What cooling setup are you running?

[playafly187]

I personally have 5x Zalman 80mm case fans running on low speed ( 20 dba), silent video card cooler, silent hdd cooler, 400w zalman silent psu and a 92mm chrome fan on the processor heatsink that puts out around 22 dba. needless to say, the system is whisper quiet, and surprisingly, i get great temps. running my 1700 @ 2600xp speeds, i get 43-44 C load temps. gotta love it!

what kind of setup are you running?

[MASSiVE]

in total i have 6 fans: 3 papst 8412NGL (12dB-20CFM)(gold plated molex pins), 2 vantec stealth (21dB-28CFM) and 1 standard Chieftec fan (±20dB-±25CFM), they are all 80mm @ 12V

2 papst outtakes at the back of my case, 1 papst intake at the front bottom of my case, 1 chieftec as intake/hard drive cooler, 1 vantec in my sidepanel-plexi for my vidcard+memory/memory/northbridge zalman heatsink, and 1 vantec is gonna be a outtake at the top of my case (that cutout mod-idea)

keeps my 2600+ @ 36° idle/42° stressed
my a7n8x2.0 @ 18° idle/20° stressed

[fstroupe]

5 x 80mm Coolermaster case fans (1 blowhole, 1 side blowing into HSF, 1 rear just below power supply (blowing in, low speed all of the time), 2 in front of Hdds blowing out), 80mm ThermalTake silent boost, plus silent fan on video card, silent fan on northbridge. Running all on low speed, is pretty quiet, 35C - 39C idle, 45C - 50C stressed. Running all on high speed sounds like you stuck your head into a central air unit, idle 29C - 34C, stressed 44C - 47C. Thats today, anyway...haven't cleaned HS in a few weeks, probably could drop temps 3 or so degrees if I cleaned it right now.

I need to cut out the perforated vents in front of fans, get filter for side case fan, (lots of dust here), considering replacing HSF with maybe 92mm.

[techniq]

I have 2 80mm in the back blowing in, 1 80mm on the door blowing in, 2 80mm blowholes at the top blowing out, and 2 80mm on my PS, both circulating air outward through the PS. I also set an 80mm under my video card as its fan no longer works. I haven't gotten around to setting up my temperature sensors yet, but with my old case they were around 36 idle and 45 load. I don't have great AC in my room though, so my temps flux alot based on the ambient tempature of the room.

[KryoNexus]

currently I have 2 80mm exhaust in the PSU, 1 120mm exhaust below the PSU, and 3 80mm intake fans. the CPU is being cooled by a globalwin silentstream (that might soon change)

[Beemer]

Well a little overkill but here is what I have, 2 80mm panaflo intakes at the front. 1 antec 80mm side intake fan. 2 antec 80 mm rear fans, 1 intake and one exaust. 1 80 mm blohole. I have a PCI fan card with two fans blowing on the video card, and of course I have the two fans in my power supply. A 92mm panaflo on the heatsink , oh, and two 120mm HD cooling fans. All of witch are contolled by my digidoc, instant on and off. That way I can have hardcore cooling or a nice quiet pc. :lol: I think that is a total of 13 fans :shock: :lol:

[silenze]

I have a total of 4 80MM fans:

1 in the rear bottom of my case zip tied between caseblades so at about 45° facing up toward the videocard.. which is compeletely encased, has an intake fan that the 80mm is blowing right at, and an exhaust fan too. (with a nice copper heatsink between the two, and a big heatsink for the back of the card.. )

80mm fan in the door, no grill, facing in

80mm fan in the top of the case, no grill, facing out of course

80mm Volcano 9 fan (75 CFM @ 4800 rpm's) @ 4,000 rpm's right here blowing in:

http://www.fawkit.org/tmp/images/case/intake.jpg

Retail AMD64 cooler.. :)

Annnndd... it works rather well:

http://www.fawkit.org/tmp/images/case/temps.jpg
1: motherboard
2: cpu

[Roadracer_4ever]

