Air-Cooling Clubhouse!

de.das.dude · Oct 4, 2010, 04:43 PM

i wanted this thread created so that we can collect lots of information on air cooling, from our different users. we might even learn something new.

lets start the discussion by:

what would be better? a new fan on the side-panel directed at the CPU or a new tunnel for the CPU fan itself to suck in its own air??

AureliaRisley · Oct 13, 2010, 02:38 AM

What exactly do you mean by a new fan "on the panel"? What panel exactly are you talking about?

de.das.dude · Oct 13, 2010, 05:26 AM

edited, check it. thanks for the pity on my thread LOL.

catnipkiller · Oct 13, 2010, 05:44 AM

free air cooling move to canada, open windows, turn off heaters and dress warm works for me.

erocker · Oct 13, 2010, 05:45 AM

These kinds of threads are why there is the Clubhouse section. Since it's such a broad subject, it would fare much better there.

de.das.dude · Oct 13, 2010, 10:20 AM

yes.!! shift it please!!!

Athlonite · Nov 6, 2010, 11:22 PM

Ok so what sorta info are you looking for in here

de.das.dude · Nov 7, 2010, 04:07 AM

stuff to discuss about air cooling.... i have the max OC ona phenom with stock aircooling

ASUS M4A785D-M PRO and AMD 945 95W, C3

the cooling:

The OC (havent tweaked the multipliers even!)

and finally

Maban · Nov 7, 2010, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catnipkiller

free air cooling move to canada, open windows, turn off heaters and dress warm works for me.

Part of the reason why I love living in the land of ten thousand below.

t77snapshot · Nov 7, 2010, 04:18 AM

That's an accedent waiting to happen

Hey, how about making the bottom fan intake instead of exhaust?

rickss69 · Nov 7, 2010, 04:18 AM

Does this count? 110cfm blowing into an empty F1 pot...yeah, it was a failure lol.

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by de.das.dude

stuff to discuss about air cooling.... i have the max OC ona phenom with stock aircooling

ASUS M4A785D-M PRO and AMD 945 95W, C3

the cooling:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6723225_n.jpg

The OC (havent tweaked the multipliers even!)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5465624_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2733285_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._8282199_n.jpg

and finally
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5491541_n.jpg

Bro, you can also try to take off the stock fan on the heatsink and zip tie a 120mm on the factory heatsink. Works great.

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 05:55 AM

My Hyper 212+ with the a Cooler Master R4 on the front and the "stock" fan on the back. Works great as push/pull setup. Temps are decent while crunching at 100%, my temps are normally 47*c-49*c. Idle temps are 36*c-39*c

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

My Hyper 212+ with the a Cooler Master R4 on the front and the "stock" fan on the back. Works great as push/pull setup. Temps are decent while crunching at 100%, my temps are normally 47*c-49*c. Idle temps are 36*c-39*c

Not that bad. What kills my temps is the 5870 under load. I load at about 47-48ºc without the card folding, with it folding it hits like 53-54ºc.

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 05:58 AM

Here's some photos of my Hyper 212+

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 06:00 AM

I love those cooler master R4's!

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 06:00 AM

Same, they are a lot nicer looking without the lame stickers on them too.

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

Same, they are a lot nicer looking without the lame stickers on them too.

You mean the sticker in the center?

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 06:04 AM

Yeah. The shiny one. That's on the intake side.

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

Yeah. The shiny one. That's on the intake side.

The intake fan on your cooler has it, seems like it doesn't. At least not a shiny one...

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 06:07 AM

It doesn't have one now, I took it off. What you see in the photo is the fans guts, as that plastic is semi-transparent.

My side fan on my case still has one, need to remove it...

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

It doesn't have one now, I took it off. What you see in the photo is the fans guts, as that plastic is semi-transparent.

My side fan on my case still has one, need to remove it...

Ahh ok, now I see the sticker on the side panel one. Yeah you are right, looks better without it.

de.das.dude · Nov 7, 2010, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t77snapshot

That's an accedent waiting to happen

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Other/ahh.jpg

Hey, how about making the bottom fan intake instead of exhaust?

Quote:

Originally Posted by t77snapshot

That's an accedent waiting to happen

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Other/ahh.jpg

Hey, how about making the bottom fan intake instead of exhaust?

it was accidentally there.removed it after taking photo

the gfx card has an intake on the side panel(which u cant see) the exausht has a chimney that directs the air to the back of the chassis.

this one

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

Bro, you can also try to take off the stock fan on the heatsink and zip tie a 120mm on the factory heatsink. Works great.

no 120mms in Kolkata

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

My Hyper 212+ with the a Cooler Master R4 on the front and the "stock" fan on the back. Works great as push/pull setup. Temps are decent while crunching at 100%, my temps are normally 47*c-49*c. Idle temps are 36*c-39*c

a hyper 212+ will never fit in my case.

Radical_Edward · Nov 7, 2010, 03:35 PM

de.das.dude, maybe it's time to buy a new case eh? A good case is vital to your cooling.

Chicken Patty · Nov 7, 2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

de.das.dude, maybe it's time to buy a new case eh? A good case is vital to your cooling.

It helps tremendously, I learned that when I bought my first case and it was like $25

I modded it and tried my best to get airflow out of it, too much of a hassle for little to nothing gains. Bit and went ahead and got me a Full tower.

Oct 4, 2010, 04:43 PM	#1
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	Air-Cooling Clubhouse! i wanted this thread created so that we can collect lots of information on air cooling, from our different users. we might even learn something new. lets start the discussion by: what would be better? a new fan on the side-panel directed at the CPU or a new tunnel for the CPU fan itself to suck in its own air?? __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face Last edited by de.das.dude; Oct 13, 2010 at 05:25 AM.

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Oct 13, 2010, 05:26 AM	#3
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	edited, check it. thanks for the pity on my thread LOL. __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

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Motherboard:	ASRock 990FX Extreme 4
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Sound Card:	Realtek ALC892 with THX True Studio
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Oct 13, 2010, 02:38 AM	#2
AureliaRisley Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 19 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	What exactly do you mean by a new fan "on the panel"? What panel exactly are you talking about?

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de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	yes.!! shift it please!!! __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

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Nov 7, 2010, 04:07 AM	#8
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	stuff to discuss about air cooling.... i have the max OC ona phenom with stock aircooling ASUS M4A785D-M PRO and AMD 945 95W, C3 the cooling: The OC (havent tweaked the multipliers even!) and finally __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

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Radical_Edward Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,139 (2.58/day) Thanks: 2,559 Thanked 1,964 Times in 1,073 Posts System Specs	Here's some photos of my Hyper 212+ __________________ My heatware My FS thread Solaris Utility DVD TacticalHandleGaming

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Radical_Edward Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,139 (2.58/day) Thanks: 2,559 Thanked 1,964 Times in 1,073 Posts System Specs	Yeah. The shiny one. That's on the intake side. __________________ My heatware My FS thread Solaris Utility DVD TacticalHandleGaming

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Radical_Edward Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,139 (2.58/day) Thanks: 2,559 Thanked 1,964 Times in 1,073 Posts System Specs	It doesn't have one now, I took it off. What you see in the photo is the fans guts, as that plastic is semi-transparent. My side fan on my case still has one, need to remove it... __________________ My heatware My FS thread Solaris Utility DVD TacticalHandleGaming

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Radical_Edward Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,139 (2.58/day) Thanks: 2,559 Thanked 1,964 Times in 1,073 Posts System Specs	de.das.dude, maybe it's time to buy a new case eh? A good case is vital to your cooling. __________________ My heatware My FS thread Solaris Utility DVD TacticalHandleGaming

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