I just check the maximum speed of my hsf is 998rpm. May be this is the reason.

u added the entire tube???

clean up and replace the thermal paste man... too much aint good for temps and also ur mobo pins and proc...



for ur rig... i recommend 2 things...

1/ remove the duct tape before it gets worse....seriously. sleeve it properly or just use cable ties will do... or can also do like what i did HERE for the front panel cables...

2/ actively cool ur HDDs with a fan...
- put 1 HDD in the floppy bay and mount a fan to cool it...
- the other HDD leave it in the HDD bay and buy a HDD cooler for it (the kind u mount below the HDD)


u can see how i setup my microfly and the HDD on THIS page.

what i did was mount the HDD On 5.25" bay and tie a fan to the floppy bay for cooling. but i know u need ur 5.25" bay to hide ur cables oso...hence i asked u to put ur HDD in the floppy bay.

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Apr 20 2009, 07:41 PM

I put some first but it not cover all hsf surface, so I apply all. May be I will wipe some of it.

edited my post to give u some ideas as to what to do with ur rig...

if u put in gc, im sure the temp will rise more

but nvr mind, idle around 55c quit gud enuf

maybe u need to accomodate ur room wit AC jk jk

Thank you mADmAN, as always, you're the man.

I will remove all the tape. Actually, the tape is just temporary solution to check if the ventilation is the problem. But although I already cleared the bottom part and add high speed 80 mm fan(the sound is horrible), the temp still at 55c. Nothing change.

I also had slowly add thermal paste from small amount to all of it but still no difference.

I noticed that your heat sink is taller than mine. Do you think this will make any difference? My final solution is only to buy good hsf before buying new gc. If not, the temp surely can reach 6+c.

I also think that the hd need to be separated but don't know where to put. Thank you for your suggestion. May be I will buy 2 hd fan.

@madman

congrats on ur marriage bro....hope u love ur wife more than ur sff....jkjk
but dun forget to luv ur sff after marriage as well


@qwerty79
looks tidy to me...but electric tape = no no....bcoz those sticky tape will later become.....well....sticky...
try cucuk ur cables inside abit into the rom bays...add 80mm fan or even can try reversing ur 120mm fan as intake...i heard the temp will improve abit...
HDD IMHO i think will be ok lar....if u use 1 hdd saja can try fiting cooler lar....if 2 i think u cant even fit them in...even u can sure the temps also not so good...
if u still insist maybe can try fitting some 40mm/50mm fans(forgot the dimension) in the vent holes infront the hdd try try c? but cari nice and quiet 1 lar of coz heheh

Electrical Tape is only a temporary solution. But really, I forgot about the sticky part . Will order some cable sleeve soon.

I hd will put in floppy disk bay (suggested by mAdmAn) and one in hd bay. I think better I put them separately for better cooling.

Like you, I also heard that changing the back fan into intake can slightly drop the temp and I put it into practical. The temp slightly drop to 52-54 but due time, it will still close to 55c.

I realized that the stock HSF have small round contact surface with the processor. But most stock hsf don't have my problem so I think, it must be possible the low RPM. At 70-80c, the speed still running at only at below 1000 rpm. I don't what is the maximum speed for stock fan but I will try searching in bios to increase the speed. If all fails, my final solution is to get thermaltake blue orb.

thanks man


not sure if the taller HSF makes a difference....i believe it would due to more surface area... the hsf im using is stock q6600 which has a copper base..

most intel hsf has the round base... thats the hs design...

anyway...heres the temps of my htpc (big pix). using 3 different softwares.....everest, realtemp, speedfan (not setup)



also...looks like ur PCI slots are empty.. perhaps tie another fan there to help exhaust hot air?

or can get a PCI blower, place it in the first PCI slot (nearest to CPU) and run @5 or 7v. this will help exhaust hot air from the CPU hsf so that it wont recycle the hot air. might also provide some airflow for your NB heatsink at the same time... All IT has a cheap 1 for RM10. loud at 12v but moves alot of air....reduced my 8800GTS' temps by 10c.

havent tested mine at lower voltages yet...should be ok at 7v...

I can see that your fan can reach 2k rpm. At idle already 1.5k. Mine only 1k max. Will show screenshoot tonight.
Btw, how the g45? My first plan is to buy G45 but no budget. How the mkv 1080p playback? Smooth?

i honestly cant tell u anything about the 1080p playback of the G45... coz everytime i try to set that DXVA thingy in MPC-HC...it doesnt seem to work...


besides...i couldnt be bothered to anymore....ive always been using BS Player since before screamyx came out...for some reason it decodes 1080p better than MPC-HC. even at stock settings CPU usage is siginificantly lower compared to MPC-HC.

i did a comparison and posted it in the htpc thread...

Wuuu, got some poison here..

mADMan...ur TJmax set to 95 only? not 100ka?

dunno....didnt set anything at all...

rig is completely stock. softwares are completely stock...everything is completely stock.

WEH MADMAN,

i stick 2 of my hddisk together in the microfly casinglah. hmm.. maybe getting 1tb of hddisk this month. i'm still using my old 250g n 500g hddisk. haa and the temp is also hight la..

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Added on April 21, 2009, 11:43 amhuh terlupa plak, i thinks i have lost my modular psulah. hmm my mom said she just clean up the store where my modular psu is. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..........

This post has been edited by Mayor: Apr 21 2009, 11:43 AM

really dont recommend stacking up the HDDs together...with no active cooling....they will end up heating each other....

Guys, CM Vertex752 PWM is ok or not? The height is only 75mm. don't know about performance. It cost only Rm85.

hey guys, don't want to go lepak2 with all sff friends ka?? mini gathering ka.. sadly i'm at peneng, you at JB and others at KL/PJ area.

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Added on April 21, 2009, 12:59 pmCM Vortex752
Dimensions = 108 x 114 x 75.4 mm
Weight = 307.81 g
Heat Sink Dimensions= 108 x 114 x 50.4 mm

Thermaltake Ruby
Heatsink Dimension 140 x 73.3 mm

I think can fit, same like ruby i'm using. Performance, mybe kawan2 can assist you.

This post has been edited by Mayor: Apr 21 2009, 12:59 PM

lol....JB don't have a sff community.... like very rare also =_= haha

i think its ok lah. beside mengeratkan silaturahim we also can chit-chat at the mamak store what.. (not very productive activity).