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magnethead · 05-06-2008, 06:23 PM

The main isues with Dell's are that..people buy dell desktops. Yes they're good bang for the buck, but after a few years, that sleeve bearing and that thermal paste goes to %%%%. Also, Dells use a passive CPU heatsink, so that there's only 2 fans in the whole case- rear panel and PSU. PSU fan stays same temp..the rear case fan is temp actuated. So the first thing to do is blow the dust out of the case- pop the CPU duct up and blow everythign else out too. NExt is re-apply new thermal paste. Last is to shell out and put a REAL CPU heatsink on it that has a dedicated fan (what I did).

05-06-2008, 06:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,078 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Dell cooling problems... The main isues with Dell's are that..people buy dell desktops. Yes they're good bang for the buck, but after a few years, that sleeve bearing and that thermal paste goes to %%%%. Also, Dells use a passive CPU heatsink, so that there's only 2 fans in the whole case- rear panel and PSU. PSU fan stays same temp..the rear case fan is temp actuated. So the first thing to do is blow the dust out of the case- pop the CPU duct up and blow everythign else out too. NExt is re-apply new thermal paste. Last is to shell out and put a REAL CPU heatsink on it that has a dedicated fan (what I did). __________________ I'm not the world's greatest speller. Deal with it.