- Jan 16, 2001
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Well, I guess I'm going to find out, eh? :evil:
I got my P3 800 ancient Dell running today. The original HS is long gone, but I had an old HS that came with a 1GHz TBird (remember those? ). The fan was LOUD. So I unplugged it.
The Dell case (Dimension L800r) has a PSU with a high RPM fan. The intake for the fan literally is right on top of the CPU HS. The intake grill almost touches the fan for the CPU, that's how close it is. There is a good blast of coolish air coming out of the PSU. The CPU HS feels warm but not hot to the touch.
Running F@H on it 24/7. B/C the motherboard has an Intel 810e chipset, there is NO monitoring utility out there for it. I tried MBM and Speedfan. Nuthin'.
How long till it burns up?
I got my P3 800 ancient Dell running today. The original HS is long gone, but I had an old HS that came with a 1GHz TBird (remember those? ). The fan was LOUD. So I unplugged it.
The Dell case (Dimension L800r) has a PSU with a high RPM fan. The intake for the fan literally is right on top of the CPU HS. The intake grill almost touches the fan for the CPU, that's how close it is. There is a good blast of coolish air coming out of the PSU. The CPU HS feels warm but not hot to the touch.
Running F@H on it 24/7. B/C the motherboard has an Intel 810e chipset, there is NO monitoring utility out there for it. I tried MBM and Speedfan. Nuthin'.
How long till it burns up?