[b]
Currently running a generic 120mm fan in front of the hard drives the 4x80mm grill modded to hold it (cut out grill, redrilled holes, no one can see it anyways), blowing in, one generic side fan(came with generic case for 54 bucks) blowing in, 2 80mm case fans on the rear, one is high speed(top, just under power supply), one low speed, just below it, pulling out, stock cpu cooler for AMD 1800XP+, and a 5 1/4" bay 2X25mm fan hard drive cooler pulling out mounted just below the CD-R/RW and DVD-ROMs(no hard drive behind it, simply to pull extra heat out of the top of the case) Keeps things at a nice even 43 Deg C/109 F, System@29 deg C/84 F. Next up, a copper cooler for the CPU! Currently runnint at 1.68Ghz over stock of 1.53@1.75V

[fstroupe]

1 in the rear bottom of my case zip tied between caseblades so at about 45° facing up toward the videocard

What a great idea....and I've got this brand new Tt 60mm fan just sitting here.....

[silenze]

http://www.fawkit.org/tmp/images/case/rearfan.jpg

I'm going to modify that some more and put some kind of guard around the fan so all it's air comes from outside the case, when I get around to it. :P

[playafly187]

silenze, i still say you need to get you a thermalright on that CPU ;)

[silenze]

Would run pretty cool .. :D

[playafly187]

cooler = more overclocking......muwahaha!!

[MASSiVE]

that angled fan may seem like its doing a great job but youre better off with a fan in youre sidepanel coz that one would blow on the top and bottom of the card, if you have memsinks on youre vidcard the angeld fan wont blow on the ones at the top and if you have a blowhole in front those fans will just blow at eachother; keeping the warm air around youre vidcard, but its a good idea none the less

[silenze]

Intake only from the side and rear, exhaust out the top :P

[striker777]

silenze, i still say you need to get you a thermalright on that CPU ;)

Don't listen to him! I'm running the AMD solution too! If you don't use their heatsink and fan...well...you can kiss your warranty goodbye.

[KryoNexus]

silenze, i still say you need to get you a thermalright on that CPU ;)

Don't listen to him! I'm running the AMD solution too! If you don't use their heatsink and fan...well...you can kiss your warranty goodbye.

they don't have to know that you used a different HS. besides, when have modders/enthusiasts ever worried about voided warranties.

[silenze]

they don't have to know that you used a different HS. besides, when have modders/enthusiasts ever worried about voided warranties.

Haha.. I've already hit my limit since I have no PCI-lock anyway...

[playafly187]

silenze, i still say you need to get you a thermalright on that CPU ;)

Don't listen to him! I'm running the AMD solution too! If you don't use their heatsink and fan...well...you can kiss your warranty goodbye.

they don't have to know that you used a different HS. besides, when have modders/enthusiasts ever worried about voided warranties.

amen!!

but even if you dont overclock, why not get a better performing heatsink/fan? it will undoubtably lower your CPU temperature, which "could" result in a more stable system and will lead to a longer lifespan.

[fstroupe]

I'm going to modify that some more and put some kind of guard around the fan so all it's air comes from outside the case, when I get around to it. :P

Here ya go:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4da04b3127ccebd2953efdf590000001610

[silenze]

Hehe nice.

I'm planning on cutting out the supports between card slots since I have no use for them, maybe put a 120MM down there.... :twisted:

[Beemer]

Shoot, why not set up a box fan on the side of that???? :lol:

[PhoenixAshes]

*Digs this post out of nowhere*

I've got 2 120's side by side in the lower front, and 3 Tt 80mm Ultra-Silents on the back as well as the 2 sitting in my PSU. Both sides of my current case are slotted and it keeps things nice and cool in there. I also have a ThermalRight SLK-947U with a Vantec Tornado 92mm spinning at about 2800 RPM which keeps my 2.8C@3.2 running at about 37C Idle and 45C under full load.

[leezard]

All aircooled at the moment...

