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Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

ironleg — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:13:13 GMT

for the tuniq tower, will a different fan fit to move more air, what cases would you use for the tuniq tower- possible 9 bladed fan replacement for the one it came with. I was thinking of getting the Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case . I was also thinking of replacing all the case stock fans with 9 blade fans that move more air, I am not sure the top 200mm fan will handle alot of the exaust. I will be using a q6600 quad chip and gigabyte motherboard ( 1300 FSB and dual DDR 2 and DDR3 Ram).Evga 8800 video card. any suggestions or advice, I havent decidesd on what power supply to get and wattage. the motherboard has the P35 chipset for future upgrades. I will be using it for games- Halo, crysis,ect.. I will be encoding as well. the computer will be moved often and concerned about cooling and cpu/heatsink(tuniq). no monitor picked out yet.

suggestions are allways welcome! ( Did not really see a thread with my questions-all of them)

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

Capt. Insane — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:47:11 GMT

Most fans don't offer different pitches. If you look at the specs of fans online, it never tells you the pitch. They do tell you, however, the airflow. And anyway, that statement was a generalization

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

gradysghost — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:57:02 GMT

flintboy - To check the temperature of your CPU, boot to your BIOS. Many motherboards come equipped with a hardware monitor that you can use to see the temperature. This, however, is only a temperature as your processor is (basically) at rest. It's not doing a whole lot of calculation.

If you're running Windows, go to download.com and download a freeware program called SpeedFan (all one word). It will tell you the temperature of your CPU and hard drive as well as the readouts from whatever other sensors you have. It's also a SMART interpreter for hard drives if you need to give a hard drive a real basic test.

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

flintboy292 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:58:41 GMT

yes but its not 5 star rewarding?

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

flintboy292 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:58:08 GMT

download a prgram? or by a lcd panel for your system???

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

flintboy292 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:43:16 GMT

were do you find out this stuff? i love it? thanks alot

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

NightWing310 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:09:28 GMT

How do you tell the temperature of the CPU?

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

drew7997 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:54:56 GMT

"Also, fans with more blades on them will suck in more air than ones with fewer. "

just wanted to point out that there is a thing called blade pitch. more isn't always better.

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

NightWing310 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:32:35 GMT

Is there a right way to take off a hs off a video card, without damaging the chip?

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

Capt. Insane — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:52:23 GMT

The way you have the first bit set up with the diagram is a little misleading. You're saying hot air raises and cold descends. I'm not disagreeing with this; however, your diagram is. You have the fan at the bottom of the case where it's helping cool the graphics card. But there's nothing else there to do any cooling. Sure, the PSU is drawing a bit of air out, but you don't mention that. I want people reading this to realize the afore mentioned fact: while the front fan is blowing cool air in, the PSU fan(s) are sucking it out. Furthermore, if you have a higher-end computer, you'll want more than one fan. Always have the same number of intake fans as exhaust. The reason for this is that there is more of one than the other, than deadspots will form. Mas sort of touched on it, but didn't quite explain. If more exhaust fans are present than intake, in some places a vacuum will form where there is more or less no air (or more correctly, it's not moving). That spot is doing nothing except robbing the cooling power of your fans. Alternately, with more intake fans present air will simply build up because there aren't enough exhaust fans to take the warm air out. This is also counterintuitive because the air will cycle through the case without cooling; it will, however, warm up as it comes in contact with warm/hot parts of the computer.

Back to the original point, though, of hot air rising and cool air descending, having a top-mounted fan will help a lot with this. It'll be the most productive fan in removing air as it's at the top of the case where most of the air is moving. If your case doesn't have a spot for a top fan, one can be easily cut with a Dremel or similar tool. If you're not a fan of this, place a large, fast fan as high up in the case as possible. Many cases have space for a big fan directly underneath the PSU. Put a 120mm fan here. That, combined with the PSU fan(s) will help a lot for exhausting hot air. Now, however, you have two exhaust fans and one intake (if the rig is set up like the diagram). In the event that the case doesn't have a place for another intake fan and you don't want to cut a hole in the case, buy a more powerful/bigger intake fan and shrink the size/power of one of you're exhaust fans. What I wrote earlier in bold is a simple solution for people just quickly browsing this post. While two exhaust fans and two intake fans will work in sync well, a large intake and two medium sized fans are roughly the equivalent. You may just have to ramp up the speed of the intake fan. Also, fans with more blades on them will suck in more air than ones with fewer.

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

mkUltra — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:19:52 GMT

Very helpful and informative. nicely done.

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

Master — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:51:07 GMT

Also an OCZ GameStream would be a good one..I also like Rosewill and Thermaltake.

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

Doomhammer — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:01:15 GMT

That depends a lot on how much money you're willing to spend on the new heatsink, but I've heard nothing but good things about Zalman products. For example, this one looks pretty sweet for socket AM2 chips, but it's a bit on the pricey side. =S

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

callmestonewall — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:51:38 GMT

what would be a good replacement heatsink and fan for socket AM2?

Re: Complete Guide To: [Computer Cooling]

bpvarsity — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:25:34 GMT

Thanks nice guide!!