system and cpu temps.

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 11:05:22 AM

Quoteso a cool heatsink isnt what you'd first think.

well on my old heatsink it was hot, my ive now got a coolermaster heatsink its fine.

Stryker · February 26, 2003, 11:11:18 AM

and what was the price difference between the two heat sinks?

Benny · February 26, 2003, 11:18:07 AM

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Quoter u going to the lan?? if u are u can add another 10-20% on computer temps at least when your at a lan
Why?[/b]

Because the room temperature i.e. the temperature of the air that cools all the components will be higher with say 30-40 computers in the same room. As the temperature is raised the cooling will be less and a further increase in temperature will be registered until an equilibrium is reached (or someone opens the window).[/b]

Oh Joy, make sure you all wash for the LAN, gaming geeks I can accept, excess body odour is too much! 8O

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 11:25:04 AM

Quoteand what was the price difference between the two heat sinks?

the 1st one what the bog standard athlon cooler.

the new one is a coolermaster one that i got from maplin for a FIVER!

Gh0st Face Killah · February 26, 2003, 11:26:26 AM

Heatsinks and fans, watercooling.

You talk like amateurs my lords!

What you want is one of these
peltier

Watch out for that condensation and ice now!! :twisted:

Stryker · February 26, 2003, 11:28:34 AM

that seems somewhat cheap, esp as their latest heatsinks are Â£30.

Anyways, fyi two heatsinks of the same size on the same system can give different results and feel hotter/cooler just oweing to their being made from different materials and the thermal paste used......

Its rate and speed of heat that the heatsink can disipate that counts. I think overclockers generally go up to 10% (or 15% with a push) with air cooling.

So that would be 200Mhz on a 2gig chip. (or 300mhz risking very shortened chip life)

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 11:31:43 AM

not that were amatures as u put it, its that we use things at our disposal. ps got bored after a couple of lines and gave up reading that page

Stryker · February 26, 2003, 11:32:05 AM

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What you want is one of these peltier

Now dont give the child dangerous whacky ideas :-)

Pelts are only really any good with water cooling as to cool a overclocked chip you need something like a 250Watt peltier so even MORE heat for the cooling system to disipate.

Also you need shit loads of dyaletic grease and silicon sealant and closed cell foam to prevent the condensation.

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 11:35:51 AM

ps i dont understand a word that stryker just said

Stryker · February 26, 2003, 11:53:52 AM

The peltier is a proccess descovered by some dead french dude who smelt of garlic, cheese and goats.... Anyway, one day he was messing with this new fangled electricity thing as opposed to finding someone to surender to.... some time around 1880 ish.... I think... or was that 1935? who cares.

The peltier (also his name) is a sandwitch of metals that when a DC current is put across them transfer all of the heat from the one side to the other..... hence one side is icy cold (cpu side) while the other side is burning hot (water cooler side).

DogMeat · February 26, 2003, 12:06:28 PM

Quoteps i dont understand a word that stryker just said

Now you know how we feel when we read your posts.. :twisted:

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 12:08:30 PM

why didnt u just say water cooling radiator thingy, i would have known what u ment, i just didnty no what a pelter was, but now i do.

Stryker · February 26, 2003, 12:09:46 PM

errm the radiator cools the coolant, the peltier cools the cpu while heating the coolant.

sheepy · February 26, 2003, 12:32:37 PM

i no how they r setup etc but not what everything is called never having had one myself.

w00t my fanbus and rubber moulding arrived just a min ago.

6 switch fanbus for 26:34 inc delivery
and 5m of rubber edging for windows, blowholes etc.

Doorman · February 26, 2003, 02:48:27 PM

All this talk of cooling is making me feel I'm running a barbeque for a pc. What's the perceived wisdom for getting air into the case. My setup started life as a 300mhz P2 from Tiny. I have changed EVERTHING except the floppy drive and of course the case. I did fit an extractor fan in a pci slot apperture but I'm not sure it does much! I've also had a fan on the front in a spare bay, but that soon started making a racket so I turned that off. I've also got a Zalman flower jobbie turned up full. Do I need to do any more. I've no idea what the tempratures are.
2gig P4 is running seemingly smoothly but I can easily be made to feel paranoid.