how do YOU keep comp cool?

cdawall · Feb 27, 2007

simple set uo for me
stock amd hsf for cpu
stock cooler on ti4200
1X 90mm coolermaster silent OUT
1X 90mm coolermaster High speed variable (0-5500RPM) OUT
3X 90mm coolermaster silent IN

psychomage343 · Mar 1, 2007

2x120 antec front
1x120 antec rear
1x120 thermaltake side
1x120 thermaltake cpu
1x200 antec top
2x80 no name vid card
2x60 no name mem cooling
1x120 fsp psu fan

Sovereign · Mar 1, 2007

I live in a dungeon so temps aren't really an issue with me but...

I use a Zalmann CNPS7000B-AlCu LED HSF to cool my AMD64 Mobile 3200+ Clawhammer

A Vantec IceBerQ Copper cooler to keep my chipset cool

Memory is cooled by stock Mushkin Black Heatspreaders as well as Vantec IceBerQ Cooper Memory Heatspreaders

Video Card is cooled by a KINGWIN KWVC-3 Ball Super Heat Pipe VGA Cooler

Case is cooled by a stock pair of ENERMAX UC-8TCFS/B 80mm Case Fans

Everything was precleaned with Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier and a fresh application of Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound was used.

:pimp:

-1nf1n1ty- · Mar 1, 2007

Look for the kinds of fans you buy, graphics cards may have to have their fans/heatsinks replaced because it may be loud but if thats not an issue for you then dont worry about it,The case usually helps also, ultra cases are usually cool looking and stay cool. If you can watch out for all of that your set. my rig is loud but since I wear a noise canceling headset I dont care.

munz778 · Mar 11, 2007

Namslas90 said:
Fans;

1ea 120mm stock Gateway air intake/CPU
1ea stock ATI 1900XTX GPU (modded case for exhaust)
1ea 40mm suspended 1cm above Memory
1ea 40mm Northbridge fan
1ea 80mm Variable speed Exhaust
2ea stock Variable speed Exaust fans, internal PSU
--------------------------------------------------
7ea fans total

All fans run full speed at startup, it's a little noisey but not to bad.
Have not had any overheating problems, yet.

could you plz post a pic of your memory cooling?

CASE: 2x80mm front intake, 2x80mm rear exhaust, cool air running via tubing from an airconditioner to 1x80mm top intake, 1x120mm side intake & using aerogate 3 fan controller

ON BOARD: CM hyper-6 w/1x80mm, swiftech MCX159-R w/1x40mm, 1x60mm (from stock X800 pro cooler) suspended ~4-4.5cm above mem (thinking of repositioning), Accelero X2 for x1950 pro

psu is OCZ powerstream which has its own 2x80mm exhausts

yogurt_21 · Mar 11, 2007

primary rig: watercooling:
black ice pro 2 with 4x 120mm 90cfm fans
blackice pro 3 with 3 x 90cfm 120's
hydor l35
single 5.25 drive bay resevoir
3/8" tubing
maze4 gpu and monster bga copper ramsinks on the X1800XT
maze4 cpu on the 4000 sandy

6 80mm fans for rest of rig

secondary rig: watercooling +air:
modified kinqwin watercooler
80mm radiator with dual 53cfm 80mm fans
90mm radiator with single 75cfm 80mm fan
1/4" tubing
hydor l25 pump
no resevoir lol
kingwin original cpu block (square not round) on AXP mobile 2600+

Kingwin dual heatpipe gpu cooler on 9800pro 256mb modded to XT
4x 80mm system fans

Ketxxx · Mar 11, 2007

Customised air. I'm not complaining, my latest creation keeps my 1950Pro to a cool 29-30c idle

Grings · Mar 11, 2007

Zalman 92mm front
Acoustifan 120mm rear
2x80mm in Psu (only 1 runs under normal load)
Akasa Evo 33 on CPU
Stock 8800 Cooler
Whiny motherboard fan
England

niko084 · Mar 11, 2007

I simply have the oem Intel HSF on my 915D clocked at 3.6, 2 120mm fans, 1 intake, 1 exhaust, I will be adding a single pci slot fan under my video card to help draw the heat off that.

The keys to remember in air cooling is that while airflow is good its exactly that its "airflow"... A lot of people screw that up and just create massive amounts of turbulence without actually moving much air all the way through the case.

