Help Please! Mini-ITX Build (pics)
Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Lawrence Lee
-
- Patron of SPCR
- Posts: 857
- Joined: Fri Dec 27, 2002 1:49 pm
- Location: Somerset, WI - USA
- Contact:
As I was reading this, I was a little concerned about your description of cutting off the top of the minja heat pipes. I looked back at one of your pictures and you can see the hollow ends of the heat pipes... That doesn't look good. If you cut them off to the point where the hollow insides are showing, the fluid/gas that they use inside the heat pipes would have escaped rendering the heat pipes useless. Hence why your minja is unable to remove any heat from your CPU.
The thermal goop spread from the center and instead of spreading uniformly from the center, it's smeared to one side. This is undoubtedly the result of me having to hook one side of the latch to the retention bracket first and then having to press down very hard to get the 2nd latch clipped on. These latches are a pain in the a$$ to mount. My case is a little small to add the Scythe fan but I'll try it anyways since I have the case open at this point.psiu wrote:Did you try remounting the Minja, sounds like it must not have been making good contact? What did the thermal goop look like when you took it off?
The Minja comes with a fan doesn't it? Does the motherboard have any fan control in BIOS?
I just re-read SPCR's Minja review and there is a part in the review that touches on the orientation of the auxiliary fins above the heatsink. I get the feeling that I may have attached the retention bracket in the wrong orientation so that my 92mm fan is not blowing through these auxiliary fins. Not sure if this would have that adverse of an impact on airflow and temperatures though:
"Notice the "auxilary fins" just above the base of the heatsink in the various photos. The heatsink is not symmetrical so it is possible to place the fan in the "wrong" position with the fan blowing against the side of these fins instead of through them (as pictured below). This may have some minor impact on CPU cooling, and perhaps in the cooling of other nearby components on the motherboard."
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article754-page2.html
Last edited by enigma54 on Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:37 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Hot Temperatures!
False...unless you hooked up your air conditioner as the intake fan.enigma54 wrote: [...]The Core temperature is ~15-20C. [...]
Did you mean 15-20C +idle temp? Avg room temp is around 20-23C. Computer is always warmer than room..if it wasn't you would be defying laws of heat xfer.
-
- Patron of SPCR
- Posts: 857
- Joined: Fri Dec 27, 2002 1:49 pm
- Location: Somerset, WI - USA
- Contact:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe
cutting those ruined your cooler..
/sigh live ya learn i guess.
cutting those ruined your cooler..
/sigh live ya learn i guess.
Arrgh! OK, back to the drawing board again! I guess I was a little too aggressive in shaving down those heat pipes Thanks for catching it guys - you guys have already bailed me out twice
On the fans, the two 60mm Papst fans only have 4-pin molex connectors, so I have no choice but to connect them to the power supply. If I buy a molex to 3-pin adaptor, this should allow me to plug them into the motherboard fan headers instead right? Will I then be able to control the speed of the fans if I want to quiet down the system? I guess this is dependent on the BIOS? Will Speedfan be able to control this?
On the fans, the two 60mm Papst fans only have 4-pin molex connectors, so I have no choice but to connect them to the power supply. If I buy a molex to 3-pin adaptor, this should allow me to plug them into the motherboard fan headers instead right? Will I then be able to control the speed of the fans if I want to quiet down the system? I guess this is dependent on the BIOS? Will Speedfan be able to control this?
Update - rig completed finally!
Just as an update - I finally finished building this rig on the weekend. I've posted a description and some photos in the General Gallery: viewtopic.php?p=474898#474898
Thanks again for all your help!
Thanks again for all your help!