Swapped out the 3700+ being cooled by an Arctic Freezer 64 for a 3500+ @ 2500Mhz being cooled by a lapped to 600 grit Arctic Freezer 64 Pro and idle temps have dropped to 39 degrees. The TDP of the chips is 62W v 38W. This week I am going to have an OCing shootout between the two. Might throw my little 3000+ in there too.
Temperatures... how hot is yours?
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3000+ 1.5v 2.6Ghz at 36'C
7900GT 1.4Vcore 2.3Vmem 42'C
WD 74Gb Raptor 38'C
Seagate 160Gb 36'C
Water temp 33'C
Case temp 31'C
Ambient 28'C (tis hot
)
1 Akasa blue 120 fan cooling PSU (drawing air out of custom hole in top of case
)
1 Akasa blue 120 fan in side window blowing over Ramsinks on GFX
2 Akasa 120 fans on 120.1 Rad (push/pull) attached to intake at front of case
1 Akasa blue 120 fan exhaust at rear
All waterblocks and the chipset cooler lapped to 1500 Grade emery
All in a (heavily modified) Akasa Eclipse-62
it's slightly louder that i would like... but tis nice and cool, even in this weather, and the Green UV-ed water plus all the blue fans looks awesome
7900GT 1.4Vcore 2.3Vmem 42'C
WD 74Gb Raptor 38'C
Seagate 160Gb 36'C
Water temp 33'C
Case temp 31'C
Ambient 28'C (tis hot
)1 Akasa blue 120 fan cooling PSU (drawing air out of custom hole in top of case
)1 Akasa blue 120 fan in side window blowing over Ramsinks on GFX
2 Akasa 120 fans on 120.1 Rad (push/pull) attached to intake at front of case
1 Akasa blue 120 fan exhaust at rear
All waterblocks and the chipset cooler lapped to 1500 Grade emery
All in a (heavily modified) Akasa Eclipse-62
it's slightly louder that i would like... but tis nice and cool, even in this weather, and the Green UV-ed water plus all the blue fans looks awesome
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This is the highest iv'e seen my rig on idle:
Right now its, CPU 41C
Case 35C
Motherboard 34C
Harddrive 55C
Ambient temp is 32C! WOOT
Have one intake 12cm, one exhaust 12cm, one side fan 8cm, two on PSU, and a GOrbII
Right now its, CPU 41C
Case 35C
Motherboard 34C
Harddrive 55C
Ambient temp is 32C! WOOT
Have one intake 12cm, one exhaust 12cm, one side fan 8cm, two on PSU, and a GOrbII
room temp 30c
case - akasa eclipse
mobo - abit nf7-s 2.0
gpu -Aopen 6800gt agp (fans controlled by EXPERTool 50%-2d 75%-3d)
cpu - amd xp barton 2800 @ 1.65v 3200
mem - corsair 2x512mb 3200 2-3-3-11
case/system 38c
cpu idle 48.5c @3000rpm - silent
cpu load 51c @3500rpm - slightly audible
gpu idle 61c
gpu load 75c
northbridge - zalman passive nbj? (copper "looking" hs) AS epoxy/AS3 mix.
cpu hsf - TT Volcano12 3000-6000rpm AS5
case fans - 2x akasa amber 1in 1out (rattling and on last legs), about to fit 2x scythe s-flex 1600rpm
very stable
case - akasa eclipse
mobo - abit nf7-s 2.0
gpu -Aopen 6800gt agp (fans controlled by EXPERTool 50%-2d 75%-3d)
cpu - amd xp barton 2800 @ 1.65v 3200
mem - corsair 2x512mb 3200 2-3-3-11
case/system 38c
cpu idle 48.5c @3000rpm - silent
cpu load 51c @3500rpm - slightly audible
gpu idle 61c
gpu load 75c
northbridge - zalman passive nbj? (copper "looking" hs) AS epoxy/AS3 mix.
cpu hsf - TT Volcano12 3000-6000rpm AS5
case fans - 2x akasa amber 1in 1out (rattling and on last legs), about to fit 2x scythe s-flex 1600rpm
very stable