PS- my mobo runs about 28c, proc 30-31c idle no more than 48c load, hard drives stay around 29c.

revin · Feb 14, 2008

Well I just modded my Tt Xaser Daimler V6000+ with 2 Sythe Kaza 120mm 3000rpm in the bottem.
Put the Scythe SY1225SL12H 120mm Case Fan on the Ninja Rev B, works the best of all my other 120mm fans.
Got 1 AeroCool Turbine 3000 in back where the Tt 92mm exhaust was.
Got 1 AeroCool Turbine 3000 in the top inside next to the FPS, under the Tt 80mm topcase hole, to blow cool air down the face of the AI7.

Put the Tt 92mm back on the Bliss, and have the 80mmTt SmartFan2 sitting on thr tail of the Bliss to blow onto the 4 Dimms!.

Still got a couple of 120mm's I might try to do something with :roll:

P.S. Dont yell 'bout the wires, I had to put the HardCano9 back in to slow the 3k rpm Kazas
Gonna get some of those wire volt drop links soon!!!

pepsi71ocean · Feb 14, 2008

revin: how do those turbine fans do? do they work better than your typical store bought fan?

ktr · Feb 14, 2008

Does any body know how old is this thread? How do you find these things. Do you actually be flipping through 50 pages to see this?

imperialreign · Feb 14, 2008

ktr said:
Does any body know how old is this thread? How do you find these things. Do you actually be flipping through 50 pages to see this?

we've sure seem some necromancy around here recently . . . :wtf:

revin · Feb 14, 2008

pepsi71ocean said:
revin: how do those turbine fans do? do they work better than your typical store bought fan?

The AeroCool Turbine's were rated at aprox 90cfm, but not really sure they're that high.
They do move good air "freely" though.
I like the new Kaza's, but i shoulda got the 2000 series, since I have them volted all the way down, and there running........2k !

I had the Turbine on the Ninja first, then tried the Kaza, but after seeing that even with no fan my idle temps didnt raise for the 10 min. that I had them off it!!
thats why I got the "12H", it has a great balance of force with lack of noise.

PaulieG · Feb 14, 2008

Zerotherm Nirvana 120 hsf, 2 Yate loon 120mm fans (intake/exhaust), AC Accelero S2, side vent on case.

Fitseries3 · Feb 14, 2008

here's an expensive but clean and effective way to cool your computer...

it's a q6600 cooled by a d-tek fusion and a thermochill PA120.2
and
2 8800gtx's with danger den gtx blocks cooled by a thermochill PA120.3

it has 2 separate loops. one for cpu and one for GPU's. each loop uses a laing D5 pump(swiftech mcp655)

temps are in the second pic.

pepsi71ocean · Feb 14, 2008

ktr said:
Does any body know how old is this thread? How do you find these things. Do you actually be flipping through 50 pages to see this?

i think it was at the top of the overclocking and cooling thread.

@revin: Interesting i have to look into that. I'm working on a custom cooling solution for my gfx cards and i saw that and though that it would be the perfect fan for my "turbocharged" air cooling system.

warup89 · Feb 14, 2008

DANG REVIN, talk about extreme cooling

i like to keep it "clean"

cable management does improve cooling too =]

hat · Feb 14, 2008

AC Freezer 64 pro, one 80mm exhaust, one 80mm intake, stock passive vga cooling but with an AZENX pci slot fan right under it. CPU is about 50c load on coretemp with 1.4v, and the video card is around 65c load accoring to ATITOOL.

pepsi71ocean · Feb 14, 2008

HSF= Zalman 9700 idle temps 34-34-28-28 load 40-44 ish (Then again its brand new TIM not even 48 hours old.) The hsf sucks cool air from the top vents on the case and blows it down towards the NB chipset.

NB chipset cooling stock <-plan on getting a thermaltake for this later on.

hardrives cooled by a 200mm vr fan Hdd's around 28-30c

Stock cooling on the gfx card. (check my sig for my the CMS) ide 45 load 47-49

1x 120mm vr controlled fan blowing down on the ram. it keeps the ram cool to the touch.

1x120mm rear cooling exhaust fan.

1 pci slot cooler.

