Case Temperature

[sickness]

According to the thermal sensor that came built-in with my X-Dreamer case, it's 85-90 degrees farenheit inside my case when my system is idle and 95 degrees farenheit at load.

Look at my sig to get an idea of what my components are. Are these good case temperatures? My case is also kind of messy from all the cables (8 case fans....) even when I use round cables and sleeved power supply wires. Would wire management (tie wraps) be very effective in lowering my case temperatures?

I'm thinking of buying a better case.....

[xchristoferx]

thats a little hot for me. my case temp is 78 degrees. My cpu stays pretty cold, idle 72 degrees and at load it only gets up to 79


MyRig:

Processor:
Intel P4 Northwood 2.8HT @ 3.22

MoBo:
DFI LANPARTY PRO875B

RAM:
Corsair Value Select PC 3200 1G - 2x512

Case:
Thermaltake Xaser III *10 fans* not too loud

HD:
2 x 80G WD
2 x 120G WD
Video:
ATI Radeon 9600

Cooling:
Koolance Exos-AL
+GPU
+VGA

Future Upgrades:
Corsair XMS TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO
ATI Radeon x800 XT PE
TEC(thermal electric cooling) Kit

[berserk]

If you want air flow get the CM-Stacker, but the case is heavy.

If you want an aluminium based case, either get the Lian Li but personally I don't think it is worthed cause they are overpriced or the Antec P160 or the Antex Super Lan Boy, but the last one is a bit small, depends how much space you need.