I recently bought a new computer 3 months ago...
Power Supply
Seasonic S12 Energy +550W ATX12V V2.2 20/24 PIN Active PFC Power Supply
Mobo
Gigagbyte GA-965P-S3 ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 GBLAN
CPU
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 Dual Core Processo LGA775 1.8ghz 800fsb
Video Card
EVGA E-Geforce 8800 GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DirectX10
Ram
G.SKill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ PC2-6400 2GB 2X1gb DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Dual Channel
HDD
WD1200BB/JB 7200 RPM
Case
Cooler Master CAC-T05 Centurion 5 Aluminum ATX Tower Case 5x5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5 INT Silver-Black
I must say, it may not be a E6400/E6600/Quad or loaded with a 8800 GTX, but I really like it. Now, onto the problems as to why my E4300 and I are not getting along. Since we met eachother 3 months ago, I have been promising to overclock her...now why don't I just search for an overclock E4300 thread. Well, I am very confused as to my cooling.
I spent a smidge over 1200$$$ on my system (CDN), but went really cheap with the case as you can see. Wow, I take a long time to get to the REAL QUESTION. Anyways, my case has 1(one) 80mm front fan, 1(one) 80 mm side fan slot (there is no fan because the case didn't come with one), and 1(one) 120mm exhaust fan.
Every fan is stock btw.
My sytem temps as I type this are: 31 degrees Cels (CPU)
----------------------------------44 degrees Cels (SYSTEM)
When I first bought the computer and the weather was cold outside, I was around 19-30 degrees Cels (CPU)
------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------30's for SYSTEM
Under load they didn't raise a whole lot (I have nothing right now to check this).
Even though I live up in the great white north, my city last week hit 30 degrees cels outside (34 high) and this week it is mid 20's and expected to reach 30's again this summer.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol
What should I do to accomodate my overclocking?
Please choose any of these and create a combo that you think would work best.
Buy a new CPU FAN (cooler whatever you call these)
Buy a new case with 120mm fans all over
Buy a new 80mm fan that pushes a lot of air
Buy TWO new 80mm fans that push a lot of air (one for side/front)
Buy a new 120 fan for the exhaust
Buy a pci slot fan that goes under the video card (I know my 8800 has one built in, but would this help?)
Buy a new Northbridge Fan
I would prefer to keep my case and just add new fans if possible (with a fan controller if the fans sound like a tornado is playing in my room), but whatever it will take to get my e4300 to 3 gigz I shall do!
Power Supply
Seasonic S12 Energy +550W ATX12V V2.2 20/24 PIN Active PFC Power Supply
Mobo
Gigagbyte GA-965P-S3 ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 GBLAN
CPU
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 Dual Core Processo LGA775 1.8ghz 800fsb
Video Card
EVGA E-Geforce 8800 GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DirectX10
Ram
G.SKill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ PC2-6400 2GB 2X1gb DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Dual Channel
HDD
WD1200BB/JB 7200 RPM
Case
Cooler Master CAC-T05 Centurion 5 Aluminum ATX Tower Case 5x5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5 INT Silver-Black
I must say, it may not be a E6400/E6600/Quad or loaded with a 8800 GTX, but I really like it. Now, onto the problems as to why my E4300 and I are not getting along. Since we met eachother 3 months ago, I have been promising to overclock her...now why don't I just search for an overclock E4300 thread. Well, I am very confused as to my cooling.
I spent a smidge over 1200$$$ on my system (CDN), but went really cheap with the case as you can see. Wow, I take a long time to get to the REAL QUESTION. Anyways, my case has 1(one) 80mm front fan, 1(one) 80 mm side fan slot (there is no fan because the case didn't come with one), and 1(one) 120mm exhaust fan.
Every fan is stock btw.
My sytem temps as I type this are: 31 degrees Cels (CPU)
----------------------------------44 degrees Cels (SYSTEM)
When I first bought the computer and the weather was cold outside, I was around 19-30 degrees Cels (CPU)
------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------30's for SYSTEM
Under load they didn't raise a whole lot (I have nothing right now to check this).
Even though I live up in the great white north, my city last week hit 30 degrees cels outside (34 high) and this week it is mid 20's and expected to reach 30's again this summer.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol
What should I do to accomodate my overclocking?
Please choose any of these and create a combo that you think would work best.
Buy a new CPU FAN (cooler whatever you call these)
Buy a new case with 120mm fans all over
Buy a new 80mm fan that pushes a lot of air
Buy TWO new 80mm fans that push a lot of air (one for side/front)
Buy a new 120 fan for the exhaust
Buy a pci slot fan that goes under the video card (I know my 8800 has one built in, but would this help?)
Buy a new Northbridge Fan
I would prefer to keep my case and just add new fans if possible (with a fan controller if the fans sound like a tornado is playing in my room), but whatever it will take to get my e4300 to 3 gigz I shall do!