Will
07-08-2009, 12:30 PM
I have a 2nd hand Visionman-built PC. It's one of those ugly X-Blade cases, but I'm working on fixing that...
Anyhow, it has an Athlon 64 x2 3.0GHz with the TR2-R1 heatsink and fan. Tiger has this for $20 right now. All of the "reviews" claim that it's quiet and cools well.
It's quiet for sure, but I don't know about cooling well. PC Probe reports idle temps in the mid 40s after letting it run for a while. It will run up over 60C when I'm playing Crysis, after about 30 minutes.
The case had three 80mm fans: front, rear, and side. I replaced the front and rear with 120mm fans. There was a slight improvement. Eventually I took the sides off and tried that for a few days, and there was no improvement. So I feel like there's plenty of airflow through the case.
So, what's next? Replace the paste? Or is there a chance that I'm testing this wrong? :think:
Last night I moved the front 120mm up into the 5.25 area and put a spare 80mm back in the low spot. This will put more direct flow past the CPU. I'll test it tonight.
Anyhow, it has an Athlon 64 x2 3.0GHz with the TR2-R1 heatsink and fan. Tiger has this for $20 right now. All of the "reviews" claim that it's quiet and cools well.
It's quiet for sure, but I don't know about cooling well. PC Probe reports idle temps in the mid 40s after letting it run for a while. It will run up over 60C when I'm playing Crysis, after about 30 minutes.
The case had three 80mm fans: front, rear, and side. I replaced the front and rear with 120mm fans. There was a slight improvement. Eventually I took the sides off and tried that for a few days, and there was no improvement. So I feel like there's plenty of airflow through the case.
So, what's next? Replace the paste? Or is there a chance that I'm testing this wrong? :think:
Last night I moved the front 120mm up into the 5.25 area and put a spare 80mm back in the low spot. This will put more direct flow past the CPU. I'll test it tonight.