AX-01 case and 1800xp running kinda hot- looking for good way to cool down-

[rowcroft]

I've got one of those aluminum sx style cases, Antez 350W dual fan PS, two rear exhaust fans, side door fan and the two front intake fans. I have a Zalman 3100Plus w/92mm fan blowing on it and will idle at 47c. What would be your idea to bring down the temp a bit? I'm thinking maybe a SLK-800 and 80mm fan, but not sure if it's airflow or something else like that. Anyone do some good mods to their SX style cases that helped? This is a "fun" machine for me as I'm OC'ing for the first time (an SMP guy). Thanks in advance!

Rowcroft

 

[mastay]

Use a HSF from thermalright. Zalmans are low noise, but also fairly bad at cooling. Besides, if you have 5 fans, noise isn't a factor anyway. I recommend the SK7, which is almost as good as SLK-800 but smaller, slighter, and cheaper.

 

[rowcroft]

Thanks, I've been debating on the sk7 to slk800 in regards to performance. Getting the system a little quieter would be nice, I've been thinking I would get a Sunbeam Rheobus and then can get the higher performance fans and drop them to 5-7v when I need it quieter and up to 12v when I need the cfm higher. Does anyone know the performance difference between the SK7 and SLK-800? SVC doesn't have the SK7 in stock right now either. Thanks again!

Rowcroft