Greetings, I have been having temperature problems with my 2500+ Barton since I built the system. Idle temps are around 55c with full load around 62c. The CPU is not overclocked, and I am using the stock HSF. I have a front lower 80mm intake fan and a rear 80mm exhaust fan, plus the power supply fan. I have reset the heatsink and applied AS, and this only caused a degree or so of difference.
What does make a big difference though is removing the side of the case, this brings the temps down more then 10 degrees to what I would concider more normal levels. This implies to me that I have a case airflow problem. What I cannot understand is why. I have the cables carefully tucked out of the way, and I have those two case fans. I am not sure what else I can do short of drilling some holes in the case or using a Tornado (which I tried for about 5 minutes but could not stand the noise), or possibly just getting a new case with better air flow and more spots for fans. Just for an experiment today I tried reversing the rear exhaust fan so that it is pulling air in. Now I know this is a no no, but I just wanted to see what would happen. This cause my CPU temps to drop down to more "normal" levels (idle 45c), but as expected caused my case temps to sneak up a bit (30c). I am wondering if this would be an ok arrangement as long as my case temps do not get any higher? Remeber I do have that lower 80mm intake that does blow on my cards and HDs, so I am not overly concerned about those. The only other options I can think to try with this case is either making a blow hole in the side that will blow right on the CPU, or maybe try to rig up some sort of duct. I may get a new HSF at some point too, but if the problem is really airflow as I suspect then I don't think that would really address the issue. I would appreciate any input you guys could offer.
What does make a big difference though is removing the side of the case, this brings the temps down more then 10 degrees to what I would concider more normal levels. This implies to me that I have a case airflow problem. What I cannot understand is why. I have the cables carefully tucked out of the way, and I have those two case fans. I am not sure what else I can do short of drilling some holes in the case or using a Tornado (which I tried for about 5 minutes but could not stand the noise), or possibly just getting a new case with better air flow and more spots for fans. Just for an experiment today I tried reversing the rear exhaust fan so that it is pulling air in. Now I know this is a no no, but I just wanted to see what would happen. This cause my CPU temps to drop down to more "normal" levels (idle 45c), but as expected caused my case temps to sneak up a bit (30c). I am wondering if this would be an ok arrangement as long as my case temps do not get any higher? Remeber I do have that lower 80mm intake that does blow on my cards and HDs, so I am not overly concerned about those. The only other options I can think to try with this case is either making a blow hole in the side that will blow right on the CPU, or maybe try to rig up some sort of duct. I may get a new HSF at some point too, but if the problem is really airflow as I suspect then I don't think that would really address the issue. I would appreciate any input you guys could offer.
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