how do YOU keep comp cool?

hat · Feb 15, 2008

dunno maybe his pc is thirsty... the upside down intel fan is for the gpu

yeah, I bet the dr pepper can is cut open at the bottom. it's a wacky design to get the hot gpu air out of the case.

erocker · Feb 15, 2008

I keep my computer cool with a small statue of "The Fonz"! :laugh:

Fitseries3 · Feb 15, 2008

erocker said:
I keep my computer cool with a small statue of "The Fonz"!

sweetness!!!

imperialreign · Feb 15, 2008

accordpower99 said:
I had one picked up off ebay for $70 bucks new orginal amd ati, thinking if i should get another one. how is gaming on the crossfired x1950's? if you have crysis how do they run?

TBH, Crossfire is really only worth it if you can get the cards for cheap - perhaps with some of ATI's newer offerings, though, the actual performance gain will be a lot better. Typically, you really only see a 25%-35% increase, but in my setup it was only a 15%-25% (I blame it entirelly on the P4).

The first card I bought on sale, $250 - $10 instant rebate at the register + $70 mail-in rebate = $170; the second card I had bought off a friend for $70, and it was only a few months old but a carbon copy of mine. Total for the two cards was $240 - $10 less than the shelf price for one. Can't beat that, really.

Gaming is great with 'em, though - there is a bit of a stutter when a game first opens from loading a save . . . I think it's from the game engine loading all the textures and all to GPU memory. Once it's up and running, though, it doesn't stutter any more at all - I typically game at resolutions in the 16:10 aspect, as my monitors native resolution is 1440x900; turning on AA/AF doesn't have as much of an impact on performance with two cards as compared to just one.

Crysis, though . . . TBH, I was getting better playability when I only had one card installed; on this board, with two adapters, they run in x8 mode. With just one, I was getting anywhere between 23-32 FPS at 1024x768 with all settings on high, which is really decent and still playable - but with two cards, I only average 22 FPS, even with the Crysis 1.1 patch and ATI's hotfixes. Honestly, after installing the patch, I swear I saw an actual decrease in image quality, and no gain in performance. After going through the Crysis tweakguide, I managed to setup a cfg file that bumps performance up to an average of 30 FPS with no IQ loss. I'm interested to see how they perform with a quad core, though. Crysis is just not ATI friendly.

NONYA · Feb 15, 2008

LOL I put the dr pepper can there because someone wanted me to take a pic with something to use as a guage to see if a H20 radiator would fit down there.

Fitseries3 · Feb 15, 2008

NONYA said:
LOL I put the dr pepper can there because someone wanted me to take a pic with something to use as a guage to see if a H20 radiator would fit down there.

i thought maybe you thought that the frozen DR.Pepper can would help keep the machine cooler during benching.

NONYA · Feb 15, 2008

LOl no but some dry ice in a radiator might.

Morgoth · Feb 15, 2008

what i am using now aircooling
SCNJ-1000P Scythe Ninja 2x 120x120fans and Artic silver 5, case 1x 120x120/140x140 in, 3x 120x120 out standert gpu cooling

planing WC + air
D-tek fuzion + AS5
3 120x120 rads
1x 120x120x30 3000rpm fan
150ml resovair
1200litter pump
Demiwater
and Freezing cell packs
case 1x 120x120/140x140 in, 3x 120x120 out standert gpu cooling

pagalms · Feb 15, 2008

I am using Scythe Mugen with Akasa Amber 12cm and without thermal paste :eek:

2x120mm fans for intake and 3x120mm fans for out. Stock VGA cooling.

xstayxtruex · Feb 15, 2008

3 120mm Thermaltake fans. 1 front intake, 1 side intake, 1 rear exhaust.
1 120mm Xion PSU fan inside, under the psu, i guess i could say it could be used as an exhaust.
Zalman 92mm CPU Heatsink/Fan.

I gotta say that the noise is noticeable with the side intake having a grate. but it stays cool as hell.

CPU 45C idle 50-52C load OC'd 10%
HDD 12C
GPU 55C idle 60-62C load OC'd 12%

cdawall · Feb 15, 2008

added my gemini II and a 3400+ some time ago i will post pics when i snag a camera

WOutZoR · Feb 15, 2008

- 3x Coolermaster 120x120x25mm fans. 2 intake on the 4-in-3 Device modules, 1 exhaust rear.
- 3x San Ace 109R1212H1071 120x120x36mm fans. All exhaust on top of the Black Ice Xtreem 360 radiator.
- 2x Coolermaster 80x80x25mm. Custom Ram cooler.
- 1x Coolermaster CrossFlow fan.
- 1x Stock 120x120x25mm fan in PSU.
- 2x Stock fans HD2900XT's.

