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My Air-Cooled Setup:

ABS Black Pearl case

Noctua Heatsink with both 120mm fans attached(they push a lot of air) and its flowing front to back on both(I'm positive)

Behind my heatsink I have a hefty Ultra Kaze 120mm exhaust

And in place of my bottom 6 drive bays, I've got two Kama Bay 120mm intake fans with two Ultra Kaze's sitting in them.

And, on top of that massive amount of air, I have another 120mm Kama Flex exhaust above my GPu.

I'm idling right now at 47c CPU / 49c MB, granted it is quite hot outside, inside I'm probably sitting at 80-85F inside.

What is the issue? I've applied thermal paste a couple times, to ensure its making the best contact and I'm confident in it at this point..my next route is to lap my CPU but my mobo is most worrisome, as under load I can hit 60-65c!(my CPU won't be far behind in the high 50's-60c) By the way, my cables are fairly neat, I don't believe they are restricting any airflow.

What can I do to improve my temps guys? I'll post my specs below and maybe post a picture of my case and its air flow design.

i7 920 @ 2.67(STOCK) - Noctua Heatsink
Asus P6t Deluxe V2
6GB 3x2 GSkill 1600 RAM
GTX275(stock cooling)
800w OCz Quality PSu

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Your temp are fine so relax. You don't have too many options with that case.

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Reply to hefox

You make it sound like its a bad case for cooling.. lol?

I can't exactly overclock to 3.5+ like intended, with these temperatures.


You're certainly not very helpful ;)

Reply to nodaedalus

I didn't say it's not a bad case but doesn't have a extraordinary airflow.


Message edited by hefox on 08-12-2009 at 12:18:37 AM
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Reply to hefox

I understand that, but that doesn't help me whatsoever.

I'm looking for feedback that goes along the lines of improving my temps if possible.

Reply to nodaedalus

As hefox said, considering your room temperature, your system temps are fine. Why not turn the air conditioner on? If you keep your room at a lower temperature, e.g., 72°F, your system will also run cooler.

Reply to GhislainG

Its summer, my cpu temps rise up maybe 10C, you just have to jack up the fan speed. =]

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Reply to stevensl2

For a core i7 and in those ambient temps, that is a pretty good temp even for idle. 60-65c will not hurt that cpu.

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Reply to logainofhades

reseat the heatsink, even my rubbish akasa nero gets better temps than that, and it's in an antec 300 case with dual 4850's. And it's summer which doesn't help temps.

Reply to Helloworld_98

nodaedalus wrote :

I understand that, but that doesn't help me whatsoever.

I'm looking for feedback that goes along the lines of improving my temps if possible.


Then change cases. What we are trying to tell you is that your temps aren't bad. And there are cases that are better at moving air.
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Reply to jsc

nodaedalus wrote :


ABS Black Pearl case
I'll post my specs below and maybe post a picture of my case and its air flow design.


I ordered one of these from Newegg yesterday, I'd appreciate some photo's.

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