Looking for a low cost cooling solution

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

Hi, I am new here but i have read some of the posts here which i find very useful
Now, my current pc was mostly used for work , but since i am going to be free for quite some time i might as well do some gaming on it. Therefore i would need a somewhat cheap cooling solution as everything is running on stock fans and the CPU one gets extremely annoying ( reached 71 dB once)
My current rig:
AMD FX 8120
Gigabyte GA-970UD3
Gainward gts 250 1GB
Kingston HyperX 2x4GB (1600Mhz) (i don't which part of the series it is , but the ram sticks are blue)
PSU 500W (has a smiley face on but i'm too lazy to search for its name and i also have a spare one)
1280x1024 monitor
( streeming at 1280x720 and may be upgraded in 2 years or less)

I mostly play Dota2 which used to run solidly on mostly maxed out graphics even when i was streaming, but recently started crashing the whole pc every 15mins of gameplay. Sometimes i can't even boot up the pc afterwards so i cleaned it and it seems to be running fine now.

So here's the deal I'm willing to spend up to 30 euros on better cooling solutions now and would also apreciate an advice on a future gpu upgrade which should also be rather cheap and give me steady performence even while streaming (something like a discount 560+ or 6700+) as i may occasionaly play newer graphically intense games.
Thank you in advance

mauller07 · Aug 5, 2013

grab hw monitor and check what temps your stock fan is getting and post them back for us, a cheap thing to reduce the noise of the fan is to remove the amd sticker from it and clean the sticker residue with alcohol or acetone, stickers on fans are terrible noise makers as they destabalise the fan at high speed.

for a new fan itself a lot of people tend to recommend the coolermaster 212 evo.

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

temps are around 36-45 when idle up to 60-65 when playing/computing, will check them back at home (currently mobile) but I've measured them a lot so it's about this
but it's mostly the sound that mothers me , when playing it becomes louder than a vacuum cleaner; even when i have a single tab open and skype as well , it makes a loud noise
i will also try to remove the sticker and see if it helps

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

get cooler master hyper 212 evo for u
its the best bang for ur buck
temps would not exceed 45c with this cooler when coupled by arctic mx4/silver 5 thermal paste

it outperforms h60,h80,antec 620 liquid coolers

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

is there a problem with using the paste from the 212evo, because i find those rather expensive

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

no problem just a difference of 3-4c
go for the 212 evo and u ll be more than happy

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

well I'll try removing the sticker and cleaning afterwards and if i don't notice a big change i'd probably stick to the 212evo although its about 32 euro in here and will probably wait for a discount

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

ohkay
just dissable cool n quite from bios
u ll c a lot of diff in temps

mauller07 · Aug 5, 2013

removing the sticker will make a nice difference to the noise, the graphics crashes could be corrupt drivers.

grab driver fusion and latest nvidia drivers for your card.

uninstall current driver and dont restart.
run driver fusion nvidia cleaner then restart.
reinstall newest driver.

should help with current crashing problem with games.

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

Okay so i have removed the sticker, doesn't seem to be much of a difference- still getting random noise peaks when browsing the net with 1 tab
I have also done a clean installation of the newest drivers and things have been okay since then ( also reset gpu that time) about 10 hours of gameplay with no crashes, and as i mentioned noise is probably my biggest concern
And here are the temps you ordered:
Motherboard: TMPIN0 44-46 C (min-max)
TMPIN1 37-41 C
TMPIN2 33-55 C
The cpu fan is registered here and does 4000-11000 RPM
CPU : 21-45 C
HDD : 35-40 C
GPU : 47-52 C
That's with having removed the sticker and just opening 1 tab so i can reply
Will test in game temps and report them later

mauller07 · Aug 5, 2013

i guess if you want to reduce noise then its going to be a new cpu cooler unless you wanted to try re applying thermal compound on the cpu to see if it helps reduce the temps and reduce the need for the cooler to ramp up.

clean the old stuff with isopropyl alcohol and then use the rice grain in the middle of the cpu without spreading it and just place the heatsink squarely down onto the processor and give it a few slight twists while pressing down still to help it spread and immediately clamp it without removing the heatsink, if you lift the heatsink, clean it then re apply the paste again for best results.

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

Ohkay

i would strongly reccomend u to dissable AMD COOL N QUITE for even better temps

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

@mauller- yeah i guess i'll have to buy a new cooler since i don't wanna spoil the cpu or anything with my incompetence
@sn1992- isn't that going to boost the sound levels ?

mauller07 · Aug 5, 2013

i would leave cool and quiet on, the whole purpose of it is to clock down the processor when its not being used there for reducing the temperatures.

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

It will but marginally

I always put it off so that i can run my processor cool it matter turning it of gave me a great drop in temp

mauller07 · Aug 5, 2013

sounds more like a problem with your motherboard than cool and quiet itself.

shadow002 · Aug 5, 2013

i'll give it a shot later on, will report back to you guys tomorrow with gaming temps and C&Q changes.
Thanks a lot for now, you've been really helpful

Sn1992-1361850 · Aug 5, 2013

Thats ohkay mate
Dont frget to close the post

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