Topic: Advice Please

[Adept]

EEK my topic took a left at the SETI and suicide junction  

Welcome to the wonderful world of PC-Pals Robotochan - where no topic is safe from going off at a tangent

[Camstop]

I suspected all along.. That Clive had one of those pull of faces like in the telly adverts..

But...Has anyone got a pic of the real face of clive... 8)

>>>>> Cue Hookstar...

[Sandra]

Its too scary for on here really Cammy but as long as you keep Kathleens eyes closed it should be ok  



         

[Clive]

My star faded a long time ago.   :heehee:

[Camstop]

  Quick ..Kathleen...run....save your self....

[Simon]

Here's why you only see Sandra at night > > >

[Sandra]

How dare you show a picture of Serenity (I'd recognise that nose anywhere),and claim that its me Simon  

[Robotochan]

But seriously back to the point what would be my best cheapish cooling setup? Would like it really cool so I can run SETI a lot. I got my Mobo today and it looks like a standard fan think for Socket A. No big square bracket  

[Simon]

I have used https://www.chillblast.com/index.asp before, Robo, and they have quite a comprehensive range of fans.  They also sell the Thermal Compounds.  Your best person to talk to is Bat69, when he gets a minute to drop in.  

[Robotochan]

Was thinking of getting this:

Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto XP3000 AMD Approved Fan and Heatsink: £7

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=40758

and

this case and putting a couple of 70p 8cm case fans in it: £13

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=33823

and this Antec Silver Thermal Compound: £7

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=28654

Altogether that would be £27. Not too bothered bout the case as I don't stare at it all day and don't open it up ever month   Question is: is the coolant and fan ok and will 2 fans be good cooling for my 2000XP?

[Adept]

I have one of the Coolermaster cpu fans myself Robo. They're OK , but as the reviewer on Ebuyer says, scrape the gunk off the bottom of the heatsink as it's not too brilliant There's a thread started by Bat69 (who?? ) here which explains how to apply the thermal paste correctly. You may find that the fan on the coolermaster is a little noisy. Mine certainly could keepo me awake at night if I had to sleep in the same room as it.

I have 2 80mm fans in my case, one in front and one in the back. My cpu runs between 46 and 49 deg. and the system temp. is around 23 deg. If I switch off the rear fan the cpu temp. goes up to about 55 deg. so it's worth having. The front one doesn't seem to make any difference.

[Robotochan]

I'm gonna get one of the shops in the town to fit all my stuff after my accident with my Elite K7S5A mobo and 900Mhz Duron   If there is too much noise I'll just use noise insulators  

[bat69]

Hi Robo ... sorry I've been away for a while

The best thing to do is get yourself a good heatsink... this is the thing that takes the heat out of your CPU ... I'd recommend the Thermalright SLK800 ... although this is a heavyweight (both in terms of weight and cost) but it works ... and also the Thermaltake Smartfan2 as my setup.  These do make the difference.

You can go for a lesser sink tho, but with the effort you seem to be putting your CPU through, I'd err on the side of caution and get a good one.

Also ... have you enough case cooling? I'd recommend an intake and exhaust fan, and also tidy the wires within the box ... airflow can be severely restricted by all the tangle of wires. I think I've put some links to guides on the site. I'll try to make some time and find them for you.

Hope this is sufficient for you to start counting your pennies

[Sandra]

There you are Robo,The Ice Man Cometh at last  

[Robotochan]

Cheers chaps, haven't looked here for a couple of days   Funnily enough 2 nights ago I ordered a system exhaust and a fan for the front of my tower unit   Now I just want to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep for 2 weeks. Technological Studies exam was slightly harder than the Prelim   :'(

Anyway to answer bats question about if I have enough fans. Nope not yet until my new ones come   The case is of bad design as the PSU is 2cm (about 4/5 of an inch) infront of the CPU fan. Little cool air flows from the PSU but a lot flows out so I'm going to buy another bigger case when I get £30 or so