Hello all, So i have finally put together my new PC! Motherboard; MS-7519 MSI Intel P43 Neo-F motherboard CPU; E5200 (Dual core - 2.50GHz) CPU Cooler; Stock Intel HDD; Hitachi 320gb (SATA) IDE DVD-RW Fans; 1x 12cm intake 1x 12cm exhaust (same fan as above) And the intel cooler. I have the opportunity to add 2x 12cm fans on the side, one infront of CPU and below this (infront of GPU) Should i add these? Or i have a 360mm fan and i can just mod the side and put this on Pic; Optional side fan spaces; Front intake [bottom 2 spaces] Some readings off Coretemp; Core0 - 47.c Core1 - 48.c SppedFan; Core0 - 51.c Core1 - 52.c HDD - 27.c RealTemp; Core0 - 55.c Core1 - 57.c Thanks
you're fine. run it on p95 or orthos for a bit and see where it hits. as long as you stay under 65 or so ur good in my opinion. do what you want to do in termss of cooling fans. noise is in the ears of the listener. you could always grab a "cheap" high end cooler. check bit-techs monthly hardware article for ideas. I use the artic cooling freezer 7 pro with artic silver 5 thermal compound and my temps are pretty good in my antec p182b.
Dont add too many fans, I made that mistake :s I had 2 80mm fans in the front 1 120mm fan on the back annother 80mm fan on the side and a fan in the PSU on the cpu cooler and on the gfx card, IT WAS NOISY!
If it helps though, im getting high temps - ive read round and the E5200 should be 30-40 idle and 70load
97C Is way way way too hot. You need to check the CPU cooler is making good contact - remove it and reseat, make sure the push pins all click in correctly. Check that the CPU fan is runnng, and check that it's running full speed in speedfan. You may need to turn off any motherboard based Fan Speed control for now, as some can be a bit slow to speed up the fans when things get a bit toasty.
Intel coolers are very difficult to attath properly, make sure the push pins are in correctly; I've made that very mistake but luckily it didn't cost me anything as I managed to fix it. Either way I would recommend purchasing an Akasa 965 cooler, very efficient and very cheap. Also, I would recommend another PSU, I don't know what your's is like but it's a bundled-with-case variant which isn't the best option you could go for! Just remember, the PSU is attached to everything, if that goes suicidal it takes everything with it!
New cooler, it is then. 1 vote for; Akasa 965. Does the stock intel cooler; Push air onto the heatsink Pull air away from the heatsink
Intel Stock cooler Pushes air down and through the heatsink. Most Heatsink fans push air through the heatsink.
Thanks, What i've done is disabled the back fan and put a side fan on [12cm] pushing towards the heatsink. The temps seem the same though.
Awesome - What are your Prime95 temps like? If you see it reaching into the 70's, stop the Prime95 test. Processors may be tolerant, but it's not good to heat them up too much!
The system has lowered the multiplier from 12.5x to 8x to save power. Keep CPU-Z running when you start up Prime95 and you'll see the multiplier and clock speed jump back up to full speed.
