Help a newbie cool his system LGA775

tj2004 · May 15, 2005

OK I have the following PC spec:

P4 Pentium 540J
Asus P5AD2-E Premium
OCZ PC-4200 OCZ EB Enh. BW Platinum Rev.2 x 1GB (dual channel 2x 512)
OCZ PSU 600W
Radeon x300 SE graphics card
IBM Deskstar 120 GBx2
Western Digital 200 GB Caviar 8MB cache x1
NEC DVD RW 3520
Pioneer x16 dvd Rom
Light On CD RW 52 speed
Kingwin Aluminium-Mg alloy case

Have not installed any new fans - have 5 standard that came with case which are used - not sure how good they are, and using the intel cpu fan that came with the psu.
2 are on the back, 1 front, 1 top, 1 side.

I am finding that idling temp with the mobo is around 40+ deg but when the cpu is performing encoding eg with TMPG then at times temp goes up to 72-73 C (measure with the Asus board AI) which is probably too high.

I was wondering if anyone had some good suggestions on how to cool the case down. I have thought of several options eg:
replacing the case and cpu fans
liquid cooling systems....
But have no great experience in cooling and am clueless about the best and easy to fit products....
Advice greatly appreciated.

I am tentative regarding the water options due to the natural fears of water and electricity, leaks etc - so if going for this route ideally wish something easy to install and leak-tight; I do not mind usings fans in addition, although quieter is a bonus not a priority.

scottchen · May 15, 2005

First of all your temperatures are fine. I still would recommend watercooling for new people because you have to use distilled water for watercooling, distilled water even if it leaks it doesn't conduct electricity, so odds of your computer being killed by water is next to none.

As for a watercooling kit, you should look into those new Corsair Cool kits, they use swiftech parts and corsair makes it easier for installation, and it performs very good. a link of a review can be found <A HREF="http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=1389" target="_new">here</A>

Crashman · May 16, 2005

Zalman Reservator is nearly silent water cooling, with a huge, fanless cooling tower and submerged pump.

If you'd rather go air, the Zalman CNPS 7700 AlCu is a great choice.

Your case on the other hand isn't very good at isolating noise.

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tj2004 · May 16, 2005

I read somewhere that the Zalman Reservator has a problem with leaking - is that true ?

lb19984 · May 16, 2005

no it isnt
A Question for CRASH...
I started running my reserator 24/7 and after like 6 months i can say it deffinately runs louder now
did the same thing happen to u ?
Thanks

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Crashman · May 16, 2005

Mine doesn't leak.

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Crashman · May 16, 2005

I still can't hear mine over the hard drives. The only time I did notice mine is when I had the reserator sitting on an unstable surface.

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scottchen · May 16, 2005

You bought a reserator? i personally thought the price was kind of a rip-off.

Crashman · May 17, 2005

No, I didn't buy one. The only thing I bought in my computer is the CPU, everything else was free.

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scottchen · May 17, 2005

LOL you bastard!

tj2004 · May 18, 2005

Is there a good way to insulate the pc case without increasing internal temp?

mozzartusm · May 19, 2005

You need to liquid cool with the 775 rigs. If you have a pet store in the area, get DEIONIZED which is even better than distilled water. Aquarium shops sell deionized water for around .50 a gallon. Dont waste your time with a bunch of fans. Just get good airflow going through the case and then liquid cool. Oh, and yes you still need at least the = of one 120mm intake and one 120mm exhaust. Everything on this system is going to get really hot. If I were you, I would go ahead and make plans to also cool the Northbridge with something other that the stock heatsink.

Intel P4 550(3.4)@5Ghz
Asus P5AD2-E-Premium
Crucial Ballistix PC2 5300 2X256
TT 680W PSU

scottchen · May 19, 2005

LOL moz i just noticed... you only have 512mb of system ram?!

mozzartusm · May 19, 2005

Thats all. I dont really need more than that. I OC the hell out of it, but I doubt that more memory would change that much. I probably havent told you this, but im not a gamer. Not even a little bit. Im not against gaming, its just not my thing. The 512MB thats in it is fast as hell. DDR2 667@DDR2 800

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Asus P5AD2-E-Premium
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@DDR2 800 Owned!
TT 680W PSU

scottchen · May 19, 2005

funny how i have 2G of DDR415, about half speed of yours, but just a LOT of it.

mozzartusm · May 19, 2005

You probably are running games and other software that needs more than 512mb arent you? It probably wouldnt hurt if I had another 512MB, but like I said I dont run anything that really needs it. Most of my OCing is simply going for high scores and nothing else. When im hitting the ORB really hard I have a seperate RAID setup just for benchmarking. After the system boots up I can open the task manager and it will only be using around 120mbs.

Intel P4 550(3.4)@5Ghz
Asus P5AD2-E-Premium
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@DDR2 800 Owned!
TT 680W PSU

mozzartusm · May 19, 2005

What are your bandwidth speeds?

Intel P4 550(3.4)@5Ghz
Asus P5AD2-E-Premium
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@DDR2 800 Owned!
TT 680W PSU

scottchen · May 19, 2005

With the current Winchester chip i need to turn command rate down to 2T so about 5300mb according to sandra. With the new San Diego i'm planning to get i can use 1T command rate so about 6000mb if i had that.

mozzartusm · May 20, 2005

Im not familiar with AMD systems so I dont know what what 2T ia. What would that be called on an intel system? Or is there something=

Intel P4 550(3.4)@5Ghz
Asus P5AD2-E-Premium
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@DDR2 800 Owned!
TT 680W PSU

mozzartusm · May 20, 2005

Now i feel stupid for not thinking that one out. Now I see said the blind man. Clear as mud :tongue:

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