The XP-90 fits on a LGA775 motherboard WITH the LGA775 retention mounts. Effectiveness on a conroe however doesn't best the stock intel cooler by much unless you use a fan that can push alot of air at the expense of noise. For me, using a Nexus @100% vs Panaflo @50%, the panaflo gets 3 degrees less ...

While playing with my case this morning I realised the stock cooler on the 8800gt exhausts hot air directly towards the vents on the P180 so I thought I'd make an airduct to to allow the air to get out of the case. It does the job, you can really feel the hot air being pushed out of the case. Of cou...

What would I be checking? CPU temp differences or case? Pretty all your temps. I doubt it would affect your CPU too much however if its anything like mine. Its more of a trial and error thing for everyone. What works for you doesn't necessarily work for you as theres too many factors to account for...

Q1. Try putting an exhaust and see if it helps bring down temperatures. Dont use it to blow air into the case. In my case, prior to changing to my 8800gt, blocked or unblocked, fan or no fan it didn't do much to temperatures so I just sealed it off prevent dust from dropping in since I didnt need a ...

That looks extremely tidy. I'd like to do something like that with my old P180. Nice work. Thanks. It'll look more tidier if I bothered to sleeve the cables but eh... why not fit your zalman vga cooler on the 8800gt i believe it would fit if u have the right mounting for the 7900 series. i know the...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b333/zorrt/DSCF1190.jpg Back side...messy as but she'll do. Extended the 24 pin ATX and 12v mobo rail on the season s12 500w. Pain in the ass! You can see the heat shrink wrap where they've been extended. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b333/zorrt/DSCF1194.jpg In...

Hi, Can anyone recommend me a good motherboard? I currently run a P35-DS3P. My goal is to get a better motherboard thats close to the same price range as the DS3P and use that motherboard as my gaming rig, and the DS3P can go into the new build which is only for work (its for my sister). I don't min...

While you may not like these temps, they are perfectly acceptable for many a GPU. It seems like < 100C is generally good enough. This is probably why the fan controller sees no need to speed up the fan. Chances are you're right considering power usage of hardware these days but its still worrying. ...

According to the intel spec sheets ( http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/designex/31696803.pdf ) if I'm reading the right thing, max thermal temp is 106 degrees, but doesn't exactly say whats safe. Also, for DS3P owners, do any of you guys know where the sensor for the board is? From what I re...

33C is absolutely fine for idle... for a northbridge, 50C is acceptable, they can get much hotter, especially during gaming, so don't worry about that too much. you could get an aftermarket cooler for that 8800, but would it really be worth it? in terms of noise, i'd say yes, but it may not have mu...

Hey guys, Need some help with cooling my system down. Just today I went off and picked up an 8800GT and its a scorcher of a card. Under load the card settles around 79-80degrees with the fans set at 45% in Rivatuner (91degrees if I leave the card to control the fan speeds). Loud as too, after I spen...

I'd prefer knob to control my fans over something thats overly expensive. Rather use Speedfan for software fan control. Anyway, are you able to just pull the LED on your controller off? And can't you just pull off your knobs and look for shorter replacement from electrical stores or make something y...

Speedfan simply detects the third I/O chip output, but can't check if it's connected to actual hardware (which apparently is non existant). And yes, it does suck balls. Who, in their right mind, in this time and age, would put a fan header WITHOUT possibility of regulation (be it voltage or PWM). I...

I'll jump on your boat if you can beat the prices of the place I currently shop at, coolpc and computercity @ $8 shipping. PCCG is too expensive for my liking. Also Nexus fans would need to be cheap too, I can get 120mm for $21 shipped from UK.

Auto speed control. Just set the min and max @ 70%. And set the min preferred temp to whatever you want, and set the max temp to something sensible. It will crank up to 100% once ur max temp is ever reached but thats not a bad thing anyways.

hehe I think I have the same problem. Just never ended with a conclusion like yours. I have the same power supply as you and the standard tricool fan on low in the middle, drive temps of the 2 hdd i have there are generally 40-41 degrees and my gromets are tacky already. Without the fan running driv...

Speedfan detects a third controller on the DS3P board. I don't get why its not enabled. Sucks balls. Guess I'll just get another one of them fanmates for my exhaust to compliment the one I currently have controlling my intake. I used the SYS_FAN2 header to regulate the temps of my hdd.

on my e6750 the heatsink appears to be copper with alluminium fins if that helps. Support for other processors I wouldnt have a clue. Its made the for LGA775 holes unless you can mod it a bit.

your still running the tri-cools that came with the case? why not ditch for some quieter fans? My nexus arrived a couple of days ago. Doesnt seem to make much diff to noise levels tho. Still have this annoying hummin sound coming out from the lower chamber (I think). Gotta try to suspend the HDD to...

Techno Pride wrote:hiya, the heatsink says "silent-pipe", so where's the heatpipe?

The pipe runs through the fins. You cant see it in that pic tho.

Version 2 http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b333/zorrt/DSCF1168.jpg - Poked a hole for the USB and front lights to come through from the bottom. - Moved the fan in the lower chamber to the front of the case. Does no extra cooling for the 2 hdd there so that was a total waste of time. Plus now its no...

you might want to remove that grill on top of your CPU HSF. Yea I was thinking of that but it stops dust from building up on the heatsink. I don't do regular cleaning of my computer. Besides I'm OK with the temps I'm getting atm. Core2 e6750 clocked at 3.2ghz temps are, core 0 57degrees, core 1 57d...

I remember looking around for ages for the p180 case when it was first released and so when I finally found one I snapped it up and drove it home and its been with me ever since. With a new PC upgrade comes renewed fetish for tidying up the case and so here I am spending more money doing stupid thin...

Hmm, I removed the door and temperature remained the same throughout. Most likely cuz I'm not pushing enough air in the first place. I'm using the tricool fan running on low. What I did find that helped tho, prior I taped up the side vents because I read that it will be good for over system cooling....

You can still run your cables through the back without having to actually cut up your case. I did. All except my motherboard power cable cuz the seasonic s12 I have the cable is way too short.

zorrt, it's O-rings plumbers use. 75 mm. I think it's not used in new installations anymore, but plumbers kan order them for repair of old systems. It's very stable and others have uses this for years without the rubber to break. I thought it was something like that. I'll have a look around for som...

question, whats that thing you used to mount your hdd in the 5.25" bays? I have 1 IDE hdd but I want to move it away because I think its blocking airflow for my video card. So its either ditch the drive or move it up. PS, your post was the first post I saw in this forum and it inspired me to run my ...