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Old 12-11-2005, 04:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 12-12-2005, 06:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
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what heatsink is that? does it work?
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what heatsink is that? does it work?
It is the ThermalTake Sonic Tower. I works wonderfully.
Idle - 44 C
Load - 56 C
The key is the realitive position of the heatsink to the rear case exhaust fan. The fan is pulling the air through the fins of the heatsink.
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I've got the TT Tower 112 which is suppose to be fanless. I can run my Prescott processor without a fan but when I put a load on it, it begins to get kind of hot. But that might be because everything is so cramp in my case that there is no air flow. I'll see if I can run with know fan after I get my new case.
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ne1 else? also, if u hav a digital camera u can upload it. crap, the only good pic of my rig i got is a REALLY blurry 1. sry, but i gotta wait till fri or mon wen i hav my mobo.
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Old 12-19-2005, 10:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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here is mine

here it is. this is with most lites off
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I have done some more to it since including some much need wire managment.
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kool. its not bad. u can do wut i did n put all extra wires in hd cage lol
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Here is my rig that is actually a case mod for a Dell.

Dell Dimension 2350
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It is the ThermalTake Sonic Tower. I works wonderfully.
Idle - 44 C
Load - 56 C
The key is the realitive position of the heatsink to the rear case exhaust fan. The fan is pulling the air through the fins of the heatsink.
What type of thermal compound are you using? I know it can make a big difference in heat transfer. I personally like the Arctic Silver Ceramique... Ive got a p4 3.2 with the stock heatsink and it idles around 22 C and at load it doesn't go much over 37 C.
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What type of thermal compound are you using? I know it can make a big difference in heat transfer. I personally like the Arctic Silver Ceramique... Ive got a p4 3.2 with the stock heatsink and it idles around 22 C and at load it doesn't go much over 37 C.
Call me old fashion but I just use the plain white stuff. I really have never had any problems with cooling. I have used stock Intel HS/Fans without any problems and I think they work fine. Most of the problems I see are with poor case cooling. It's hard to cool a CPU with hot air.
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Yeah you are right that most overheating is do to bad case cooling. But for that extra boost of cooling getting good thermal compound is a good idea.
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Built this early october 05. Went together easy as can be, and couldnt be more happy with its performance. A Sparkle 550 SLI psu and 2x1GB OCZ Titanium is next on my list.

- AMD Athlon X2 4200+ @ 2.65ghz * Zalman Fan
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CPU Idle - 33c
CPU Load - 54c

GPU Idle - 40c
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