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| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 208405 | 2004-01-19 20:55:00 | -273.1 deg Kelvin | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 208406 | 2004-01-20 00:57:00 | The ambient temp right now does make a big difference. While doing intensive game playing at the weekend, on hot days, my temp rises to about 55 on the CPU, and near 50 on the other areas monitored. Play the same games late at night however, and the CPU temp stays below 50. When not playing games (it does happen) the temp stays a comfortable 40 on the CPU and around 38 elsewhere. I've currently got a front and rear fan, plus a slot fan next to the video card (GeForce 4 Ti4400), in addition to the CPU fan (P4 2.6GHz). Basically I think I need to drill a big hole in the side and plug my vaccum cleaner in to it. Noisy, but that would cool the damn thing down. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 208407 | 2004-01-20 01:07:00 | > The ambient temp right now does make a big > difference. Absolutemento > I've currently got a > front and rear fan, plus a slot fan next to the video > card (GeForce 4 Ti4400), in addition to the CPU fan > (P4 2.6GHz). Well we have a few fans do we, Bruce? Well don't go here (www.dansdata.com) or you might start suffering from Fan Envy |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 208408 | 2004-01-20 01:13:00 | Oh c'mon Terry - surely that's - 273.1 dec Celsius which is zero Kelvin??? | Martina (4232) | ||
| 208409 | 2004-01-20 01:20:00 | while playing c&c:general:zero hour. the game would sometimes crash out at 51C. other times 39. I got two case fans. the machine is P4 2.4G. |
yang11 (170) | ||
| 208410 | 2004-01-20 01:21:00 | Terry's after a Nobel prize. (Or igNobel). B-) Oh well. ;-) Anyway the Celsius scale is all wrong anyway --- Celsius had 100° as freezing and 0° as boiling. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 208411 | 2004-01-20 01:35:00 | >Well we have a few fans do we, Bruce? Well don't go here or you might start suffering from Fan Envy Problem is I need to find a simple cooling solution that doesn't involve throwing the current case away or drilling holes all over the place. I'm so lazy. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 208412 | 2004-01-20 01:50:00 | people with high (50+) case temps most likly have temp sensors that are reporting to high. exspecially those where the case temps are hotter than the cpu! the amount of poorly done cooling sysytems never ceases to amaze me. strangly enough most big branded supermarket pc's have better cooling systems than most home built. comman mistakes- fans blowing the wong way air intake to small compared to the exhaust grills which block 50% of the air flow mismatched front and rear fans pc sitting on carpet blocking the bottom air intake air intakes sucking in hot exhaust air case/psu fans sucking cool air away from the heatsink |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 208413 | 2004-01-20 01:57:00 | I reckon your temps aren't excessive, unless you start adding more components. I assume you keep the case closed and in a well ventilated area. Also are the components a bit dust clogged? Worst case scenario may be to get a more efficient PSU that has two fans, and doesn't operate at maximum voltage unless it's called upon by the apps you're running (I have no idea where that's monitored - must be motherboard somewhere). |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 208414 | 2004-01-20 02:00:00 | > people with high (50+) case temps most likly have > temp sensors that are reporting to high . exspecially > those where the case temps are hotter than the cpu! Mine's an Intel board with built-in monitoring . They do stress that the monitoring is indicative only and should not be used to verify cooling . > the amount of poorly done cooling sysytems never > ceases to amaze me . strangly enough most big branded > supermarket pc's have better cooling systems than > most home built . I wouldn't call that strange at all . I buy cheap cause I don't have the money to do anything different and that means a cheap case . Next time round I'll put more money into the case and cooling at the get go . With supermarket PCs, at least they have often have a case/cooling match at the start, such as fan vents for the CPU fan that take the hot air right out of the case rahter than into it . > comman mistakes- > fans blowing the wong way Not guilty > air intake to small compared to the exhaust Yeah, I should drill out the front . > grills which block 50% of the air flow Yep . Where's that drill . . . > mismatched front and rear fans Not guilty > pc sitting on carpet blocking the bottom air intake Cough, cough > air intakes sucking in hot exhaust air Not guilty > case/psu fans sucking cool air away from the heatsink Possibly . Cooling . It's black art . Methinks we should do an article about this . |
Biggles (121) | ||
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