This is freakin' cool...
This is Freakin' Cool
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Secondary Rig Cooling, the saga continues
I've finally reached the last incarnation of my secondary rig (in this hardware generation). The only thing I plan to do to it now is to perform some creative cable management with the PSU cabling that's running amok in the case (since I just upgraded the PSU). It's been a long time since I've run a CPU at stock speeds, so the low temperature of the CPU in this machine is kind of a shock to me.
Here are the specs, first of all:
CPU: AMD XP2800+ Barton, stock speed 2.08 GHz
Heatsink/Fan: Thermalright AX-7, Mechatronics 53CFM fan
Motherbard: Asus A7N8X-X
RAM: 1x512MB Samsung PC2700 DDR
Video: ATI Radeon 9600XT
HDD: WD 80GB (non-SE) primary, WD 27GB secondary
Opticals Toshiba 8X DVD primary, LiteOn 48x16x48 CDRW secondary
Case: Antec SLK1600 Mini-Tower
PSU: Antec 380W TruePower (1 fan unit from Sonata case)
Here's the catch: I modded the case a little. I cut the fan grille off of the 92MM exhaust fan hole. I put a moderate-CFM 92MM fan in the exhaust fan spot. I also cut a little notch on one of the side pieces on the motherboard side of the case, so that I could run one of my power cables between the motherboard tray and the case's side. The cable conveniently pops back into the case right where it needs to connect to the hard drives.
This is the most well-built mini-tower case I've ever had the pleasure of putting a PC into. Access is a little difficult because you need to take the top off of the case to get the sides off, but that's a minor concern, considering how easy this case makes cable managment. Everything fits just so in the case. I will post pics as soon as I get all of the PSU cabling where I want it.
Here's the bottom line: with the only case fan being the exhaust fan, and both the case fan and the CPU fan plugged into the low-RPM "fan only" connectors on the True380 PSU, the motherboard temp is 24C, and the CPU temp is 41C, in a room that is 72F ambient. The PC is very nearly dead silent.
Not bad for a build that cost me mostly just my spare parts pile... one extra bonus is that this PC will probably be running for me 24/7 at my friend's apartment, giving me another 2GHz of folding power.
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Secondary Rig Cooling, the saga continues
I've finally reached the last incarnation of my secondary rig (in this hardware generation). The only thing I plan to do to it now is to perform some creative cable management with the PSU cabling that's running amok in the case (since I just upgraded the PSU). It's been a long time since I've run a CPU at stock speeds, so the low temperature of the CPU in this machine is kind of a shock to me.
Here are the specs, first of all:
CPU: AMD XP2800+ Barton, stock speed 2.08 GHz
Heatsink/Fan: Thermalright AX-7, Mechatronics 53CFM fan
Motherbard: Asus A7N8X-X
RAM: 1x512MB Samsung PC2700 DDR
Video: ATI Radeon 9600XT
HDD: WD 80GB (non-SE) primary, WD 27GB secondary
Opticals Toshiba 8X DVD primary, LiteOn 48x16x48 CDRW secondary
Case: Antec SLK1600 Mini-Tower
PSU: Antec 380W TruePower (1 fan unit from Sonata case)
Here's the catch: I modded the case a little. I cut the fan grille off of the 92MM exhaust fan hole. I put a moderate-CFM 92MM fan in the exhaust fan spot. I also cut a little notch on one of the side pieces on the motherboard side of the case, so that I could run one of my power cables between the motherboard tray and the case's side. The cable conveniently pops back into the case right where it needs to connect to the hard drives.
This is the most well-built mini-tower case I've ever had the pleasure of putting a PC into. Access is a little difficult because you need to take the top off of the case to get the sides off, but that's a minor concern, considering how easy this case makes cable managment. Everything fits just so in the case. I will post pics as soon as I get all of the PSU cabling where I want it.
Here's the bottom line: with the only case fan being the exhaust fan, and both the case fan and the CPU fan plugged into the low-RPM "fan only" connectors on the True380 PSU, the motherboard temp is 24C, and the CPU temp is 41C, in a room that is 72F ambient. The PC is very nearly dead silent.
Not bad for a build that cost me mostly just my spare parts pile... one extra bonus is that this PC will probably be running for me 24/7 at my friend's apartment, giving me another 2GHz of folding power.
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While this PC cost me approx $650 in parts when I purchased them originally, the cost to build it this month from the parts pile was under $100. However, the fact that I had $550 worth of spare parts in my pile makes me realize exactly where my last year's salary really went...