HT 101 heatsink with dual 80mm's on it
2 80mm intakes in front
1 80mm intake on side
2 80mm exhaust on rear
1 80mm blowhole.

I have a complete WC setup that i used to run but the res started leaking so i pulled it out. I'm moving next month, so once we get moved I'll get a new resand re install it.

PolarFlo SF cpu block
PolarFlo NB block
PolarFlo GPU block
Hydor L30 pump
Black Ice Extreme Radiator

PolarFlo just released their new blocks, and my god they are sweet!!!! www.polarflo.com

[ericxw]

Thermaltake Vocano 7+ (me want thermalright......no money)
2x80mm front intake
1x80mm side intake
2x80mm back exhaust
1x90mm PSU intake
1x80mm PSU exhaust

I'm thinking about 120mm fans in my next rig...A64 in Lian Li case

[fastedie]

My rig is all stock air cooled and cpu runs at 46C cpu diode 59C MB 31C
A7N8X 2.0 nforce2 400 twin corsair 184 pin 2x256 512 pc3200 cpu 2500 Barton oc@3200 the gpu is the bottle neck its a gforce3 ti200 64MB Hope to put a 98xt in someday.

[DaMiEn]

Thermaltake volcano 11+ (run at about 1/2 speed mostly for the noise)
4x random (but quiet) blue led case fans -
2 - exhaust
1 - intake by video card
1 - intake blowing over hdd
crap psu thats been cut open and put in a thermaltake fan
damn i need an intake over the cpu....and a new psu....nb heatsink...etc etc
it does well though and keeps my 2600+ at 36 idle 43 load on a cool day
(not overclocked till i get a thermalright)

[Bio-Hazard]

I'm running 6 Cooler Master 80mm case fans. 2 in front for intake, 2 in the rear for exhaust, 1 on top for exhaust, 1 side panel for intake. I'm cooling the CPU and GPU with a Corsair Hydrocool 200EX right now.
A new external water cooling box is in progress as we speak, waiting on a few more parts........ :shock: Components are: Pump: Danger Den D4 12V: Rad 11 x 6 x 2 Heater Core with 1/2 brass barbs, 4 Panaflo 120mm 88.5 cfm fans with 1 inch shrouds Rez. home made: Water Blocks, Polarflo: CPU and GPU.

[playafly187]

I'm running 6 Cooler Master 80mm case fans. 2 in front for intake, 2 in the rear for exhaust, 1 on top for exhaust, 1 side panel for intake. I'm cooling the CPU and GPU with a Corsair Hydrocool 200EX right now.
A new external water cooling box is in progress as we speak, waiting on a few more parts........ :shock: Components are: Pump: Danger Den D4 12V: Rad 11 x 6 x 2 Heater Core with 1/2 brass barbs, 4 Panaflo 120mm 88.5 cfm fans with 1 inch shrouds Rez. home made: Water Blocks, Polarflo: CPU and GPU.

how well does the Corsair Hydrocool perform? we have been wanting to get one of those for review :)

[Bio-Hazard]

The Hydrocool does cool pretty well on my AMD system. I'm OC'd to a max of 2.4 gig with a 2500 Barton at 1.85v and a 9800Pro OC'd to 440/395. Both are cooled with the Hydrocool (Koolance GPU Block) and my max CPU temp (MBM) is 42c and the 9800Pro runs at a max temo of 38c.

[Mysterium]

One 120mm intake in the front
2 80mm exhaust on the rear
Silent VC fan
Stock HSF

I'm thinking about getting a heatpipe tower for the CPU and a pair of 92's for it.

Also pondering a blowhole or two. Hey, if I put one or two 80mm in the top of the case, should I switch my two rear fans to intake?

[undergroundtech]

I'm not a big fan of heat pipe coolers, unless your PC's configuration has the motherboard laying flat.
With a tower cofiguration your motherboard will be vertical, thus keeping the vapor in the heat pipe from rising properly and killing off much of the benifits of using a heat pipe.

