View Full Version : Holy crap i need better cooling.....
Well. I o/ced my cpu to 2.4 and now its running @ 55 C when im playing CS and crap. I need some better cooling methods other than water cooling. Got any??
Oh, and on Speedfan. Is temp1 my cpu temp or temp 2???
khilladi
08-25-05, 10:07 PM
which ever seems reasonable.. post a screenshot and let the guys check it out. I'm not sure of a certain way of finding out whcih is which.
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4310/temps6lt.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=temps6lt.jpg)
Heres a shot of it. I was 55 C a while ago. When i play CS S, it goes REALLY hihg. I have a pretty good heatsink too...........
What heatsink you're using now? And how much vCore on that venice?
IMm using a coolermaster hyper 48. I set my vCore to 1.45 right now.
Did you check on other sensor-reading program such as MBM5? Because i wouldn't just trust one programs............. they tend to report the wrong temperature.....
Hyper48 should perform nicely, maybe you need to install another 80MM fans at the HSF...... :D
Hmmmmmm... Maybe i should..... Well. OCCT reads the same temperature as speedfan. So i guess temp2 is my temp. But that awfuly hot....
Ur vCore or CPU HSF aren't the problem. Your case is 40 degrees. Even if you had the best heatsink ever, if you are using hot air to cool the HSF it's not gonna do much. What's your case fan set-up?
ancient46
08-26-05, 04:05 PM
The DFI page says it monitors CPU, System and Chipset temps. From what I can find from the monitoring chips data sheet is CPU should be temp 2 system temp should be temp 1 and temp 3 is user configurable. Temp 3 is probably hooked up to a chipset thermal sensor.
The delta between the CPU and the system is 14 which is not really that bad. I would suggest trying to cool the inside of the case or looking into arranging rhe cabling for better airflow. Maybe some DFI owners can provide a little more help. I am a little surprised that I couldn't find any mention of a software monitor designed for the board. Both our boards have one.
Ur vCore or CPU HSF aren't the problem. Your case is 40 degrees. Even if you had the best heatsink ever, if you are using hot air to cool the HSF it's not gonna do much. What's your case fan set-up?
Errr. one 120 and one 90 in the back. One 90 on top. and one 120 in the front.
ITs better to have more air sucking out from your case then blowing in......... negative pressure is good.........
Thats what i have right??? One 120 and one 90 for exhast. and only one 120 in the front. Is there a way to turn my fans hihger in the bios?? i dont mind the loudness
Thats what i have right??? One 120 and one 90 for exhast. and only one 120 in the front. Is there a way to turn my fans hihger in the bios?? i dont mind the loudness
I think you can use program such as speedfan to blast the fan to the max..........
How hot is the room? Try removing the intake fan cause at least in my case I found that it was bottlenecking the bigger exhaust fans and removing it actually decreased my temps.
You might not have enough space for air to be sucked in cause you got a lot of exhaust.
bluegreenshxt
08-27-05, 01:31 PM
Try swapping out the fan on the Hyper48 with a faster one?
hmm, open some windows, install an air conditioner in your room with the computer.... umm, what does your graphics card run at, it's probably throwing a lot of heat that you don't need. Umm, your motherboards chipset fan is also running quite warm too. Given that you are using water cooling, is the water cooling just your cpu or your vga as well, do you ever shut the computer off. (It'll only take you like 20 seconds to load windows with an overclock on that 3500. But umm doesn't the 3500 run stock at 2.2Ghz, try setting everything to auto to see what it lowers your temperatures by, I thought that the venice didn't need as much vcore because I have a 3200 Winchester running a slight OC (just up to 2.15Ghz) and my vcore is at about 1.47 according to my asus probe. Oh and with my Zalman I've got two fans pointed at the cpu, an intake above where the cpu is (80mm came with my case) and the zalmans 92mm) then I've got the dual exhaust fans in the PSU, and one 120mm intake fan at the front. and my cpu runs at 41C when it isn't doing much. I'd have to play some HL2 to see what the temp would go up to, but I too have my computer in my room where the ambient temp is probably 23C or so, where as in the basement the temp is usually about 18C. I'd suggest that you mod or install a fan above the cpu that way it can move some heat away from the cpu, also what type of radiator are you using for your water cooling?? Are you using a fanless solution for that? Oh nevermind I had missinterpreted the very first post, I thought you were using water cooling. Umm, I would say that if you were to install/mod the case to house 90mm fan above the cpu that might help, because it would bring in fresh air to the source. It's one of the reasons I like the case I have. :D
oh yeah, your PSU should also have an exhaust fan so you should have negative air pressure but I'd try removing either the 120 intake or the 90/80mm intake, see if that helps other than that, if you can open a window unless it's hotter outside. Also if you are running the computer 24/7 you may want to enable cool and quiet to scale down your vcore and your fsb so that the computer isn't always heating up that water, yes water works great at cooling off things but if the water isn't ever being cooled off or given a chance to go down to ambient it's going to continue to climb to the point where the water is flowing around your system at the same temperature as your cpu. And then it won't cool it.
again I realized that I should have edited my other post, and yeah I'm wrong about the water cooling, I thought you were using it Azn. You could try bumping up to either a zalman 7700 hsf, or go with the xp-120 with a 120mm panaflo. I would guess that those would work better than the hyper48, although the hyper48 does look like it should perform decently.
I don't think the CPU HSF is the problem. Im sure a Zalman or a Thermalright would perform better, but the difference between CPU and Case temp isn't bad at all. Your goal right now is to lower room and case temps. Once you do that, if you're still dissatisfied with your CPU temps you can upgrade your HSF.
Hmmmmmm...... Well its summer now so i guess when it cools down a bit i might get cooler....
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