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    The floppy drive is no longer obsolete. AmEv's Avatar
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    Default Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    Well, it's not that time of year anymore, but it's still unavoidable. Crashing due to overheating.

    Well, my stock heatsink ain't cuttin' it anymore. I think I got enough cash for a better HS. It was designed for dual-core at business usage, not quad-3.8 cross-kernel-compiling.

    Not that this is the main purpose of the thread, but I am open to suggestions.

    PS:There wassome dust, but not that much. Good airflow didn't stop it hitting 65°c, though.
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    this is the cooler i have...
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103084

    i'm running a quad core phenom 2 oc'd at 3.6ghz. when letting it churn away at converting dvds into mkv files it would run all four cores at 100%. with that cooler it still never got above 45* or so. maybe as high as 47*.

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    this is the air cooler i have. i love it, and see no better substitute...
    i have tried a few, and this one is my favorite
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fans-Heatsinks

    maybe try some of the newer ones they have as well? they only had that first one when i bought it.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fans-Heatsinks

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fans-Heatsinks
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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    I'm on a moderate budget right now (waiting for my hopeful-employer to return my call), so that CM Vortex seems promising....
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    this runs an i7 950 at 4.2ghz with no problems

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fans-Heatsinks
    Not dead yet

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    that one is definitely a nice cooler. i just installed one on a friend's pc. but it was actually too tall for the case and i had to modify the side panel so the heat pipes stuck out a little.

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    What's your ambient temp AmEv? I lower my OC a bit in summer. In winter, I crank it up and crack a window when the room starts getting warm. Winter is one hell of a heat sink.
    I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

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    Default Re: Caution: Compiling code on fast computer may cause system shutdown

    It was in the 80s, but Idaho cools super-quickly. Ain't that right, billygoat and D?
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    Yes sir. Supposed to snow today.
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    Centurion 5 Mod <<--- ON HOLD FOR THE WINTER

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    I got rain.
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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