alright that fixed it thanks, i checked temps w/ speedfan and cpucore and it showed it being normal.

1. Have you installed the cool and quiet drivers? Check the bios options as well. sitting in BIOS causes 100% CPU usage,that's why it heated up so much. so you are saying, there might be no problem at all? i guess to be safe i should install some sort of temperature watch for windows? and yes amd c...

hmm pretty sure the thermal paste isn't on too much. i used a lint free cloth (coffee filter) put a tab on and rubbed it in until it was somewhat "absorbed" and there was a thin layer of thermal paste and I checked if there were any gaps between the copper base/plate and cpu and there are none. it l...

the caseflow fan should be doing the task of moving the air through the heatsink, it's fairly loud which can be adjusted but i set it at it's maximum in hope to lower the temperature. I'm pretty sure of the direction of the fans, I can feel them pushing out the air at the top. The case fans are all ...

Hello, I had a previous post in a thread in this forum (http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43226) and was informed by a user that a fan is not neccessary for the Nitrogon NT-06-Lite in the Silverstone Sugo Evolution cases which it is recommended for. So I went ahead and purchased i...

Hello I have just finished my first HTPC build and used silentpcreview as a reference point. Case: Silverstone SG01 PSU: Antec Earthwatts 430w Mobo: ABIT AN-M2 CPU: Athlon 64 3500 Socket AM2 The only complaint I have is the CPU fan/heatsink is stock and I've only replaced a heatsink/cpu on full ATX ...