Recommend me a fan!

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 18:47

Hi guys..
I was playing HL2 EP1 last night and my PC was really going for it, I quit and and checked and the temp was at 75degs
I have an Antec P180 case
BFG 7800GTX 256
AMD 4200 dual core
2gb Ram
Asus A8N32
580w PSU

I don't want anything fancy looking, just something that keeps it real cool.

cheers for any help

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 20:02

I have 1 blowing away from the PSU, placed between the PSU and the little compartment with the ring pull on it.
I have 1 in the roof of the case blowing air out.
I have another at the upper rear of the case blowing outwards.
They are all swithced to med setting

I have just installed SpeedFan 4.28 to monitor the temps. Not used it before but it brings up my fan speeds and it only has a reading for Fan 1, at 3390 RPM.. the other two fans don't have a reading. Is this just the fan placed on the heatsink?

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 20:15

Muzy said:
I was just about to make a thread concerning this issue,

HL2 E1 really heats up the CPU, and my graphics card, I need new coolers,

I m using the default AMD ones

hmmm I did find it suss that it seemed to be excessive with this one game. I have played plenty of games on this system before and never had the machine seem to be under any stress like this, to me its pretty high end for a non overclocked machine. Kinda worried me.

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 21:26

hmm it seems my Hard Drive is running at 50 degs too... and that speedfan has a little flame next to it :eek:

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 22:26

guys am a bit worried now!
The hard drive temp is really concerning me now... So will sticking more fans in solve the issue? Is there anything I can do?!

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 22:28

I have the side off the case and Speedfan is telling me my CPU is at 49degrees. It was at 52 degrees with the side on. Not sure what it was at during Half Life, but the CPU fan was working overttime.

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:03

james.miller said:
so take a look at it lol. ive already said clean it up and remount it

heh, yup, meant to say, have already checked that and it seems fine..
Have just looked at the manual for the P180 and there is a fan bay in front of the HDD bays. Just ordered the Antec 120mm tri cool fan for that bay.
When I hold my hand over the vents where the fans are I can't feel much air coming out, of course there is some but not much.

PhilNUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:25

cheers Monkeybutt...
The help on here has been fantastic and it must have been obvious to you that I am an amateur at this stuff as I got my mate to build the PC.
Gonna order that heatsink that has been suggested a lot. Can you supply me a link to the fan on the OC site please?

PhilNUK · 3 Jun 2006 at 08:39

hi guys, as requested, here are a few pics of my case.

PhilNUK · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:09

james.miller said:
you said you removed and cleaned your cpu fan. were those pics taken before or after you did that?
and christ yes, sort that wiring out.

before

Yeah, just been and got a pack of cable ties to sort the wiring out.
As for the arctic cooler on the graphics card... is the big fan that blows out the back referred to as the graphics card fan? not the actual fan on the gfx card?
Just checking the cpu temp.
When using windows with the side panel on its at 46degs
When using windows with side panel off its 45/46 degs