Lucandrake Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Got a problem that's been bugging the hell out of me for a while now. I have replaced parts, got a new case, installed new fans, and my temperatures still seem to come out extremely high for no apparent reason. I have a new video card in place, a processor that got sent back(got a new one), got one fan in the back pushing air out, one in the front pushing air in, and one on the side pushing it out as well. Yet for the life of me whenever I game (the point of this pc) my temperatures sky rocket and hit levels that cause my PC to have a melt down. Is there anything I can do to improve the cooling of my system?
emsley Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 its summer. Whats your air temperature outside the box? Is the tower on carpet or underneath any pipes that heat up under the floor? You might just have a set up that is warm////?
Lucandrake Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 Air conditioning in the house is broken, I'm sure the room temperature is around 75-85. No there are no heat conductors around the machine. I feel like the only other thing I can do is hide all the unused PSU cables inside the case .
emsley Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 You must be packing a powerful card. Does it crash when playing for long periods of time? If the fucker aint crashing you just got a hot slippery bitch for sure. Mine heats up like shit, like a fan blower for the winter and im on an old 8800.
Lucandrake Posted July 24, 2010 Author Posted July 24, 2010 I have a 5750 installed, and yes it crashes from time to time and on reboot I'd see that the temperature is right on the borderline of what the pc was meant to handle. Sucks so bad >.<, I'm supposed to be able to game with this pc.
Lucandrake Posted July 24, 2010 Author Posted July 24, 2010 Is 3 fans really not enough? I can hook up maybe 3-4 more fans, I'm using a 700 watt PSU atm and maybe only 600 of those watts are being used.
Devia Eleven Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 Or you can install 26 fans like the wanker who took that picture.
emsley Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 stock fans should be enough. if not wham another on your graphics card. I dont even know how to do that though. Its coming from your card.
Lucandrake Posted July 24, 2010 Author Posted July 24, 2010 Opened the case and redid all the PSU wires to be on the side instead of being all clumped up next to my cd-drive. Hope it helps with the cooling but I highly doubt it'll do anything noticeable, though in theory it should help.
echoman Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 Its summer time nothing you can really do besides more fans or trying another location. My gpu temps are usually in the 70s at max load and all of a sudden now I'm spiking at 110 when all of my other temps are about the same. I have a 9600gt which has some problems already but the card has been rock solid until this summer. I'll be switching out to an aftermarket fan just cause I dont want any damage in the future if its not the summer. No crashes or freezing either even at that high of a temp
ken_cinder Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 One issue with your fan setup I see, from a technical standpoint. Have even fan airflow. 2 in and 2 out with the same flow, or if you can only do 3...2 in and 1 out. The problem with 1 in and 2 out is that you create a bit of a vacuum, which in turn only serves to create more heat in general as well as stress the intake fan if your case is fairly well sealed everywhere else.Often you'll see a pair of 80s for in and a single 120 fan out.
Lucandrake Posted July 29, 2010 Author Posted July 29, 2010 I'll rearrange it before installing W7 again. The thing is though I have the PSU at the top outtaking, the side fan is the same size as my PSU stock fan, and its pulling out. The back side is pulling out, and only the front is pushing in. I don't know if the size of the side fan would matter, and if I make the side fan push in I know there will be a heat bubble on the cpu since its directly on top of it. I'm so close from pulling out w/e the hell cools my freezer and sticking it inside the case >.<.
ken_cinder Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 No if the fan in the side is over the CPU, it's going to be pushing cooler air at the CPU fan with it blowing in. If it's sucking out it's pulling on the air around the CPU while the CPU fan is trying to suck it back in, another vacuum situation (Think mini tornado in that area). Your exhaust fans should be at the lower volume areas, where hotter air is more likely to pool. ie; the top of the case and the rear under the PSU. If your PSU has a dedicated fan, there is more volume being pulled out ontop of the case fans. PSU fan out and a rear fan out, side fan in and front fan in as an example. If you have a top fan then I would exhaust there too, and try to use larger/faster fans in so you have a higher overall CFM airflow into the case than out.
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