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[MechCD]

I got me new 660plus black case today. It's a mid tower :D That means I also got my Alpha 8045 today. Hrmmmm dee hrm... 1.4ghz = hot

Fans = loud

I can't really fit a 120mm fan in the front because of the drive cage (which i need), so I'ms ticking with the two front 80mm intakes. mmmm......

My temepratures went up 25F from watercooling. I think I'll go off into the corner and spaz now. How do those review sites get so good temperatures? My dad's is about the same, it's not really hot, but it's not as cool as the claimed to be "real testing" This is with the side off, I haven't ventured over to the peanut scatterings and living room yet :D

*mech walks back*

Them thar front LEDs are nice and bright and perdy. Black casse = good
White drives = semi-good

The PSU is very good, I can't hear it over everything else :D it has 2x fans, 1x 80mm and 1x 92mm :D There is an RPM sensor also. Very nci eof them. Now for the fun! There is a special fan connector that varies voltage according to the PSU temperature!!! Very nice for my 2nd front intake fan and th exhaust fan :D

I have the perfect cooling solution. Have Intel and AMD reduce power consumption of their CPUs...... 80+ watts is just too &%^*) much for average computers. Overclocked to 1.6ghz, this CPu puts out well over 100 watts. My soldering iron is rated for 40 watts :/ and it can heat up large pieces of brass nicely. I wonder what an AMD CPU soldering iron could do? catch my table on fire?

[MechCD]

Wow.... it's been a while since i aircooled a very hot CPU.....

I have every fan i have that fits in the case runnin'

Intake is on a reostat set to about 10v
HDD intake is on PSU's 5-7V thingie.
side intake is using PSU's 5-7V thingie
Rear exhaust is on PSU's 5-7v thingie

room temp is 75F
case temp is 82F
CPU is 118.8F
Air coming out of PSU is 96.
empty drive bay between 2 burners is 87F

Hrrrmmmmm with a big capital HRM

Do I sense duct action? The side itake is more suited to video card cooling and there isn't much clearance with that big arse Alpha 8045 in there.

The whole thing is quieter than my dad's puter, but only by a lil bit.

My dad's puter only has a front intake fan, and his temps are much better than this, including the PSU exhaust.

Dads specs
1ghz tbird
300 watt PC Power and Cooling PSU
Alpha 8045 heatsink with low speed silent fan
Quiet NMB discontinued model fan intake

My specs
1.4ghz tbird
330 watt Antec TruePower PSU
Alpha 8045 heatsink with Panasonic H1A
3x intakes
1x exhaust

Whats wrong with this picture?!?!?!?! Why is my puter runnin' so ^&(% hot? Maybe I should weasel that 120mm fan into the front. It does fit, but exactly. i would have to be very careful while cutting the opening (behind bezel, no one will see it)

[zhotfire]

Not sure how you have the fans set up, but creating a flow is very important. Maybe the airflow in the case is causing pockets to form.....? If the HSF is stuck in a pocket of its own hot air, that could explain the high temp...

[MechCD]

Welp... Good old Asus A7v133. I still think there is something wrong with this mobo. The "auto" volatge is 1.94V! So I was running stock with a rather high vcore. Temps are now better and within C/W range. The PSU exhaust is still very hot. I'll draw up some pics of my case

[Benjamino]

If your case clears 80f, then the CPU temp isn't that high. I sould say fix the case heat, the CPU temp will follow. That is strange about the voltage though...
And Z is right, fans don't = cool air. Cool"er" maybe, but if the room is hot don't expect the air going into the case to be cool. I would say, before investing in big, loud fans... give the current fan configuration a lookin' into.

BTW: This thread is a few days old, so if you found the problem tell us what it was.

[MechCD]

Ok, ypu more fans = more air, but not colder air.

Problems:

1. PSu is cookin'
2. 92mm PSU fan is more powerful than the 80mm exhaust. Soooo...... The PSU get pressurized and soem of the very hot air is escaping out the sieds of the PSU where the vents are (darn poor design)
3. My CPU is just too darn hot
4. the room is definatly too hot.
5. not enough air is being brought in or "moved" o the right locations.

Right now it's fine because it's cold outside again. The weatehr won't stay like this forever, and we may see a few more bursts of hot weather before summer starts