I have an old Dell XPS 400, BTX motherboard, and just upgraded from a Pentium D 830 to Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz, dual core, SL9QB), Windows 7, 64 bit, 4 GB RAM, Dell 0FJ030 motherboard, adding Arctic MX-4 TIM the other day and cleaning the heat sink of dust bunnies. Max temp for this CPU is rated at 63.4' C. Similarly, I have a Dell Dimension e510 with the same setup and SL9QB upgrade (Windows 7, 32 bit). Both have one CPU fan, a pull/front case fan that is proprietary (5 pin to motherboard), but are silent and seem to work fine.
For both systems, there is no case fan, nor screw holes for a case fan. There is a rear grill that I could add an 80 mm case fan. On the e510, my GeForce GPU fan gets really loud (though temps stay 40-41' C), whereas I new, non-fan XFX R5-220 Radeon GPU on the XPS 400. This unit is at a friend's house and she complains about the fan, which gets noisy off and on. Yesterday, I added 1/8" carpet padding to the inside cover that is removable (right side as you face the front of the computer). This seemed to reduce noise. There are no functioning 3 pin fan power plugs on the motherboard, but I can get an adapter to connect to a spare 4 pin Molex coming off of the power supply.
The photos are what my systems look like:
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/system/dell/xps410/hdd-removed.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dHN7ph1raNE/hqdefault.jpg
Questions:
Do I have a SATA 1 or SATA 2 hard drive?
I wanted to see how much, if at all, adding Arctic MX-4 would reduce CPU temps, so before upgrading, I tried every software program to monitor CPU temp, but none worked to give me a CPU temperature. Can you recommend any, or is the CPU temperature sensor missing from the motherboard?
Would adding an 80 mm case fan to the rear grill reduce GPU fan noise and/or cool the internals of the motherboard, or just screw up air flow?
How would I best connect that? Zip ties are too thick to fit through the fan's screw holes. Maybe wire?
Thanks
For both systems, there is no case fan, nor screw holes for a case fan. There is a rear grill that I could add an 80 mm case fan. On the e510, my GeForce GPU fan gets really loud (though temps stay 40-41' C), whereas I new, non-fan XFX R5-220 Radeon GPU on the XPS 400. This unit is at a friend's house and she complains about the fan, which gets noisy off and on. Yesterday, I added 1/8" carpet padding to the inside cover that is removable (right side as you face the front of the computer). This seemed to reduce noise. There are no functioning 3 pin fan power plugs on the motherboard, but I can get an adapter to connect to a spare 4 pin Molex coming off of the power supply.
The photos are what my systems look like:
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/system/dell/xps410/hdd-removed.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dHN7ph1raNE/hqdefault.jpg
Questions:
Do I have a SATA 1 or SATA 2 hard drive?
I wanted to see how much, if at all, adding Arctic MX-4 would reduce CPU temps, so before upgrading, I tried every software program to monitor CPU temp, but none worked to give me a CPU temperature. Can you recommend any, or is the CPU temperature sensor missing from the motherboard?
Would adding an 80 mm case fan to the rear grill reduce GPU fan noise and/or cool the internals of the motherboard, or just screw up air flow?
How would I best connect that? Zip ties are too thick to fit through the fan's screw holes. Maybe wire?
Thanks
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