I was brave, look what i did!
djshowdown
London
My cpu was running very hot of late, due partially to me run two instances of fah constantly and also the bond between the cpu and the heat sink was crap because i had removed my heat sink from the cpu and then put it back without using fresh thermal paste
DOH!
so i bought some arctic silver paste
but then thought i might as well treat the puter to a new fan, its only fair aint it?
so the simple task of re applying thermal paste turned into the purchase and installation of a ZALMAN CNPS 9500 LED lol
now i am still quite nervous when working inside a computer but am slowly confronting my fear one component at a time
just a question though
has anybody else had trouble fitting this particular hsf to a 478 motherboard?
it took me ages
the bar that holds the hsf in place seemed to be ever so slightly high for the two brackets that go either side
i had to ben the bar slightly and it was a real battle to get it on there
worth it though
not only does it look pretty, but it also helped me get my cpu temp down from 65°+ with cpu maxed out to 50° totally maxed'
im happy
DOH!
so i bought some arctic silver paste
but then thought i might as well treat the puter to a new fan, its only fair aint it?
so the simple task of re applying thermal paste turned into the purchase and installation of a ZALMAN CNPS 9500 LED lol
now i am still quite nervous when working inside a computer but am slowly confronting my fear one component at a time
just a question though
has anybody else had trouble fitting this particular hsf to a 478 motherboard?
it took me ages
the bar that holds the hsf in place seemed to be ever so slightly high for the two brackets that go either side
i had to ben the bar slightly and it was a real battle to get it on there
worth it though
not only does it look pretty, but it also helped me get my cpu temp down from 65°+ with cpu maxed out to 50° totally maxed'
im happy
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precisely why i was cacking myself when removing the processor!
Or the smell of freshly charred circuits in the morning :-)
I think we all know that smell
Free advice. You probably already recognized that your computer case is not at all designed for a custom built, high performance computer. Oh my goodness, it doesn't even have an exhaust fan! Look, I'm not making fun of you or your equipment. We all make improvements to our tech toys in incremental installments. Your Zalman is blowing hot air directly into the power supply unit. PSU cooling fans are designed to cool the PSU's internals, but are not designed to cool computers. You risk damaging the PSU through overheating by forcing hot air into it. I notice that the rear exhaust fan bracket in your case is, well, fanless. Consider installing an exhaust fan at that location and orienting the Zalman 9500 in that direction.
my thinking was that the air from the cpu would flow out with the air from the psu but what you said makes alot of sense
looking at my case is there any exhaust fan you would recommend?
the reason the cooling is not that extensive is because its an audio pc
the general idea is to have as few fans and noise making things as possible
i can mount my hsf the other way though and i shall probably be doing that in the not so distant future
and a new mobo and processor
I could say I've never really had so much a fear, just a major curiosity and nothing to work with, then i got a computer, ripped it apart, and put it back together. When it worked, then I knew I was destined to be an Uber nerd... HAHA.. Childhood..
Corey