filters clean?).

- Custom water cool the card and cpu.


To be honest if you are folding on the rig regularly, and don't want it to be hot or noisy, then really water is the way to go. You'll find a lot of people folding (myself included) have gone this way after getting fed up of noise and heat. But I think water cooling your current case other than H50 will be tricky.

One possible solution could be to upgrade your current case to a larger case with better airflow, but chose one which would happily accomodate water cooling. That way if the extra airflow doesn't do the job then you have a case that you can water cool easier in the future. Or see if you can borrow a H50 of someone to test to see if it has a positive or negative effect.
 
Thanks for that, dekez.
Obsessive about dust filters & keeping inside clean.
Bizarrely since the o/c get +5-6C spikes in cpu temp.
The 182 has grommets for water cooling.
The noise is no too bad now the top tri-cool fan has been replaced.

If new case then what? the 700D or 600Graphite would be a stretch as with a few fans gwetting close to £200 that's why the R2 appeals.
 
Where in london are you mate?
I've an almost full passive loop sitting here doing nothing if you want to borrow it.
Just needs some 3/8 tube.

I will not cool a B3 Q6600 at load with a gpu in the loop but the Q9550 is much cooler
If you fold on both I'd surgest just using the NB block with either the cpu or gpu block.
If you can get your hands on a 120.1 add it to the loop and use all three blocks.

I will warn you that once you've used a passive loop you may never want to use fans again.
But if you own a P182 then your half way into quiet pc's anyway :)

R2 is a nice case - but your P182 with better fan is just as good
 
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Without spending a fortune you could start here with this case CM-690 II
which should help improve your current airflow, at the same time leaving you the option to add in a custom Watercooling Loop at a later date.

However i do agree with Dekez with you running F@H 24/7 watercooling is the way to go, it has allowed me to increase the overclock on one of my video cards whilst reducing fan noise and its temp.

With your current case it is possible to make use of Watercooling however you would have to look at mounting the rad/rads externally. However if purchasing all new componets for a loop i would advise you budget at least £200
 
The obvious problem is that the air intake is much smaller than the exhaust. Is there no other provision for intake fans? The air intake really needs to be greater than exhaust and you should have positive pressure inside the case for good cooling.
 
Thanks for the input guys.
@Snapshot - I don't think they thought about dual slot gpu when they designed the case. curiously if I lower the fan speed on the tricool then the case temp goes up by a few degrees & turning off MSI afterburner so stock fan speed on gpu @ 40% has little or no impact on cpu temps even though card get 15C hotter:confused:

@sir-les-mp - have emailed Coolermaster to see if my Corsair 180mm long PSU will fill in the 690. The water block alone for my 260 is about £50:eek: [not in stock here]. Doubt I will go down the gpu watercoolong route just yet.

@shadowscotland - I'm in W1. Thanks for the offer but I don't have the time to setup a water loop only to dismantle it & have to start again.
Saw the CoolIT setups as well as the H5O. 1 of these might be the way to go.

Q. is it usual to have 1 or 2 cores run up to 5C cooler than the others? [@100%]

Might have to lay my hand on "water cooling for Dummies".
 
For Intel Core 2 Quads it is not unusual for each of the four cores to show a slightly differrent temp.
i wouldn't worry about it too much unless you are see a differrence of 10c or more then there could be a problem.
As for your PSU it should fit in the bottom of the case but looking at it you will have to remove the optional 120mm fans and mount them under the case instead.
 
I agree. I think you might be over analysing it. Basically if you want better cooling then just get a better case. The Antec P182 is a great case (I owned a P180), but I think people perhaps expect too much from it. It's designed from the ground up to be quiet. It only really has one intake to the main chamber, and the door (+ plastic grille + dust filter) is fairly restrictive for this.
 
jaybee said:
I agree. I think you might be over analysing it. Basically if you want better cooling then just get a better case. The Antec P182 is a great case (I owned a P180), but I think people perhaps expect too much from it. It's designed from the ground up to be quiet. It only really has one intake to the main chamber, and the door (+ plastic grille + dust filter) is fairly restrictive for this.
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Maybe you're right:(
Just swapped the Scythe for the Xigmatek. Better airflow about 2C cooler but more noise. The Xigmatek is producing more than 20dB.
Might go back to the Scythe.
My only gripes are the side panels could ho on easier & the length of the 260 makes it a tight fit which lost a drive bay which fortunately I didn't need.
 
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