Greetings all, i am curious about all the minor cooling add ons such as cpu coolers,ram coolers,Gpu coolers and so on...and also how significant is the advancement?

If so,what would be a good thing to initially start upgrading? any particular part?with what particular item?
if let's say i put aside 150 for just Fan-based cooling?


Regards,
Swaye

1st u would like to get a cpu cooler & GC cooler.
2nd add fans to ur case for air flow
3rd add other fan coolers

total all that & hope hard its not over budget..haha

What Superdave007 is fairly correct, but it also depends on how good the current coolers are fairing, and what upgrade path you take. Getting a new cooler that is noisy may not be suitable for you, and a quite and cool one may be too expensive. Additionally, you may or may not find additional overclocking overhead with your new cooler. Hopefully that helps.

yea it gives me a better idea... i dont mind it unless it's honestly freaking breaking sound barriers... hahaha but i'd just like for the entire computer to be cooled well... and just hoping to install fan and heat sinks on most of the main components and install somehow 2 large size fans back and forth of the case for intake and exhaust. OR is that overkill? ahahah

open the casing....grab a stand fan....on the fan facing into the comp...100% will be cool

Nah that sounds quite normal. Improve the casing's airflow, that should be of great help. 120mm intake and exhaust fans should help the airflow as well as keeping the cables tidy within your system so that airflow is not hindered.

Mind Telling Us your current setup ?

Maybe there would be people who could reccomend a particular cooler or item to you

I would say, improve casing airflow, then CPU , GPU and NB if necessary If u have the budget, DO it ALL once , even better

Good Luck . . .

1st thing u shud do is improve the case cooling by making sure u haf an intake n exhaust fan. That is the most important thing. Coz ALL stock CPU n gfx heatsinks r made to gif u 100% reliability. U only start running into problems when the case is not well ventilated.

It's only when u start overclocking that u need to invest in better heatsinks. N that's also only after u haf improved ure case ventilation by having intake n exhaust fans. No use having a deluxe heatsink n all it does is recirculate the same hot air inside.

To be honest i'm looking to build a new PC so i'm trying to look over everything.get all my bases covered but the specs are something like

AMD A64 X2 (AM2) 4200+ -
2 x 1GB Corsair DDR2 667 -
256MB XFX 7900GT DDR3 -
Asus M2N-SLi Mobo -
160GB WD SATA2 HDD -
500W Enermax Liberty PSU -

But the matter of cooling came up when i needed to choose a specific case? questions like is it possible to have a BUDGET case that could fit 2 120mm fans front and back? ahaha.

some case comes with fans ady...so it saves u some $$

yeah, u r right superdav007...and also what bro ianho said is true.case ventilation is very important.unless u wan't to build a watercooled rig, don't need much air ventilation in ur casing...

choosing right cooler and fans also improtant. maybe u want to build a silent setup and of couse u need much more silent cooler and fan.that's mean extra budget....

and more important is make sure ur Hdd on the path of air ventilation.it's important if u are running ur pc in quite long time..
that's just a noobie oppinion, base on my readings and experience only...

Hmmm i see.. If so,i should make sure my case is well ventilated first with good intake and exhaust fans.Then install add-ons to cpu,gpu and so on ONLY if i want to overclock ? it's cause i dont want to use water cooling... that and noise isnt TOO much of a factor,like i stated above as long as i dont start breaking sound barriers.

This post has been edited by Swaye: Aug 13 2006, 02:02 PM

much more like that la...but for me, even stock cpu cooling make me gone crazy when it reach full speed.i much prefer silent setup..it's not only to oc if u want to change the stock cooler..better aftermarket cooler will increase ur system stability, more over in an oc-ed system....

Ah i see... but generally i should make sure at first that the entire case has good ventilation.And to further stability and so on,I should cool specific parts even if i do not overclock.

yup.... a well vented case will help to remove the hot air so it wont be recycled by ur cooling fans.... the CM case i recommended to u in the case reco thread already has 120mm fan intake and outtake (just that u need to buy 1 120mm fan coz the case only comes with 1). a blowhole at the top of the case will help exhhaust more hot air (hot air rises)

adding cooling to other parts like the GPU and CPU will help prevent overheating during load and crashing/hangin/bla bla bla.

but even a well ventilated case can still have recycled hot air especially around the GPU area. adding a fan just to move the air around that area will help to supply fresh air and reduce chances of recycled hot air. the favoured way of doing this would be to cut a fan blowhole on the side panel around the GC are to help supply fresh cool air into the case and specifically to the GC.

basically....in order to cool things down...u need cool air... so if ur case is filled with hot air ur temps will rise as the air will continue to get more n more hotter as it passes through the heatsinks..

i also forgot to mention theres the whole positive and negative pressure thingy to think about... although most people/manufacturers go for negative pressure as its better for cooling but bad because of dust.

can read HERE for a simple explanation on pressures..

i personally prefer to go for positive pressure due to the amount of dust in my room (current case setup is negative though )

*** sorry for the double post... for some reason i get an error when i edit my post...could be sumthin to do with the fact that im in singapore right now ***

Ah cool thanks alot for the feedback dude. i really appreciate it. hmmm so if a case has a side panel grill, and a top blow hole. let's say would it be realistic to start out having 120mm fans on the front,back,top, and side? then maybe later on add additional parts?

yeah2....just like that...but for blowhole, no need ultra speed fans, maybe u can find some low rpm high cfm fans somewhere in bulk session...
air conditioned room also would help to drop ur casing's temp...

and one more things,just watch out for dust, always clean up ur rig.more intake means more dust.more dust stuck in ur casing equivalent to much slower performance...adding dust filter only can reduce dust problem, unless u r living in the 100% clean air enviroment... ...i do once in a couple of weeks, pop out my side panel, n clean up all the dust.just last week, i found dead bug in my casing.. must be due to my unfiltered side intake fan..hehhe...

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Aug 13 2006, 06:54 PM

Ah i see... what ultra andhigh speed fan would you reccomend dude? hahaha i'm totally cluesless bout brands?

This post has been edited by Swaye: Aug 13 2006, 08:16 PM

Hahahaha. The bug must haf been attracted to the UV light in ure case. Sumore nice n warm temps inside + UV light. It's just like those UV insect zappers u c at the restaurants.