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| Thread ID: 114582 | 2010-12-09 04:33:00 | Help me choose a mb & cpu | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 1160136 | 2010-12-13 07:33:00 | What is the stock 955 cooler like? The one for my 945 is quite small, no heatpipes or even copper insert. Copper base with 4 copper heatpipes and then standard aluminium blades. I believe it was a new HSF that launched with the 955 (and included with later models). It's not the world's quietest (nor is it especially loud - about the same as any HSF with what looks to be an 80mm fan, though I haven't measured it), but it's really easy to install, and very effective. I played around with several options from Zalman, Thermalright etc and found the only way to get better performance or quieter was a supersized heatsink with a 120mm fan. Don't get me wrong, there's better coolers out there, but the stock one with the 955 and above is just fine for stock speeds or slight OCing, as long as your case has reasonable airflow. Also, I'm just using the thermal pad that came with the HSF. I suspect if I put some arctic silver on there I'd drop another ~3*C. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1160137 | 2010-12-13 10:08:00 | Wish AMD had given me one of those for mine! Mine is like this one: www.trademe.co.nz Idle temperatures are OK (31°C right now) but I've seen it hit 62°C on load... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1160138 | 2010-12-13 19:10:00 | Wish AMD had given me one of those for mine! Mine is like this one: www.trademe.co.nz Idle temperatures are OK (31°C right now) but I've seen it hit 62°C on load... How is that fan better than the stock AMD one? Larger heat sink? There are no specs with that Trademe fan. inphinity: the stock one with the 955 and above is just fine for stock speeds or slight OCing, as long as your case has reasonable airflow. There is no need for me to do any OCing, but I would like to install a fan on the case - I guess I will have to cut a large hole in the side of the case but that is OK - I want to avoid any possible overheating even though I won't be stressing the system at all. Any advice on a quiet fan to mount on the side panel? The Phenom I ordered is the 955 Black Edition x4. Mobo is the M4A88TD-M |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160139 | 2010-12-13 19:18:00 | How is that fan better than the stock AMD one? Larger heat sink? There are no specs with that Trademe fan. inphinity: There is no need for me to do any OCing, but I would like to install a fan on the case - I guess I will have to cut a large hole in the side of the case but that is OK - I want to avoid any possible overheating even though I won't be stressing the system at all. Any advice on a quiet fan to mount on the side panel? The Phenom I ordered is the 955 Black Edition x4. Mobo is the M4A88TD-M Why do you think you need to install a fan in the side of the case?. What case do you current have. I dont recommend this as cases are built to create airflow from front and out the back, inserting a side fan will disrupt the airflow and may well degrade the existing flow! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1160140 | 2010-12-13 19:36:00 | Why do you think you need to install a fan in the side of the case?. What case do you current have. I dont recommend this as cases are built to create airflow from front and out the back, inserting a side fan will disrupt the airflow and may well degrade the existing flow! Don't know specific model of case it is other than a 'tall tower' type. Just thought a side fan would be a good idea but if it is going to disrupt the flow I will forget it. Maybe the new mobo will have a temperature sensor that can warn me of high a high temp... More of a problem is dust (see my other thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) about cleaning dust). The pc sits near floor level, carpet, living area of our home. For some reason this house is quite dusty even though we are not near a metal road or other source of dust. Shelves of my computer desk get a lot of dust. It would be good to put a filter screen over the vents somehow but it seems impractical. Guess I will have to do the regular 6 month dust job. I thought a side fan may reduce dust on the mobo... |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160141 | 2010-12-13 20:56:00 | How is that fan better than the stock AMD one? Larger heat sink? There are no specs with that Trademe fan. That one IS the stock AMD one. The same one that I have. The 125 Watt CPUs have a much better heatsink with 4 heatpipes in it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1160142 | 2010-12-13 21:51:00 | Don't know specific model of case it is other than a 'tall tower' type. Just thought a side fan would be a good idea but if it is going to disrupt the flow I will forget it. Maybe the new mobo will have a temperature sensor that can warn me of high a high temp... More of a problem is dust (see my other thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) about cleaning dust). The pc sits near floor level, carpet, living area of our home. For some reason this house is quite dusty even though we are not near a metal road or other source of dust. Shelves of my computer desk get a lot of dust. It would be good to put a filter screen over the vents somehow but it seems impractical. Guess I will have to do the regular 6 month dust job. I thought a side fan may reduce dust on the mobo... Perhaps you should invest in a new case complete with dust filters....I actually had a look at mine the other day...I have a wind tunnel which grabs air from the front and passes it over the RAM and thru the CPU heast sink and cooling fan and out yet another fan at the rear....thats all good but the rest of the case is quite bad. I also have a Sandforce SSD ready to go in, however after working all day with servers and pc, im really just feeling a little lazy about the home pc, especially when the wife uses it more than me!! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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