Cooling advice for Intel 930 based PC

Evening all,

I recently (albeit, after a bit of a dilema) fitted a TT Blue Orb II to my CPU, and am a bit disappointed with its performance, as it is slated in reviews to be very good.

Room Temp: 22-24C

My temps with the stock Intel HSF:

Case Temp (No fans, dual fanned TT PSU): 25-28C
CPU Idle: 42-45C
CPU Load: 52-56C
MoBo: 43-45C

My temps with the TT BOII:

Case Temp (No fans, dual fanned TT PSU): 25-27C
CPU Idle: 40-43C
CPU Load: 50-52C
MoBo: 39-41C

That is with the side of the case open for the BOII, and closed with the Intel. When I had the case closed with the BOII, the temps were virtually the same.

Seeing as the install caused my RAM to die and turn my MoBo defective, I was hoping it would shine it's way through that hicup, of which it hasn't satisfied me enough. When I installed it at work, I used a BB sized blob of TT Grease (from an applicator, not the stuff they supply) on the centre of the CPU and used the HSF to spread it using its weight.

I'm going to replace the MoBo with an Asus P5WD2-E Premium conroe revision soon after it is released, and am wondering if there are any ways of cooling the CPU more, short of buying a different HSF?

Cheers all,

Karl

PS. If anyone has a Pentium D 8xx or 9xx (Stock speeds thought, I don't intend to OC) with the BOII or other cooler, I would appreciate some temps and case setup. Thanks

 

mine are the same as yours, with side closed.

 

Interesting...But 5 80mm fans? Isn't that a tiny bit like having a Learjet in your bedroom?

 

I've been thinking...Would a 120mm fan back and front solve having to have the case side off? Also, how does the BOII fair to heatpipe coolers, in particular the BT and the Scythe Ninja? I have seen reviews online, but I can't find any that run tests using a Pentium D.

 

1 rear 1 front and 1 side would be more than adequate for your system. also, you can just get a heatsink and connect 90mm fans to it.

 

I'll probably buy 2 120's for one front and one back as we have them at work, so I can get them dirt cheap ^_^. I have a house fan blowing into it at the moment, temps are now:

CPU Idle: 34-36C
CPU Load: 46C Max
Case: 24C
MoBo: 28C
HDD: 30C

Any more opinions on case fan layouts? Anyone know a setup that would equate to the house fan's performance?

 

a duct from the cpu fan to the outside of the case will allow it to draw fresh air from the already cool room, this mod looks like the air conditioning ducts
(that silver tube) it's also very cheap.

 

The optimal airflow has air sucked in on the lower front---and sometimes the side of the case, and blown out the rear. Can you do it differently than that? Sure, but don't expect optimal performance due to heat rising.

 

it would just cool it better. it's not getting the hot air inside the case, but instead from the cold air from outside the case. Not arguing with you B, but this is what i've seen and it seems logical to me.

 

Well that works because of the shroud in place. If the shroud isn't there, then you'll find having the fan sucking in right there to be less than optimal.