Hi everyone
my names Rob and im 18 from west yorkshire.
this is my first computer that i built up as a bundle a couple of years ago.
Standard Intel Core duo 2.0ghz processor and heatsink and fan
Asus P5nmx motherboard (bios updated)
Nvidia 9400GT card(one other thing i need to upgrade) - money permitting
1TB internal hard drive s-ata
stock cooling - 2 80mm blue fans and standard heatsink fan - running temp on original clock speed. 50*c on 50% load - Idle 0-10% = 46*c
which i began to upgrade when i felt confident and felt i knew enough to do so.
went and fitted a little bit bigger PSU a few days ago as i felt all the fans and at 100% load it was too much for a 450Watt unit - now have a 500Watt unit with 14cm blue lit fan installed into the underside of it
upgrades :
Thermaltake Sonic tower copper base and piped heatsink
120mm fan fixed at the rear exhausting heat out of the back (close fit to the heatsink approx 2inch from heatsink)
80mm fan at front inducing air
80mm fan at side inducing air.
1TB internal hard drive
new psu unit
new LG burner
Current Temp After upgrades:
50% CPU usage running at 33*c idle - 0-10% usage = 27*c
I will hopefully be buying a Corsair h50 unit to try and get those temp figures down even more.
This the first rig i have upgraded and built and have been self taught
would anyone like to comment?
Regards
Rob
my names Rob and im 18 from west yorkshire.
this is my first computer that i built up as a bundle a couple of years ago.
Standard Intel Core duo 2.0ghz processor and heatsink and fan
Asus P5nmx motherboard (bios updated)
Nvidia 9400GT card(one other thing i need to upgrade) - money permitting
1TB internal hard drive s-ata
stock cooling - 2 80mm blue fans and standard heatsink fan - running temp on original clock speed. 50*c on 50% load - Idle 0-10% = 46*c
which i began to upgrade when i felt confident and felt i knew enough to do so.
went and fitted a little bit bigger PSU a few days ago as i felt all the fans and at 100% load it was too much for a 450Watt unit - now have a 500Watt unit with 14cm blue lit fan installed into the underside of it
upgrades :
Thermaltake Sonic tower copper base and piped heatsink
120mm fan fixed at the rear exhausting heat out of the back (close fit to the heatsink approx 2inch from heatsink)
80mm fan at front inducing air
80mm fan at side inducing air.
1TB internal hard drive
new psu unit
new LG burner
Current Temp After upgrades:
50% CPU usage running at 33*c idle - 0-10% usage = 27*c
I will hopefully be buying a Corsair h50 unit to try and get those temp figures down even more.
This the first rig i have upgraded and built and have been self taught
would anyone like to comment?
Regards
Rob
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