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grishkathefool · 06-26-09

I am curious too. I looked at your screens for your 6600 and the 8500 and I think those temps are a little high too. I now nothing about hte Q6600, but I saw that you were drooped at 1.68v, so I can understand the high temps there.

I understand, as you told Matt that you were on a marathon AC session when you screened the 8500. But I think that 60C is a little high... Your NB and SB coolers look fantastic, by the way. But I think that you have so much going on in there that the air masses are having a hard time being parsed. Look at it this way, you have flow-in from the top direct at the CPU HSF which then vents towards the MOSFETs and then out; however, your talking about 4 different sized fans with different RPMs and different CFMs. The fan that is directly above your CPU HSF (not sure what it is, another MOSFET?) is it sucking up or blowing down; whichever, it is partially obstructing the PSU ehaust fan.

I don't mean to be critical, and I did read the whole of your post, so don't get upset with me as you did that numbskull that skipped through your OP. But, to give you an example, I have a E8400 which, when running at 4.25GHz during a marathon LotRo session doesn't break 45C. Here is a link describing my airflow. It is not nearly as descriptive as yours, but it shows my air mass pattern to some degree.

In Sum, I think that you have done an impressive job modding the NB and SB coolers to fit your set-up. I will certainly bookmark this link for future reference. I learned a thing or two from your techniques and intend to rep you, as well. But I do think that you could bring your CPU temp down by "un-modding" to some extent...

Great thread, bro!!

Paraleyes · 06-26-09

Wow! I can sure appreciate it when somebody tells me they read this whole thread. Thanks for the tips. I definitely know what you mean about those mosfet fans. To answer your question on those mostfet fans, the ASUS fan next to my exhaust sucked in from either side and blows downward onto the mosfet. The two 30mm fans on the top mosfet sucked upward toward the PSU fan.

I came to find that my vcore had been at 1.5v since way before that last time I looked at my RealTemp log. Isn't that one of the main contributors to high CPU temps? If so, that would account for going over 50C. I never really had that duct build how I wanted it when my E6600 was on this board, so I'm sure it could have been helped by this most recent duct.

I just installed my new XFX 790i Ultra yesterday, but I've been having a rough go at the Crucial Ballistix I picked up for it. In fact, two of the four DIMMs were DOA! -Uuugh! I just ordered some Patriot Vipers about an hour ago. They're almost 3X the price, but per the reviews, they should be well worth the extra.

As for now, I just ground down the inside edge of a lower CFM 60mm fan and installed those two 30mm fans as a push/pull setup on my NB for temporary. I'll be receiving the good stuff from Cooler Guys next week.

I do have some more hardware mods planned for my new MB depending what results I initially get, but I'll start a new build log for this MB. I really think the best thing I can do for my CPU is to install a higher-end HSF like the TRUE or something similar. I was researching on which one will work best for my setup when your post came in.

Hey, I checked out your other post. That was an interesting idea for a memory cooler. I may experiment on that with the use of some heat shields. I'll be sure to give you props for sparking the idea though. Here's some pics of my new setup. Same thing really, just no need for any serious SB heat sinks anymore.

grishkathefool · 06-27-09

I removed the memory cooling fan, it was what was causing me to collect pockets of air. I use a $20 Masscool HSF and after running FaH GPU and CPU all night long, with a plethora of stuff running right now(60%CPU usage) at 3.6GHz, I am showing 42C CPU, 36C Mobo.

It's my understanding that it's not how much air you move in/out (within reason), nor is it how big a fan you have on your CPU that matters, its how efficiently you are able to remove the warm air and replace it with fresh...

I look forward to the conclusion of your current rig and, too, the beginnings of your next...

apt2vanish · 07-04-09

Very nice read, I understand the time and effort you put into this, and the fact that you are sharing what information you've already obtained, and have learned through this project, is good to spark an interest for another. Thanks

Twysted · 08-03-09

+1 rep

Ingenious! and very very clear and easy to follow! great job!

Paraleyes · 08-03-09

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Originally Posted by apt2vanish

Very nice read, I understand the time and effort you put into this, and the fact that you are sharing what information you've already obtained, and have learned through this project, is good to spark an interest for another. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Twysted

+1 rep

Ingenious! and very very clear and easy to follow! great job!

Thanks guys! I'm at it again on my 790i board. Check it out: http://www.overclock.net/cooling-exp...ml#post6806457