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I recently decided to change my cooling to heatpipes on an ASUS
P4P800-E Deluxe. I used the stock heatsink/fan for a while, which is
nice with the copper core, but at high cpu usage/temp the fan would
spin up to over 5000rpm. At least it was quiet at lower temps because
of the Q-Fan ability of these boards.
Next I tried one of the Kingwin AWC-1 water cooled setups that fits all
inside the case, using a 5.25" bay and a second radiator at the back of
the case. This cooled both the cpu and the video card well, but I
could only get it a few degrees below what the stock hsf provided. The
thin fan in the bay made some noise when it was turned up to the higher
speed setting, and the room it was in smelled like a radiator.
I changed to heatpipes after deciding that I didn't want water in my
computer for only a slight increase in performance. After reading
several reveiws I went with the Thermalright XP-120 and the Aerocool
VM-101, along with some RAM sinks for the video card. So far I am
satisfied with this cooling solution and was suprised that they both
fit on this ASUS board and in my Raidmax Scorpio case. The 120mm fan
on the hsf is quiet and moves a lot of air, and for the video card
there is a side case fan that pulls air to one side of the fins on the
VM-101, then one of the rear case fans is at the other end, making for
nice air flow. The front of the case has a couple quiet 80mm fans that
push air over a Raptor drive and a secondary IDE drive.
The CPU is a P4 2.8E Prescott, which I can OC to 3.6GHz and remain
stable. The video card is a Radeon 9800 Pro, so I cannot directly
measure the temp like you can on an XT card.
If anyone else out there is using the XP-120 can you let me know if it
was in a "new" condition when you received it? Mine was obviously used
before, but the place I got it told me that they have other "new"
XP-120s in the same condition. I don't care if it was used, but it was
sold to me as new, and had small nicks, slight scorch marks, finger
prints, and thermal paste residue in the shape of a processor around
the bottom of it. I was expecting the bottom to be nice and clean, and
maybe even have a thin protective film on it.
I have pics of it if anyone wants to see, and pics of how the XP-120
and VM-101 both fit onto this ASUS board.
--Bratch
I recently decided to change my cooling to heatpipes on an ASUS
P4P800-E Deluxe. I used the stock heatsink/fan for a while, which is
nice with the copper core, but at high cpu usage/temp the fan would
spin up to over 5000rpm. At least it was quiet at lower temps because
of the Q-Fan ability of these boards.
Next I tried one of the Kingwin AWC-1 water cooled setups that fits all
inside the case, using a 5.25" bay and a second radiator at the back of
the case. This cooled both the cpu and the video card well, but I
could only get it a few degrees below what the stock hsf provided. The
thin fan in the bay made some noise when it was turned up to the higher
speed setting, and the room it was in smelled like a radiator.
I changed to heatpipes after deciding that I didn't want water in my
computer for only a slight increase in performance. After reading
several reveiws I went with the Thermalright XP-120 and the Aerocool
VM-101, along with some RAM sinks for the video card. So far I am
satisfied with this cooling solution and was suprised that they both
fit on this ASUS board and in my Raidmax Scorpio case. The 120mm fan
on the hsf is quiet and moves a lot of air, and for the video card
there is a side case fan that pulls air to one side of the fins on the
VM-101, then one of the rear case fans is at the other end, making for
nice air flow. The front of the case has a couple quiet 80mm fans that
push air over a Raptor drive and a secondary IDE drive.
The CPU is a P4 2.8E Prescott, which I can OC to 3.6GHz and remain
stable. The video card is a Radeon 9800 Pro, so I cannot directly
measure the temp like you can on an XT card.
If anyone else out there is using the XP-120 can you let me know if it
was in a "new" condition when you received it? Mine was obviously used
before, but the place I got it told me that they have other "new"
XP-120s in the same condition. I don't care if it was used, but it was
sold to me as new, and had small nicks, slight scorch marks, finger
prints, and thermal paste residue in the shape of a processor around
the bottom of it. I was expecting the bottom to be nice and clean, and
maybe even have a thin protective film on it.
I have pics of it if anyone wants to see, and pics of how the XP-120
and VM-101 both fit onto this ASUS board.
--Bratch
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