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swambast
06-07-2005, 10:04 PM
Guys, I need some advice here. I've got my 2.8 Northwood up to 3.16 (yea, I know, not great or anything but good enough for right now).

Anyway, with the coming of the blazing Summer temps hitting Michigan in the high 80-90s, my case and CPU temps are skyrocketing. I am finding that my idle temps, once at 31C are now at 35-36C, and the CPU temps once at 42C max under load are now reaching 50+ C. Also, this is the first time in months upon seemingly endless months that I am now getting random reboots, and I am sure it is due to soaring temps and heat problems. The room temps here are killer, and right now are in the high 70s... :eek:

I would like to please hear your suggestions/recommendations on a good AIR/FAN cooling solution for my specs I have listed below. I am looking for something that is not very loud if possible, I welcome and thank you for your comments!


865PE-NEO2-LS (601-6728-020)
AMI BIOS version 2.5
P4 Northwood, Socket 478, 2.8 Ghz/800Mhz FSB HT Enabled
4 DIMMS (256MBx4)=1GB KingMax PC3200 DDR400, Model # MPXB62D-38KT3R-PEA
PowMAX PS LP-8800D, 400 watt, max load +3.3@28A,+5@30A,+12@25A,-5@0.3A,-12@0.8A,+5vsb@2A, 70% min@full load
INTEL 865 .INF Drivers (6.0.1.1002 5/7/2004)
Main: Western Digital Raptor, 10K rpm, 36GB
2nd: Maxtor ATA133 7200rpm 120GB
CD-RW: Lite-On 52x32x52
BFG Tech GeForce 6800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 AGP Graphics Card
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
ViewSonic Professional P225FB 22" monitor


Current Settings:

Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Disabled
CAS# Latency 3
RAS# Precharge 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay 4
Precharge Delay 6
Burst Length 8
AGP Aperture Size 128
FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE
Performance Mode (slow, fast, turbo, Ultra Turbo) SLOW
DRAM Frequency 452
Adjust CPU Bus Clock (Mhz) 226
DDR Clock (Mhz) 452
Adjust AGP/PCI Clock (Mhz) 66.66/33.33
CPU Vcore Adjust Yes
CPU Vcore 1.5375
DDR Power Voltage (Default is 2.50) 2.6500
AGP Power Voltage 1.5000
SiSoftware Sandra Prof. 2005 System Info
Front Side Bus Speed (4x)/Memory Bus Speed (2x) 226
Front Side Bus Data Rate (FSB Speed x4) 904
Memory Bus Speed (FSB Speed x2) 452
CPU SPEED (GHz with 14x multiplier) 3.16

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OS : Windows XP Professional SP1 [ 5.1 Build 2600 ]
Date : 2005/06/08 0:48:10

CPU Name : Intel Pentium 4 HT (Northwood)
Vendor String : GenuineIntel
Name String : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Architecture : x86
Process Rule : 0.13 um
Platform : Socket 478 [2]
# CPU Type : Original OEM processor
Number(Logical) : 2
Hyper-Threading : 2
Family : F
FamilyEx : 00
Model : 2
Stepping : 9
APIC : 00
Brand ID : 09
Microcode ID : 14
Feature : MMX SSE SSE2 HTT
PowerManagement :

Current Original
Clock : 3164.35 MHz 2800.00 MHz
System Clock : 226.03 MHz 200.00 MHz
System Bus : 904.10 MHz 800.00 MHz
Multiplier : 14.00 14.00
Data Rate : QDR
Over Clock : 13.01 %

L1 T-Cache : 12 KuOps
L1 D-Cache : 8 KB
L2 Cache : 512 KB [Full:3164.35 MHz]
Memory : 1024 MB

CPUID : EAX EBX ECX EDX
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00000000 : 00000002 756E6547 6C65746E 49656E69
00000001 : 00000F29 01020809 00004400 BFEBFBFF
00000002 : 665B5001 00000000 00000000 007B7040
80000000 : 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000
80000001 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
80000002 : 20202020 20202020 20202020 6E492020
80000003 : 286C6574 50202952 69746E65 52286D75
80000004 : 20342029 20555043 30382E32 007A4847

MSR : EAX1 EDX1 EAX2 EDX2
: 00000080 00000000 0E12000E 00000000
QPF : 3164.350000 MHz

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Chipset Information
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Chipset : Intel 865G/PE/P/848P (Springdale-G/PE/P)
North Bridge : [8086:2570.02] Intel 82865G/PE/P/848P
South Bridge : [8086:24D0.02] Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/R)
Video Chip : [10DE:0045.A1] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (NV40)

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BIOS Information by WMI (Windows Management Interface)
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BIOS Vendor : American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Caption : Version 1.00
BIOS Version : AMIINT - 10
BIOS Date : 09/29/2004
SM BIOS Caption : V2.5
SM BIOS Version : 2.3
Mother Vendor : MICRO-STAR INC.
Mother Product : MS-6728
Mother Version : 100
System Vendor : MICRO-STAR INC.
System Model : MS-6728

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System Information by DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
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SM BIOS Version : 2.3
BIOS Vendor : American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version : V2.5
BIOS Date : 09/29/2004
BIOS ROM Size : 512 KB
Mother Vendor : MICRO-STAR INC.
Mother Product : MS-6728
Mother Version : 100
CPU Socket : FC-478
CPU Vendor : Intel
CPU Version : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor
Current Clock : 3164 MHz
External Clock : 226 MHz
Max Clock : 4000 MHz

Major
06-07-2005, 10:13 PM
hey slow down there big fella !! :D

what hs are you using now ? the stock hs ?

IMO the best HS out right now (overall) is the XP90 and XP120, both do a super job and since you get to choose the fan it can be as quite or as lound as you desire.

swambast
06-07-2005, 10:20 PM
Well, currently I'm using the ThermalTake Spark 7+ Xaser Edition, and running the CPU fan full speed at 6000+ RPMs outputting a noise factor of about 50dBas. Here is a link to the specs: http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/spark/a1715.htm

How much do those go for, in your best guess?
Found a good starting point: http://www.thermalright.com/product_default.htm

Would this greatly help solve my heat problem, do you think?

Also, what do you think about this monster Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja Heatpipe CPU Cooler the other guys posted in this thread... (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65110)?

Huntsville, AL huh? Brings back memories of the Redstone Arsenal days, sure did love that State, and those country girlies.... :D

DrJay
06-08-2005, 02:06 AM
How about a zalman 7000? Cheap, effective, easy to install and quiet.

jrw
06-09-2005, 12:38 PM
Given your avalaible system-info I'd recommend either the ThermalTake Typhoon or the Xp-120 (they're biiiiig, but if you're up for it.) I like the 120mm fans.

If you want it smaller take the XP-90.

Here's one of the best heatsink reviews I've EVER seen :)
http://www.behardware.com/articles/568/page1.html

comrad
06-09-2005, 02:39 PM
i would go for the thermaltake tower 112 or the xp90c or the zalman 7700cu i believe its called, but any of these would be super
TT112
zalman
thermalright xp90 or 90c or xp120
cooler master hyper 6+