had just completed my build and im a little worried with temps. so, im looking for feedback from those that may have had experience with a comparable setup.
for starters. im using an MSI fxa-gd 70 motherboard with an AMD phenom 2 x4 970 BE. 4 gigs of ram, bottom mounted 750w power supply and an ATI 5870 video card. nothing is overclocked. all is bone stock when it comes to settings. also, so is the fan and heatsink that came with the processor.
as it sits right now, just surfing the net, the heatsink fan is ridiculously loud. the case i have is the thermaltake v9. which, i will admit, is kinda flimsy, but seems to have plenty of cooling. intake fan on the front and back. but also, a big 120mm on side and 120mm on top.
since there is the big opening on top for the air outlet, i figured that noise may just be coming through there. but covering it doesnt seem to lower the amount of noise at all.
as it sits right now, just with an internet browswer open, typing this, its running fan speed for the cpu is 6300 rpm. seems a little high for me. could be wrong. i never really paid attention to the speeds until now. the computer has been on for about an hour. not really running hot, but i think it could be significantly lower. but as of right now, under almost no load, running 45-49 C. Video running at 48-49C. i only have the fan set on the video, running at 70% speed.
and as i said, its been on over an hour. the temps and speeds have stayed consistent the whole time.
any input would be great. im not above getting a different heatsink. was wanting to do that anyhow. contemplated water cooling. but, not really sure i want to deal with that too much. however, i may not have a choice. the case doesnt have a whole lot of clearance for a massive heatsink.
for starters. im using an MSI fxa-gd 70 motherboard with an AMD phenom 2 x4 970 BE. 4 gigs of ram, bottom mounted 750w power supply and an ATI 5870 video card. nothing is overclocked. all is bone stock when it comes to settings. also, so is the fan and heatsink that came with the processor.
as it sits right now, just surfing the net, the heatsink fan is ridiculously loud. the case i have is the thermaltake v9. which, i will admit, is kinda flimsy, but seems to have plenty of cooling. intake fan on the front and back. but also, a big 120mm on side and 120mm on top.
since there is the big opening on top for the air outlet, i figured that noise may just be coming through there. but covering it doesnt seem to lower the amount of noise at all.
as it sits right now, just with an internet browswer open, typing this, its running fan speed for the cpu is 6300 rpm. seems a little high for me. could be wrong. i never really paid attention to the speeds until now. the computer has been on for about an hour. not really running hot, but i think it could be significantly lower. but as of right now, under almost no load, running 45-49 C. Video running at 48-49C. i only have the fan set on the video, running at 70% speed.
and as i said, its been on over an hour. the temps and speeds have stayed consistent the whole time.
any input would be great. im not above getting a different heatsink. was wanting to do that anyhow. contemplated water cooling. but, not really sure i want to deal with that too much. however, i may not have a choice. the case doesnt have a whole lot of clearance for a massive heatsink.