Dust, Cables, And Another Radiator?

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   Ok, so I'm feeling pretty stupid right now..  I've been cleaning the radiator in the back of my machine regularly (at least once every week or two) with compressed air.  I like to know exactly where my machine is at and downloaded Everest to check temps.  Well, my GPU's seemed very happy at 41/58 (idle/load), but my CPU was not doing so well at 51/63.  I was not too happy about getting the same temps as some guys were getting on air.  So, I decided to go cave diving and suddenly realized what the airflow was coming from out of the top..  The CPU radiator!  

I had thought it was kind of weird that there was only one radiator in the loop after the GPU's.  I don't know what I hadn't figured it out until then..

Right after I discovered this radiator (which was very dusty), I also noticed that most of the wires had been stashed right underneath it..  There was hardly any exposed area, which I figure isn't very good for airflow.  So, I adjusted the cables and gave the whole area another good dusting.

Results?  With a boost in the FSB multiplier (@13), my CPU is running at 3.46 Ghz right now.  Temps: 33/48.  And, my GPU's are freezing their chips off at 30/47.    I'll see if I can make a little bit more room for that "new" radiator, too.

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Crulend Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 191	Quote Reply Topic: Dust, Cables, And Another Radiator? Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 3:15pm
	Ok, so I'm feeling pretty stupid right now.. I've been cleaning the radiator in the back of my machine regularly (at least once every week or two) with compressed air. I like to know exactly where my machine is at and downloaded Everest to check temps. Well, my GPU's seemed very happy at 41/58 (idle/load), but my CPU was not doing so well at 51/63. I was not too happy about getting the same temps as some guys were getting on air. So, I decided to go cave diving and suddenly realized what the airflow was coming from out of the top.. The CPU radiator! I had thought it was kind of weird that there was only one radiator in the loop after the GPU's. I don't know what I hadn't figured it out until then.. Right after I discovered this radiator (which was very dusty), I also noticed that most of the wires had been stashed right underneath it.. There was hardly any exposed area, which I figure isn't very good for airflow. So, I adjusted the cables and gave the whole area another good dusting. Results? With a boost in the FSB multiplier (@13), my CPU is running at 3.46 Ghz right now. Temps: 33/48. And, my GPU's are freezing their chips off at 30/47. I'll see if I can make a little bit more room for that "new" radiator, too.
	1KW Thermaltake C2D QX6800 @ 3.46 Ghz 4 GB Corsair DMTR @ 1066 2x8800 GTX in SLI 2x150 Raptors in RAID0 2x500 Caviars in RAID0 Creative XtremeGamer Samsung 305T 30" LCD Creative S750 7.1 700W

Kelly Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Digital Storm Customer Service Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 3:39pm
	Nice!

Bigdog Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 450	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 3:48pm
	A radiator in a computer? Am I understand this right? Damn I hear about new things everyday on here hehe. First I go to www.crazypc.com and notice they have a freezer for computer cooling, now I just read on these forums here, there are radiators, my goodness hehe.
	Processor: QX6850 (3.3Ghz) RAM: 4GB 1066 Dominators Graphics: 2x 8800GTX 768MB Sound Card: Fatal1ty HDD 1: 2x 150GB raptor (RAID 0) HDD 2: 1x 150GB raptor HDD 3: 320GB western Liquid cooling (red)

ed1371 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 350	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 6:48pm
	lol cruland... It totally threw me off when I saw I had 2 radiators installed. I used to have one really long one in my other puter but using the 2 makes the cooling lines route easier... good find though...lol Big Dog.... yes they are radiators. Some models are nothing more than heater cores for cars "rebranded" :)
	Silverstone TJ-10 INTEL 4790K 16 gigs ddr3 ssd and such liquid cooled cpu 2080 RTX Super

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