Smartfan 2

[Mowgly]

Hey,

Ok I'm tryna overclock my pc, too start with i had the stock P4 cooler and could only get stable with prime95 at 138FSB. So I got me a Alpha8942/Delta 46CFM@40dBA fan, my temps dropped 2°C and could get to 140FSB, I reaplied Arctic silver 3 the other day and my temps have dropped another 2°C now at 38-39°C Idle 50°C load , my case temps are 24-26°C now i can get to 142FSB stable with raising the voltage just a tad.

Is it normal for the cpu temp to be around 15°C more then the case temps????

I was thinking about getting a smartfan 2 rated at 76CFM @48dBA would my temps drop about 5°C??? And does is it really move that much air???

I have 2 front intakes 1xEnermax and 1xAntec(came with the case), 2 rear exhaust fans 1xEnermax and 1xAntec(came with the case) and 1 side intake on the gfx card 1xAntec(came with the case) all 8cm fans, and a 12cm enermax fan installed at teh 2nd pci slot level blowing up to the gfx card.

My system specs are:
P4 2.8GHz
Gigabyte GA-8IHXP rev2.1
1Gig Samsung CT9 RDRAM
ASUS GF2MX herc 9700pro arriving soon
Turtlebeach santa cruz
Western digital 120Gb Special Edition
Antec 1080AMG w/430W truepower PSU

Anyone any idea's what i could do to get my overclock higher, the Smartfan 2 is the highest CFM fan i can find, all the others are maxed at 50cfm with the same dBA that are available to me

And if I get this fan where should I move my delta to intake or exhaust????

Thanks for your help in advance

 

[FO_SHO]

The tornado fan can do 80+ CFM....

 

[LtBlue14]

yeah the delta "screamer" is an 80x80x38mm fan (as opposed to 80x80x25mm)
as the name suggests though, it's really loud. perhaps not much more so than a smart fan 2. hey if you don't mind the noise, either fan will blow lots of air, and you're well off with either one
i don't know about your temps dropping 5C...but you would see an improvement of at least 2C i'd say
and i prefer intake to exhaust
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[Mowgly]

Thanks for the replies, so getting a smartfan 2 and putting it on my cpu with the extra 30CFM would drop my CPU temps by at least 2°C, should help at least and it would be quieter then the delta that came with the Alpha which isn't really a problem (only when there no sound in the room playing games i can't hear it

I can't get a tornado fan here that would be cool 80CFM

Thanks again guys