E6600 std speeds
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Noctua NHU12F cooler
Doing some case tidying amd duct modding and:
Could I get air-cooling much cooler than this in a comfortable heated draught free house?
E6600 std speeds
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Noctua NHU12F cooler
Doing some case tidying amd duct modding and:
Could I get air-cooling much cooler than this in a comfortable heated draught free house?
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
Well unless you live in an igloo. Your CPU is a few degrees below ambient. Which is no mean feat on air.
Apart from lowering the speed, i'd be surprised if it could go any lower on air.
Got any pics btw. I'd like to see how you did it.
no pics - dead camera battery but here is what i did:
Antec TX1050B case
2 80mm fans at the front, 1 in lower (Maxtor) HDD cradle and one open at bottom. HDD cradle fan driven off mobo, open fan driven directly. I replaced the 120mm exhaust with a low noise high flow jobbie (Akasa or Coolermaster i think). I put a 80mm fan in the lower side panel blowing directly at the PCI cards and the PCI-e heatsink (and to a lesser extent over the mobo mosfets).
I took the original 92mm side fan duct and placed it on the outside of the case (so it sticks out like a funnel!!!) and put an 92mm Akasa Amber in ther drawing air onto the top of the CPU cooler and to a lesser extent over the mosfets and the PCI-e card passive cooler.
I tidied up all the power cables and used round IDE cables and bound them into a single 'spine' running vertically down the case behind the HDD cages and in front of the mobo to one side to avoid interrupting the air front>back.
Nothing more complex than that. Oh and very careful assembly.
My next experiment will be to attach a bit of 'hoover hose' to the 92mm intake duct and hang it out of the window! I wonder how low I can go.
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
TBH I could never get 4 harddrives down below 30'C inside a case no matter how hard I try.
Your temperature looked like you booted up for about 5 minutes where the case haven't got any hot air inside. Give it an hour of stress test and I don't think it will be as low as the picture shows.
You'll need to add an 120mm fan outside the window to push air in, otherwise the tube length will be probably too much for your fan to handle. But on the other hand if it happens to rain outside you'll be f****d.
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
I say well done! What were your temps before hand? And obviously, what are they now your computer has been running for a good while?
We really need some pics!!!
Not to be the pesimist but it could be bad temp readings.
Last edited by Gibbo; 14-03-2007 at 10:21 AM.
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
Last edited by Gibbo; 14-03-2007 at 01:13 AM.
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
27'C CPU is amazing...My T7200 idle at 1Ghz 54'C (Max 85'C)... Pentium D idle at 55'C (Max 72'C)
Although I do feel that your CPU sensor is not properly calibrated, because your intake temperature would be around 29'C after passing your hdds (unless your have a side panel intake fan), 0'C temperature difference is well...not possible?
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
Well changing from a P4 to an E6400 is going to cooler it down anyway...
But still, 27c is a good temp, Mine is at 35c when overclocked and is currently at 30c (i've reverted to stock speed at the moment).
Just shows what a bit of airflow and clever cabling can do for a case.
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
whats the noise like?
Asus P5QL-E : Intel Q9550 : Noctua NH-U12P : DDR2 2 x 2048MB 1066 Corsair : Palit 9800GT 512Mb : Iiyama PLE2200WS-B : RME HDSP9632[a proper musician's card] : 2 x SATA 7200rpm 250GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 120GB : 1 x 7200rpm IDE 80GB : Iomega 34290 1TB eSATA storage : Pioneer DVR-216DBK : Antec TX1050 case : TAGAN TG700BZ PSU : MOTU MTPAV MIDI interface/time clock : Behringer BCR2000 : SONAR 7PE : Reason3 : ReFX Nexus : ReFX Vanguard : NI Battery3 : JP-8080 : D-50 : D-10
Lets have a look at a screenie of TAT under load
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