Triprift · Feb 14, 2008

Since i got a lappy mine is very tecnical i just have the back elevated with a couple of books to allow air flow underneath. Required when playing long gaming sessions i do have a cooler pad but mines to loud.

ntdouglas · Feb 14, 2008

120mm psu exhaust. 120mm case exhaust. 90mm hdd cooler. 90mm ram cooler. And my baby, a Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 cooling my quad.

hat · Feb 14, 2008

OMG I FORGOT TO MENTION MY PSU FAN IT'S 120MM

lol

imperialreign · Feb 14, 2008

awww . . . what the hell:

CPU: Zalman 9500 + lapped CPU

motherboard: stock NSB heatsink + 40mm fan and stock SSB heatsink + 40mm fan

GPUs: stock full copper fansinks and heat spreaders

case: 4 Evercool 120mm fans (2 front, 1 rear, 1 top); 4 Aerocool 140mm fans on the side panel; fabricated duct housing 2 Evercool 60mm fans at the front.

HDDs: 2 IDE HDDs cooled by one front 120mm case fan; SATA HDD cooled by Antec 5.25" bay HDD cooler

hat said:
OMG I FORGOT TO MENTION MY PSU FAN IT'S 120MM

lol

add to mine: PSU: 120mm downward intake, 80mm rear exhaust'

hat · Feb 14, 2008

I got an evercool 80mm intake, doesn't move much air, but it as free, and better than my Vantec Tornado that everyone in my family hates now that it's not behind my closed doors and out in the open in the living room in dad's comp

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	"The Gateway Donation"
Processor	Mobile AMD Turion 64 ML-34, 1975 MHz (9 x 218) (1MB L2)
Motherboard	MSI K8N Neo3-FSR (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGR, 2 DDR DIMM)
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO + Various 80mm Case Fans
Memory	1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM, Hynix & Nanya Chips)
Video Card(s)	MSI HD2600XT 256MB GDDR4 Diamond OC Edition PCI-E x16
Storage	Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Display(s)	Princeton LCD1950 19" 8ms Digital LCD (1280x1024 @ 75Hz)
Case	Gateway (2000) Beige P150 ATX MidTower Case
Audio Device(s)	Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500 "SuperQuad" Audio
Power Supply	HEC Orion 500 watt ATX Power Supply
Software	Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/ SP2
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi 1M @ You don't even want to know! ;)

System Name	mult1kill
Processor	Ryzen 7 1700X @ 3.7
Motherboard	GA-AX370-GAMING 5
Cooling	Cryorig H7
Memory	Team Group 32gb 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	RTX 2060
Storage	Seagate 3TB+ Corsair 120GB SSD+120 ssd smansung 256gb m.2 Samsung 970
Case	NZXT S340
Audio Device(s)	Sundara JDS Labs Atom
Power Supply	FSP HydroG 850W
Mouse	WMO
Keyboard	Ducky Shine 3
Software	Windows10

Processor	Socket 478 Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2GHz @ 4.214GHz (1.6v) w/ 1MB L2 Cache
Motherboard	Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Rev 2.00
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper-6 CPU Cooler w/1x80mm, Swiftech MCX159-R Chipset Cooler w/1x40mm, 1x60mm for RAM
Memory	2x1024MB OCZ PC4000 DDR Platinum Edition w/ Heatspreaders @ 263.3MHz (DDR527@2.8v) 3-3-2-8
Video Card(s)	PowerColor X1950 Pro AGP 512MB DDR3 w/ Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 (Stock)
Storage	2x320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 in RAID-0 (ICH5R) & 1x500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Display(s)	Gateway 2000 19" 1600x1200 CRT (1998)
Case	Cooler Master Praetorian 731 w/ 2x80mm front, 1x80mm top & 1x120mm side intake, 2x80mm rear exhaust
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Power Supply	OCZ Powerstream 520
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

System Name	Ravens Talon
Processor	AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster
Memory	2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil
Storage	250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	27" BenQ Mobiuz
Case	NZXT Phantom 530
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E
Power Supply	1000w Supernova
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Fast. I don't need epeen.

