looking for new motherboard

**alex** · #46 8th Oct 2007, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by buchanan

i may well do

right now i have the one 70mm fan, waiting on the mounts

should i stick it on the side window to cool the gpu a little or go ahead and put it at the rear (the case has no front or rear fans).

i was going to put it on the back

As the other component temps appear to be fine then I'd mount it on the side panel to help cool the gpu. It'll be close to it and give it a steady supply of cooler air. The fan might also help ambient temps reduce.

Another thought is to get a new case and just transplant the build into it.

**alex** · #47 8th Oct 2007, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by buchanan

is your new cpu q6600 as good as your old one? did you have a quad extreme?

Its not as fast at stock speeds as my old one. I originally had an E6400 (dual core, 2.13ghz) then got a X6800 extreme (dual core 2.93ghz) second hand off a pal.

So from a mhz standpoint it's not as good at stock speeds. But it is a quad so it's future proofing the cpu as much as possible. Plus the mobo I'm getting will help any oc.

The X6800 had an unlocked multiplier making oc'ing easier but just raising the multiplier isn't the most beneficial way to overclock a system as it just oc's the cpu not the rest of the build. So I won't miss the unlocked multiplier as i'm going to oc the new cpu by upping the fsb (front side bus), which is exactly what I did on the X6800.

**buchanan** · #48 8th Oct 2007, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by alex

As the other component temps appear to be fine then I'd mount it on the side panel to help cool the gpu. It'll be close to it and give it a steady supply of cooler air. The fan might also help ambient temps reduce.

Another thought is to get a new case and just transplant the build into it.

i'll try that, just looked at the fan again and don't know if i'll be able to fit it to the window with mounts but i'll try or maybe get another one for the side window.

my brother likes his case (x galaxy bubble light), cheap and flimsy but it's nice to see that all the fans work without opening it

seriously tho, don't think he'd want to spend money on a case so prob just try a couple fans,

the case window fan hasn't worked since i bought it, the guy i bought it from said it worked for him but he took it out for noise, never worked for me though, only the led works

**alex** · #49 8th Oct 2007, 01:17 AM

Antec 900. Seriously good case and quite cheap.

I doubt you'd then need to replace the cpu cooler and save a few quid on fans, overall it will only cost you/him around £45-£50.

Other than that,yeah, just mount the side fan if you can. Alternatively you could just take a drill to the side panel, drill holes 120mm or so apart (you'd have to measure) and mount a 120mm case fan. Much quieter than a 70mm and will shift about double the amount of air.

Sounds like the guy who sold you the case was fibbing a little bit.

**buchanan** · #50 8th Oct 2007, 01:25 AM

really?

thought that case was £90-100, nice, i'm liking the look of all those fans

i know, but i can't be bothered with him, rather just sort it out myself properly. the pc didn't cost too much and it seems pretty good after a few hassles when i got it

**alex** · #51 8th Oct 2007, 01:37 AM

Yup, £70 new. 200mm top fan, 2x120mm intake, 1x120mm exhaust and (not fitted) 1x120mm side panel fan.

**buchanan** · #52 8th Oct 2007, 01:41 AM

my freezer7 is spinning at about 1000rpm, like i said. i think my intel stock hsf went about the same speed

my bro's intel hsf is running at 2400 at pretty much idle, (his chipset fan is at 5400)

is his heatsink compensating for the lack of other fans/too fast?

i remember you saying that 1000 like mine was about right

**alex** · #53 8th Oct 2007, 01:51 AM

If your AC7 is running at 1k rpm automatically then it's all good.

His chipset fan is spinning so fast because it's only a piddly little 40mm. Breathing on the chipset heatsink will move more air.

Zalman do some great chipset coolers, passive. Have a look at www.quietpc.com

**buchanan** · #54 8th Oct 2007, 01:53 AM

yeah i thought that about the chipset fan, i was wondering about his cpu fan though at 2400 virtually idle. how is that?

**alex** · #55 8th Oct 2007, 01:56 AM

That's fast, regardless of load.

But it's having to work because there's pretty much no airflow going to it and the cooler.

Yeah, new case time methinks.

**buchanan** · #56 8th Oct 2007, 02:05 AM

yeah right it does seem fast if 1000 is good

should cpu coolers ever speed up to 2000+ under load?

**alex** · #57 8th Oct 2007, 02:14 AM

Yeah, no reason why not, but it's obviously load dependent as the rpm is set dynamically.

Still over 2k at idle is getting rather silly. I'd hazard a guess that at load, the fan peaks and the heatsink gets rather toasty.

**buchanan** · #58 8th Oct 2007, 02:15 AM

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...ecooling/zm-nb

zalman passive chipset coolers like these? would they cool better than chipset fans?

**alex** · #59 8th Oct 2007, 02:18 AM

They have the potential to, but as they're passive a decent case airflow setup is mandatory. But considering your brother's setup now I think you'll see an improvement anyway.

Also, they won't fail (like a fan will) and they're obviously silent, which an annoying, buzzy, 40mm fan isn't.

**buchanan** · #60 8th Oct 2007, 02:20 AM

could i fit one to my intel dp965lt also? does my board have a chipset cooler?, it doesn't have a chipset fan.

edit
it has a passive cooler doesn't it, a small one and a massive one
http://itc.ua/img/dpk/2006/10/018026.jpg

would one of the zalmans fit and cool my mobo down?