What cooling are people using?

[Micky758]

Just wondering what cooling and fans people are using:

Cooling on the Fan-O-matic (TM)

CPU HSF: Themaltake SlientBoost K7 heatsink with Tt coolmod 2 fan

northbridge: Zalman heat sink

GPU: Vantec Iceberq 4

RAM: Tt 40mm fan

Akasa LED 80mm X4 case fans

Akasa HDD coolers X2 (x2 60mm fans per cooler)

[RamAirTA98]

I have an aluminum case for starters.

CPU: Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro w/arctic silver 5

northbridge/southbridge: stock ASUS heatsink

GPU: Stock Albatron 6600GT HSF (Massive!)
Plus, 2x60mm fans blowing on bottom of card
And, exhaust blower on top of card to remove excess heat from case

RAM: Stock Corsair PRO HS w/status LEDs (Love this HS...)

Case: 2x120mm fans (1x intake, 1x exhaust)

PSU: Antec 430W TruePower 2x80mm (1x intake, 1x exhaust)

HD: 2x60mm (Only on the Raptor)

Edit-
CPU temp: 38°C (P4 Prescotts suck!)
MoBo temp: 24°C

[JPMiller]

I have an aluminum case for starters.

what does having an aluminum case have to do with the cooling?

Not trying to be facetious or anything, its just that the material of the case has basically nothing to do with heat variances unless it serves to impede airflow or insulate specific components...

[Bizkitkid2001]

I have an Alluminum case, the Cooler Master Stacker.

CPU: Vantec Aeroflow 7 w/ generic thermal paste.

GPU: Stock Evga 5900 NU

Case: 2x120mm fans (1 intake, 1 exhaust)
2x80mm fans (1 exhaust top, 1 intake side)

Hard Drives (4 drives): 16x30mm fans (yes, 16 fans, all intake)

PSU: Foxtronn 450 watt 1x80mm (exhaust)
Thermal Take 420watt 2x80mm (1 intake, 1 exhaust)

So thats 25 fans total.


Temps right now are: 48°C CPU 100% load
35°C Case

My temps suck because its warmer in my room (already summer here down south) and its been a long time since i have cleaned my computer. (I can see dust on my front drive bezels infront of the 120mm intake fan, hehe)

[DPA]

JPMiller, a case made of goose down feathers would capacitate a higher ambient temperature than a case of aluminum. While not hardly worth the premium paid for an aluminum case, there is an inherant advantage present in owning an aluminum case - temperature wise.

I personally cool with an SLK900 copper heatsink and a 92mm fan, nothing else.

[sweeper2]

cpu----Arctic Cooling 2L HSF (80mm)
9800----Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev.3
PSU---3 fans (2 intake, 1 exhaust)
case----rear 120mm exhaust, front (w/filter)120mm intake
passive HS on MB
no cooling on ram

quiet, cool, nice....

Temps:
Motherboard-- 29C
CPU------------- 43C
Aux-------------- 35C
HD--------------- 16C

room temp: 73F

[JPMiller]

JPMiller, a case made of goose down feathers would capacitate a higher ambient temperature than a case of aluminum. While not hardly worth the premium paid for an aluminum case, there is an inherant advantage present in owning an aluminum case.

Thats exactly what I said...

unless it serves to impede airflow or insulate specific components...

What exactly is the inherant advantage?

[DPA]

see edit beforehand

Literally and basically, aluminum has a better heat conductive capability than the standard steel frame case. Thus heat can be absorbed and dispursed through both ventilation and the case physically in an aluminum case better than a "low end" steel case.

[[Neo770]]

Volcano 9 on my CPU and a few case fans. Everything else is stock cooling.

[JPMiller]

OK...
explain the advantages of cooling when using an aluminum case VS a steel case...
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sorry for highjacking this thread...
I'll bump an old post that covers this...

[DPA]

JP:

again, just for further enforcement of the aluminum > steel case ideal, remember that we have yet to be "graced" by steel heatsinks, aluminum possesses much greater heat conducting properties than steel, but is obviously much more expensive and much less durable. Therefore, just save yourself the money and buy a steel case guys, you'll never notice the difference.

[HeadBand]

i have pretty much have stock cooling...4 extra case fans though

oh yeah i just put an iceberq 4 on my video card as the stock cooler went out last friday....right before a lan party

btw it is a myth the aluminum is cooler than a steel case

[RamAirTA98]

JP:

again, just for further enforcement of the aluminum > steel case ideal, remember that we have yet to be "graced" by steel heatsinks, aluminum possesses much greater heat conducting properties than steel, but is obviously much more expensive and much less durable. Therefore, just save yourself the money and buy a steel case guys, you'll never notice the difference.

LMAO about being "graced" by steel heat sinks... Aluminum dissipates heat much greater than steel. The ambient temp in the case will get dispersed through the aluminum easier. Granted, it isn't A LOT of difference, it does help by a few degrees...

[Bizkitkid2001]

LMAO about being "graced" by steel heat sinks... Aluminum dissipates heat much greater than steel. The ambient temp in the case will get dispersed through the aluminum easier. Granted, it isn't A LOT of difference, it does help by a few degrees...

thats what he just said.

echo, echo, echo.................echo...................

he said "graced" sarcasticaly.

I like the looks of silver alluminum cases. I got the Stacker, not cause it was alluminum, but just because it had what i needed. The bad ass looks and shiny silver alluminum body just came along with it

[RamAirTA98]

I am aware that it was sarcastic...

[Ultima]

Cpu: Thermalright XP-90
ram: Thermaltake copper heatspreaders
videocard: ATI silencer 5

Then I have 3 80mm blue cold cathode fans, 2 normal 80mm fans.

In my PSU there are 2 fans I think. 1 120mm intake and 1 80mm to blow out of the case.

[nwo75200]

Main Rig:
CPU: GIGABYTE 3D Cooler-Ultra GT
GPU: stock (Leadtek 6800) looks too nice to replace.
mobo: all stock
RAM: Kingmax heatspreaders that are stock
case: Arctic-Cooling Arctic Fan 3 80mm x2 exhaust
1 80mm TT in the front.
PSU: 2x80mm fans

[SoloCamo]

personal (non gaming rig )
CPU: CoolerMaster X Dream III 80mm 21dba clear with 4 blue Leds
GPU: Thermaltake Highest performance all copper cooler w/ blue led for gf4 ti series
Mobo: stock MSI heatsink
RAM: none at the momen
case: 2x 80mm fans on lower left panel, and 1x 60mm in read (i need a new case SOOO bad)
PSU: 1x 80mm exhaust in rear

[Messiah89]

CPU: Stock
GPU: Stock
Mobo: Stock
RAM: None
Case: 1x 80mm intake side case fan, 1 80mm exhaust rear case fan
PSU: 1x 80mm intake front, 1x 80mm exhaust rear

Heh...

[nwo75200]

Stocker ^^^^^^