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merlin · #16 02-19-2008

I dont have that Power Supply Unit though.. My case was only 79 bucks.. It is the one above it lol.. The 159 one is the on with the Power Supply Unit...

7 fans=
1 on the bottom (by the Power Supply Unit) 1 in the front 2 on side... 1 in the back and 2 on top..

Here is the 2 on the side.. Plus a have one by the cpu on the other side of the Motherboard tray

Here is what mine is just without that cruddy Power Supply Unit....

10 bucks more than the Zion..

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

As for a cpu heatsink and fan this is what I use.. And it workss great.. Although a little pricey...Plus it is hugeeeeee.
Newegg.com - ZEROtherm BTF90 92mm Silent UFO CPU Cooler - Retail

arthur92710 · #17 02-20-2008

Ok heres my pics
http://electronicprojectsuperlongnam...m/P1090235.JPG
http://electronicprojectsuperlongnam...m/P1090006.JPG

In the second pic, please don't mind the removed drives, I was looking for a better way to arrange them inside the case.

This gives you a good look at the size of the heatsink, bigger then the Power Supply Unit, gets in the way of installing drives, covers ram(good and bad)

merlin · #18 02-20-2008

What is that?

See getting fans in yer case is good but you need to start off with a good cpu heatsink and fan..This is where most of your heat will dissipate..

Newegg.com - ZEROtherm BTF90 92mm Silent UFO CPU Cooler - Retail

What is yer budget for a cpu fan?

I see the fans now.... DO you have them blowing on the cpu or blowing out? Big diff. You want to make sure the air is being pushed away from the cpu and directly out of the case.

AW_3_3 · #19 02-20-2008

that is the cooler. i have seen the reviews of it. if you looking a fantastic cooler, look at this one. it outperformed all other high end coolers at stock speeds.

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

merlin · #20 02-20-2008

I had one of those right before I bought the zerotherm butterfly.. (wish it was more manly lol)

The arcti cooler is great.. But the zerotherm has got me falling in love again.. Dropped my temps almost 10c from the arctic cooler..
But if price is a thing then you cannot go wrong with the arctic cooler.

arthur92710 · #21 02-20-2008

I have seen the arctic cooler on newegg before but not with detail. I thought it was small, but whooo was I wrong( those photos give no size perception!, the Gemini ll had 2 120mm fans on it so it looked bigger)
you mentioned that the way the fans are blowing has a big difference. My fans blow onto the cpu, is that good? Bad? Should I switch it?

AW_3_3 · #22 02-20-2008

the fans should blow toward the heatsink, across it, not pulling air through it.

hemoglowen · #23 02-20-2008

Originally Posted by AW_3_3

the fans should blow toward the heatsink, across it, not pulling air through it.

well heck, that might help me out a little bit too.

****** overheating of computers anyhow.

upgrader · #24 02-20-2008

My CPU runs at about 42-45 idle and 53 max in Orthos stress test, this is @ 2.8ghz

Overclocked it the other day and the guide I used to begin with told me to set vcore to auto lol so I got to 2.7 and it was running at 60 on load, so I thought thats way too high and dropped the vcore.

arthur92710 · #25 02-20-2008

Thanks for the help, If I get some $$ I will get one of those coolers, but right now if 65 or 60 is max I can live with that. I might even under clock the cpu while im not doing cpu intensive stuff.

merlin · #26 02-20-2008

Originally Posted by AW_3_3

the fans should blow toward the heatsink, across it, not pulling air through it.

I might be reading this wrong but are you saying trhe fan should blow the hot air from the case onto the fan?

(not being a smart ****) as there is no voice inflection in words lol..

Your right on the air should flow through.. But away from the heatsink...