Processor	R7 5800x3D
Motherboard	MSI x570 Tomahawk
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Edge,EK QS P420M,EK D5pwm Revo Res
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance RT 3600 cl16
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3070ti Amp Extreme
Storage	Samsung 980pro 1tb x2
Display(s)	MSI MPG321QRF QD
Case	Corsair 7000D
Power Supply	EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse	G900
Keyboard	Corsair k60 RGB PRO
Software	Win 11

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Processor	i9 14900k
Motherboard	Asrock Z790 Nova
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator DDR5-6400 @ 6600
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3
Storage	4TB WD 850x NVME, 4TB WD Black, 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
Display(s)	1x Samsung Odyssey G7 Neo and 1x Dell u2518d
Case	Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 -> DBX DriveRack PA+ -> Mackie MR8 and MR10 / Senn PX38X -> SB AE-5 Plus
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000i
Mouse	Logitech G502x
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum
Software	Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores	31k multicore Cinebench - CPU limited 125w

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Processor	Intel i7 2600K @5.0'ish 24/7 stock core Voltage {5.2 w/102 bCLK}
Motherboard	Intel Extreme DZ68BC SkullTrail Z68 Cougerpoint, Excellent MCH !
Cooling	Scythe NINJA PLUS Rev.B[skt478] Modded to 1155 Scythe SH12 fan
Memory	Samsung 32nm 16Gb 4x4 (@19xxmhz} low profile[ better than 2133 banwidth]
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aurosus 1080Ti
Storage	Intel 512 SSD,Samsung 9701Tb, Toshiba 3Tbx2,Hitachi 320,1TBx2,'Cuda 400 7200.10, WD1TBUSB,to SATA
Display(s)	Acer K272HUL 1440 27" WQHD, Samsung 226W, Vizio M60C3 4K 60",Vizio XVT3D554SV
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Intel 10ch[9+1] HD Audio X540> Pioneer VSX39TX[copper chasis,Rosewood sides 5x6LCD remote
Power Supply	Seasonic X750 @ 24/7
Mouse	Logictech G300s
Keyboard	Saitek Cyborg v7
Software	Windows 7 ROG E3 X64 by Neuropass/tweakscene
Benchmark Scores	4642@665/1600 220/GAT F1 4544 220/667strap 2.5/3/2/6 Bliss 650/1500 6490 Q6700 Bliss 690/1500

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Processor	AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb @3.4GHz
Motherboard	ASRock 870 EXTREME3
Cooling	Xigmatec S1284 (Lapped)1x200mm, 4x120mm
Memory	Muskin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	eVGA GTX 470 SC Edition 1280mb RAM (C/S/M)(640/1280/1705)
Storage	2x500GB Seagate, 32MB Cache 1xWD 40GB UMD IDE Hdd.
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 22" LCDTV HD Monitor and Samsung 24"
Case	COOLER MASTER RC-690
Audio Device(s)	USB 2.0 Sound (USB out to my Stero System)
Power Supply	Thermaltake XT TPX-775M 775W
Software	Windows XP Home SP3

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Processor	Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved)
Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB
Cooling	Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler
Memory	Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T
Video Card(s)	Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970
Storage	(2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10)
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1
Power Supply	Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular
Software	Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Benchmark Scores	3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	Iam-a-computah
Processor	i9 9900k @5 Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Auros z390x
Cooling	Custom water loop, x2 280 radiators
Memory	16gb Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	MSI 1080 TI FE 11gb WC
Storage	SSD: 256gb Samsung 840pro & HHD: WD black 2T
Display(s)	LG 34" UW screen
Case	EVGA DG-86
Audio Device(s)	Creative x-FI
Power Supply	EVGA super NOVA 1300wtt
Keyboard	G710
Software	W 10

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Becca 2
Processor	AMD A10 4600m quad core @ 2.3 ghz
Motherboard	dunno
Cooling	Logitech alto connect
Memory	16 Gig ddr3 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Ati HD 7660G + & 7470M
Storage	1 TB
Audio Device(s)	onboard crap
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with sp1

Processor	Amd Ryzen 5 5600x kryonaut paste
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570 P bios 4021
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm (top mounted for exhaust) 3 Thermaltake 140mm riing rgb case fans
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3600 cl16 2x16 dual rank
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700XT OC
Storage	Seagate Firecuda 520 500gb NVMe PCIE Gen4 x 4 boot drive XPG S70 Blade Gen 4 x 4 NVMe gaming drive
Display(s)	MSI Mag321CQR 32 inch curved 144 hz 1ms
Case	Thermaltake View 31
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void USB RGB Dolby Digital 7.1 Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Grand RGB 750w
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K55 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Professional

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