Some pics (clickable):

phanbuey · Feb 15, 2008

WOutZoR said:
- 3x Coolermaster 120x120x25mm fans. 2 intake on the 4-in-3 Device modules, 1 exhaust rear.
- 3x San Ace 109R1212H1071 120x120x36mm fans. All exhaust on top of the Black Ice Xtreem 360 radiator.

yo how loud are those San Ace fans, in your subjective opinion? im looking for some new radiator fans and was wondering what some good ones are... i know that particular rad has a very high fin density, im getting the switech one with a little lower density for low CFM fans, but still want some good, quiet (not silent) radiator fans... i dunno something 27ish DB... would those be any good?

EDIT: also, dig the wheels... nice setup.

ShadowFold · Feb 15, 2008

Two blue LED Apevia 120mm fans. One in front and one in back.

WOutZoR · Feb 15, 2008

phanbuey said:
yo how loud are those San Ace fans, in your subjective opinion? im looking for some new radiator fans and was wondering what some good ones are... i know that particular rad has a very high fin density, im getting the switech one with a little lower density for low CFM fans, but still want some good, quiet (not silent) radiator fans... i dunno something 27ish DB...

EDIT: also, dig the wheels... nice setup.

Well... these fans aren't quiet at full throttle. Got the fans separately on a fan controller with the knobs all the way to the left. Still they aren't quiet but I can live with it :rolleyes:

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I recently upgraded my rad fans though. Was using 3x Enermax Warps but they 'whine' at certain rpm levels which was really annoying when all 3 were whining at different levels (get the idea?).
The San Ace's have more a server like sound to it, which I like

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The wheels by the way are very handy, its easier to shift around and they give more air clearance for my PSU. Thanks

EDIT: San Ace 109R1212H102 specs Couldn't find the ones I'm using but they come close

revin · Feb 16, 2008

Nitro-Max said:
revin im suprised your case doesnt take off looks like it has more rpms than a helicopter lol.

It tried,
that's why I have inside a 300lb desk :roll:

I really will try to get it all cleaned up, and under control, sometime

They've been working me 60+hrs a week and we also have a 11mo grandson to tend to, so its really crazy, and to top it off i'm kinda fked from spinal injuries over the past 25yrs, so i kinda get well........ lazy, just trying to find what works where.

It a real bicth starting with a small fan case, that really a monster case in size and alum. too boot!, but since I got it for $49 after rebates, I couldnt pass it up, then ending up with every "old skool" highest heat item to use to be on the highest end of the platform :mad:

i know over and over how I coulda moved to a new age platform, but TBH, it wouldnt have got that much farther up the low end chain of the modern systems IMO.

I have tried many arrangements with the fans, and prolly have a few more to try, but it's fairly good for now.

Been running for 3 days and heres a screenie

Is this very good temps for air cooling and having a 3.4EE@3.7/3.8 w/1.6v and a G71 w/HSI chip??
Would I really gain much using say the Tt Tidewater?? seen the single for $60
I'm wanting to protect having a rare $500 vid card and a $1200cpu
whoa, wher the hell is "priceless???????????

revin · Feb 16, 2008

Morgoth said:
what i am using now aircooling
SCNJ-1000P Scythe Ninja 2x 120x120fans and Artic silver 5,

How you using the fans on the Ninja, ie push/push pull ect??
Do you like it[ninja]?
I actually was able to run my EE fanless, with no temp rise, but after 10 min I swapped fans around :wtf:

again

Got a pic of it?

revin · Feb 16, 2008

Mussels said:
some crazy cooling in this thread.

I cool my rigs with big heatsinks and as few fans as possible. fans make noise. noise bad.

I found that out the hard way,.....shoulda started w/ 120mm case or bigger to begin with.
I'm still sorting out what fan gives me what, and how quiet which setup is.

TBH, since its inside the desk, it's not really that noticable with everything at slowest speeds.

revin · Feb 16, 2008

Mussels said:
noise bad. noisy case bad. buy new case!

I really want the new Xaser XI, but my wife wont let me have the $250 :cry:

Fitseries3 · Feb 16, 2008

has anyone see the water bong cooling idea? it's pretty ingenious.

Fitseries3 · Feb 16, 2008

wow!!!! superbong!!!!..... http://www.ku74.net/uberbong/

a few others...

http://www.wc101.com/guides/bongs
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1255/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong_cooler

cdawall · Feb 16, 2008

there's the inside of mine with the gemini II mounted cables look like crap because i still haven't had a chance to pull out the 2 extra HDD and swap for the smaller IDE cable to my cdroms

revin · Feb 16, 2008

cdawall said:
there's the inside of mine with the gemini II mounted cables look like crap because i still haven't had a chance to pull out the 2 extra HDD and swap for the smaller IDE cable to my cdroms

I like it!!!!!

cdawall · Feb 16, 2008

revin said:
I like it!!!!!

thanks...what part do you like?

pepsi71ocean · Feb 16, 2008

fitseries3 said:
wow!!!! superbong!!!!..... http://www.ku74.net/uberbong/

a few others...

http://www.wc101.com/guides/bongs
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1255/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong_cooler

lmfao rotfl, i might want to try that, might allow me to hit 5Ghz !

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