Instead of having your rear fans blowing in, I think I would add a couple extra intake fans at the bottom of the case....this works well as long as the base of the case is not siting directly over thick capet.
Or add a couple extra fans on the side and improve the cooling of your video card and north bidge.

[Beemer]

It doesnt matter if the heatpipes are vertical or not, the pipes do not rely on heat rising, but simply the natural tendancy for heat to disperse to cooler areas. The heat is pulled from the block into the fins where it is cooled more efectively.

[siq]

80mm side intake
2 80mm exhaust in the back

not much really but that will change in a couple of months...

[DaMiEn]

errr that aint how heatpipes work, they work because a liquid is vaporized at the bottom (hot end) and through evaporation the vapour is taken to the top of the heatpipe, where is condenses and falls back to the bottom, trough this process the heat is transferred from the bottom to the top where it needs to be taken away somehow ie: fins on a heatsink. so for the evaporation - condensation process to work as efficiently as possible it should be somewhere between a 45 degree angle and being vertical (cant remember the optimum angle of the top of my head). thats why i am also not a big fan of the current heat pipe cooling solutions.

[Beemer]

If you look at the SP94 though, the heatpipes are oriented in different ways, so it does work in a tower environment. Heatpipes work best in a vertical orientation - liquid heated in the bottom, rises, cools, condenses, and then falls back to the bottom. Because of the 'U' shaped bend in the heatpipes, the efficiency of this process is greatly diminished no matter how you orient the heatsink. In looking at thermalright's SP94 FAQ, they said that they observed only a small difference in temperature due to orientation. They reason that it is because they have multiple heatpipes with different orientations. So basically, they can work in a tower environment, they work better on a horizonally oriented motherboard, and heatpipes work best when there are no bends in them and they are vertically oriented (at some optimum angle) to allow a convection current to take place inside them.

Yep, I was wrong before :oops:

[Mysterium]

Rmm, but heatpipes have a wick in them that pulls the condensed liquid back down to the spot where the liquid is evaporating. And convection currents can't apply, because the pipes are too thin to get that lovely mushroom shape going. Convection currents also don't apply because we're talking about two disctinct fluids; liquid in the wick traveling one way, and gas in the chamber headed the other. I'd be willing to bet that you could run the thing upside down without much loss in cooling efficiency, if anyone feels like testing it. I just don't think the pipes are wide enough for any large-scale fluid dynamics to kick in.

[Beemer]

:oops: I'll shutup now

[ericxw]

LOL........

I have an update.......LOL

Just got my Athlon64 3000+

Running a Lian Li Aluminum tower

2x80mm front intake
1x80mm back exhaust
1x80mm top exhaust
1x80mm PSU exhaust
1x92mm PSU intake

Stock AMD cooler 40degrees idle.........not too bad

Will be modding a window and blow holes to the side and one more exhaust on the back

[Mysterium]

:oops: I'll shutup now

I'm just talkin' outta m' butt, is all.

Though now I want to test it . . . :wink:

[DaMiEn]

yeh everyone makes mistakes lol, i read up and yeh they do wick the liquid back to the evaporating point, i dunno how well theyd work upside down cos wouldnt it screw up the evaporation part? i dunno, Id like to see some tests as well. i take it by "upside down" you mean having the heatpipe slope down?

[Beemer]

I went out and tried to research it, but just saw a bunch of posts by people in forums, looked at some heatsink manufacturers sites - thermalright - and saw what they said. No one really had anything good on it though. I do know one thing, I have heatpipes, whether they work or not, I have heatpipes! :lol:

[Mysterium]

Yeah, no manufacturer's ever gonna tell you if their product isn't actually working optimally, and this is esoteric enough no one's probably benchmarked it before.

And by upside down, I mean mounting the thing, then turning the motherboard all the way over so it's sitting on top of the tower. I just think that the whole environment's so small, it probably won't affect it any more'n 2 or 3 degrees. But who knows? That's why I want to test it . . .

[Beemer]

I just figured some manufacturer would say that their product does work and have something to back it up....

