shuttle cooling

finally been bothered to overclock this 2500 i have in my SN45G to 2.2ghz (3200+) at 1.75 volts.

I idle at roughly 50* with the fan on 'mid' in the bios and full load after an hour of UD i hit 58-59*. I have a few questions regarding cooling my miniature beast.

1. Will the changing the fan on the ICE unit make much difference to my temps? I understand the noiseblocker series of fans are noted for their quiet operation but how do the perfom on an overclocked cpu?

2. Is it worth considering cutting a hole or two for additional fans? If so where are the best locations.

cheers

i would lover the volts i have my 2500 o/c to 11x200 and have the volts set at 1.55 and i have no problems i idle at 40c and load is about 47c.. i just cut the honey comb from the the back of the computer and drop the idle temps 3c and load temps about 3-4c.. if any thing i would put 2 60mm exaust fans above the ice

nowt wrong with those temperatures thou

A Noiseblocker S4 will be quieter than stock & offer the same cooling perfomance as stock. I wouldn't advise using anything less than the S4 in your system!

Nigel

£16.45! ouch!

Is there a slightly less expensive alternative?

yea try this http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/fan-19.html

i know your proably in the u.k but iam sure you can find this fan there. i just put this in my shuttle and its quiter at 100% then the stock ice fan at 5%

add an 80mm intake fan m8,it makes a helluva difference to ure overall temps idle/load and overclocked;)