Hey everyone, well since the last thread I made I've been trying to solve the reason why I've been getting bad temperatures. I'll start off with my specs:
Lian-Li PC-60 modded w/ a Antec Tricool 120MM blowhole
AMD 3200+ Winchester cooled by an XP-90 w/ AS5 + Panaflo L1BX (42CFM@27DBA)
BFG 6800 Ultra cooled Zalman VF-700CU w/AS5 + Ramsinks
(The rest of the parts are in my signature)
My Lian-Li has 2 80MM fans in the front, an 80MM rear fan exhausting air, and a 120MM blowhole also taking out air. It's been a couple of weeks since I installed my XP-90, I've tried to reinstall it a couple of times, and the third time, I decided I'd let it sit, along with my Zalman VF-700CU, so far I've still been getting horrible temperatures. CPU Idle: 42C and the load about 60C. My GPU temps are now at 55C idle from being around 48C before! Things are definately getting worse. Room temperature has to be no more then 75C, I'm wearing 2 shirts and jeans, and I'm cold...
I've tried numerous things to solve the problem, I took off my side panel and let it sit like that, I was recieving a little bit lower temps, but not much. I've tried a 120MM intake fan on my side panel (I have 2 side panels, a window one and one with an intake) and still haven't recieved any lower temps. I tried placing a 120MM where the floppy cage is, still the same temps.
How is it that my parts are running so hot?! Before using the XP-90 I was runing 36C-42C idle, now I'm just getting 42C with a aftermarket heatsink that everyone claims to get 30C? Either I'm doing something wrong or the heatsink isn't working correctly.
I don't know what to think? I spent ~$100 for sleeved cables, a XP-90 + fan, AS5, and a Zalman VF-700CU, I really don't understand what the point of spending all that money was if I'm getting worse temperatures? Does anyone have any solutions or ideas of what I should do?
Lian-Li PC-60 modded w/ a Antec Tricool 120MM blowhole
AMD 3200+ Winchester cooled by an XP-90 w/ AS5 + Panaflo L1BX (42CFM@27DBA)
BFG 6800 Ultra cooled Zalman VF-700CU w/AS5 + Ramsinks
(The rest of the parts are in my signature)
My Lian-Li has 2 80MM fans in the front, an 80MM rear fan exhausting air, and a 120MM blowhole also taking out air. It's been a couple of weeks since I installed my XP-90, I've tried to reinstall it a couple of times, and the third time, I decided I'd let it sit, along with my Zalman VF-700CU, so far I've still been getting horrible temperatures. CPU Idle: 42C and the load about 60C. My GPU temps are now at 55C idle from being around 48C before! Things are definately getting worse. Room temperature has to be no more then 75C, I'm wearing 2 shirts and jeans, and I'm cold...
I've tried numerous things to solve the problem, I took off my side panel and let it sit like that, I was recieving a little bit lower temps, but not much. I've tried a 120MM intake fan on my side panel (I have 2 side panels, a window one and one with an intake) and still haven't recieved any lower temps. I tried placing a 120MM where the floppy cage is, still the same temps.
How is it that my parts are running so hot?! Before using the XP-90 I was runing 36C-42C idle, now I'm just getting 42C with a aftermarket heatsink that everyone claims to get 30C? Either I'm doing something wrong or the heatsink isn't working correctly.
I don't know what to think? I spent ~$100 for sleeved cables, a XP-90 + fan, AS5, and a Zalman VF-700CU, I really don't understand what the point of spending all that money was if I'm getting worse temperatures? Does anyone have any solutions or ideas of what I should do?