waltthesalt

Hi,

I have a Thermalright XP-90C heatsink ( image) and a 90mm Panaflo fan ( image) that I want to put on the heatsink. This fan is one that is recommeded to use with this heatsink, the problem is, I don't know how to attach the fan to the heatsink. At the moment, I have the fan taped to the heatsink using electrical tape. This works, but I don't want that to be permanent.

Heatsink info can be found here: http://www.svc.com/xp-90c-21.html

Fan info can be found here: http://www.svc.com/pahywabefb1.html

Any info is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

-Walt

Houndog777

Don't you have the instructions for both the heatsink and the fan?

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_pa...50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://www.ap0calypse.com/showthread.php?t=2012

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waltthesalt

Thanks Houndog!

I have those clips but I had them mixed with all my other computer stuff, so I had no idea they were for the heatsink. Hope this works.

Thanks!

-Walt

linderman

hell yeah it works ! and the best cooler for socket 478 there was too ! enjoy


nice work there HOUND !!

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Pharaohz

What cpu are you cooling and the case conditions? Cpu fan speed? Temps? Just want to see how well its working for you. Thanks

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waltthesalt

Pentium D 2.8GHz. One 10 inch side intake fan, one 80mm front intake fan, one 80mm back outtake fan, one 80mm PSU outtake fan. CPU fan at 1800RPM. CPU at 50°C.

linderman

50C for a "D" aint bad at all especially for summer time house temps

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waltthesalt

Yea, I also lowered the CPU fan speed because I didn't want too much noise, but if I had it at a faster speed the processor would definately be cooler.

Houndog777

Hi guys,
I got a Pentium D 915 2.8ghz on my Vista PC, and been worrying bout it's temps.
Mid 40's idle and 60C under load.......you think that's normal for a D?
I read conflicting opinion online.

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waltthesalt

Hey Hound, mine's pretty much the same. At the moment I don't know of any ways to lower the temp other than increasing fan speed which would be noisy or water cooling which is mad expensive. I'd be interested too if you find anything out.

-Walt

Houndog777

Hi Walt
I honestly think it's just the processor.
On my XP machine I have an Intel E6600 using a stock cooler, a better video card, more memory, larger hard-drive and more peripherals attached but my temps are low 30's at idle and max of 50C under load.

Compare this to my Vista pc with the Pentium D.
An Arctic Freezer Pro HSF, 120mm intake and exhaust case fans and still it idles at the mid 40C's.
Crazy. But it never gives me any problems!

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linderman

..... thats the whole reason why Intel got away from the 90nm processors ...... to much heat ! the "D" was worst of any cpu that I ever used to date

that what made Intel go back to the drawing board and start from scratch / thus the birth of Conroe and 65nm cpus and then even better and cooler yet .....45nm wolfdales


you guys have decent temps


try ramping up the cpu fan all the way for a trial test ...... what are the temps then ????

the best temps I ever got with a 920 D with the same Xp-90 cooler was 40C at idle and 55C at FULL load ...... but i had 6 fans and two of them where very noisy high rpm 120's which spun at 3000 RPMs

cool ...... YES but that baby sounded like I had a fighter jet in my office !

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Pharaohz

I use headphones at all times, my 9 fans are but background noise... HUH? Did you say something? :) This idea just flashed into my mind as I was reading this and after reading the bottleneck post. Ill toss it out and see what you guys think.

With these high temps, could it be because the cpu is the bottleneck point and is working harder? Or the other way around, were the cpu isnt the bottleneck? I dont know enough about this subject to have any sort of opinion. Just a random thought. But more or less, is the cpu working harder because of the other hardware???

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linderman

ALL 90nm die processors when they were stretched to achieve the 3.0ghz and more barrier; began to get too hot for acceptable operation

in reality the 90nm core was ok at speeds and voltages needed to achieve 2.0 ghz -2.6ghz ........ in order to achieve even higher speeds Intel ramped up the voltage going to the cpu....... thats when the heat threshold was hit

as for bottlenecks its really an individual case by case / spec by spec which has to be evaluated to each system to identify which part is the weakest link; therfore creating a "bottleneck"

every system has a bottleneck no matter how great a spec you build ........ its just a matter if the bottleneck interferes with your use of the computer / software application

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