Hi everyone, I've had my setup for a few months now and never, ever had a problem with it.
Here's what's in it:
Q6600
GA-P35 DS3R
G.Skill DDR2 6400 (2x1GB)
8800gts 640mb
Seagate Barracuda 320gb (Perpendicular blah blah) SATA
Antec NeoHE psu
All wrapped up inside my Centurion 534 case.
My problem/question is about temps. My CPU is running at 55/51/51/55 on average (idle) and up around 60-65 on load when gaming and such.
I've been reading that 70 is dangerous... so I was wondering if there's anything I can do to improve airflow/cooling in my case? I thought of putting a 120mm scythe s-flex in the front mount position on the case, since there isn't one there currently (no fan at all)... and also thought of replacing the current fans with s-flex as well. Then though of maybe making a top-hole and putting a fan over that. The idea being that a few fans & case mod work can be less expensive than buying an Antec 900... which was going to be my next step. Other than that I thought of getting a third party cooler instead of the stock one... but there's so many options I really couldn't decide.... I was thinking the Arctic Freezer 7 because it's so inexpensive compared to zalman and thermalright and those others... but I don't want to sacrifice quality to save a few bucks...
Thanks in advance for any help or advice. I've got more questions about OC'ing but I figured I'd put those in the OC forum
Here's what's in it:
Q6600
GA-P35 DS3R
G.Skill DDR2 6400 (2x1GB)
8800gts 640mb
Seagate Barracuda 320gb (Perpendicular blah blah) SATA
Antec NeoHE psu
All wrapped up inside my Centurion 534 case.
My problem/question is about temps. My CPU is running at 55/51/51/55 on average (idle) and up around 60-65 on load when gaming and such.
I've been reading that 70 is dangerous... so I was wondering if there's anything I can do to improve airflow/cooling in my case? I thought of putting a 120mm scythe s-flex in the front mount position on the case, since there isn't one there currently (no fan at all)... and also thought of replacing the current fans with s-flex as well. Then though of maybe making a top-hole and putting a fan over that. The idea being that a few fans & case mod work can be less expensive than buying an Antec 900... which was going to be my next step. Other than that I thought of getting a third party cooler instead of the stock one... but there's so many options I really couldn't decide.... I was thinking the Arctic Freezer 7 because it's so inexpensive compared to zalman and thermalright and those others... but I don't want to sacrifice quality to save a few bucks...
Thanks in advance for any help or advice. I've got more questions about OC'ing but I figured I'd put those in the OC forum