[PhoenixAshes]

Now there's a review to pull off.... Seeing how well heatpiped coolers work in different orientations. Hell, with some creativity, we could probably get a research grant for it.... :wink:

[tcheat]

Ive just got a basic setup right now until I find/build the perfect case. 2X80mm sunon maglev fans blowing out the back that are ducted over the back of the video card, the northbridge and the cpu. Using the Dr.Thermal tti 77v heatsink (bigger and coppercored version of thermoengine) with a 80mm Smart Fan 2 zip tied onto it running @ low rpm. My other machine is just a normal setup with 1 80mm sunon exhuast and the stock 2500+ amd heatsink. A tip for anyone using the stocker (mines a alum heasink with a copper/nickle plate bolted onto it) is to lap both sides of the copper plate and the alum heatsinks base ( I used 400 grit wet paper) and use some good thermal paste in between. I dropped temps 10c with this mod.

[Mysterium]

Now there's a review to pull off.... Seeing how well heatpiped coolers work in different orientations. Hell, with some creativity, we could probably get a research grant for it.... :wink:

It's all about using high-falutin' words, after all. Let's see . . . :roll: . . . "A Study of the Effects of Gravity and Environmental Orientation with regards to the Thermal Dissipational Properties of Evaprorative Cooling Systems in Proceesor Applications both Idle and Under Load." Sounds a little bit like a naturalist's paper from the 1800's, but that might be sufficiently confusing if no one reads it too closely.

[mtfresh]

I use a Thermaltake Xaser2 5000+ case with 5 OCZ Uv fans and a Thermalright slk-947u heatsink with a Delta 92mm fan on top. I'd like to use all tornados but I think my pc would then just fly away!!! :roll:

[playafly187]

I use a Thermaltake Xaser2 5000+ case with 5 OCZ Uv fans and a Thermalright slk-947u heatsink with a Delta 92mm fan on top. I'd like to use all tornados but I think my pc would then just fly away!!! :roll:

92mm delta? i pray that it is 7-volted.... :)

[undergroundtech]

I use a Thermaltake Xaser2 5000+ case with 5 OCZ Uv fans and a Thermalright slk-947u heatsink with a Delta 92mm fan on top. I'd like to use all tornados but I think my pc would then just fly away!!! :roll:

92mm delta? i pray that it is 7-volted.... :)

Huh? I can't hear you :lol:

[silenze]

I ran a 92mm delta on my slk900a... ~48 CFM... 30 dB... that's loud? o_O

[undergroundtech]

I have not tried a 92mm, but have an 80mm Black Delta that I can say is loud.
havn't run any noise level tests though.

[BetrayerX]

2 x 80mm silent fans exhaust
AMD Cu/Al heatsink/fan (lapped) on the Radeon 9700Pro with Ramsinks
1 x 92mm 30db fan on a 70-90 adapter over a lapped Thermaltake Spark7+ cooper block.

120mm case fan blowing from the case right over the CPU fan. On the other side, a 4" tube is connected to an A/C unit so cool A/C ir goes directly to the CPU.

I plan to add 4 more silent fans (3 x 80, 1 x 120) to the case and some sinks to the Motherboard.

[dukeman]

i am currently running with watercooling.

http://server6.uploadit.org/files/pmanipole-P1010016.JPG
http://server6.uploadit.org/files/pmanipole-P1010021.JPG
http://server6.uploadit.org/files/pmanipole-P1010015.JPG

it is the swiftech 8600 kit with 2 rads. i am going to be upgrading to 120mm rad when i go to a 64bit system

[Bio-Hazard]

I finished my Hydrocool inspired external water cooling system. I was even brave enough to do a article on it for a cooling web site and got it posted on the front page........... :shock: Anyway, for any of you all that are interested, you can read about it here. Feel free to let me know what you think and if there is anything I can do to make it better............. :D

http://www.systemcooling.com/waterbox-01.html

[silenze]

very nice :D

[playafly187]

agreed, very nice job. just a suggestion, next time ya wanna write an article for posting, give us a shout ;)