CPU/NB/Motherboard cooling recomdations and Ideas...

GN · 15-01-2008, 11:26 AM

Ok. I have the following motherboard at home now.

Maximus Formula.

Now, as you may see the cooling for the NB etc.. is pasive..

So. As I will be getting a CM STC-T01 (which is still on the slow boat from china) I will have 2 x 4 in 3 modile for the hard disks, which will have a 120mm fan attached. So.. there will be 2 x 120mm fans on the front of the case blowing through the Hard Disks and into the case.. There will be one exorst 120mm fan just above the I/O ports. I will be having the PSU at the bottom of this case too... There is a motherboard side fan for blowing over the MB but I think tax has this too and said that it was usless.. Somthing like this.. (I think it were tax)

The aim is to cool the SM and NB with out altering the gell pipe etc...

so... I was looking at this.... http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/vie ... 8&code=009

matz · 15-01-2008, 11:46 AM

Thermalright ultra 120 only £25 from overclockers but it has no fan you can easily get one ! try and get the highest quality fan, i just bought a antec 120mm tricool DBB fan for my one

good temperatures use alot of google reviews to find out tho

alot of people have thermalright heatsinks compared to any other

GN · 15-01-2008, 12:17 PM

Yer. I was actualy lookking at this one here on there site a few days back...

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... VzaWFzdA==

GN · 15-01-2008, 12:21 PM

There here looks like a good idea...

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/upgrade ... 70904.html

GN · 15-01-2008, 12:49 PM

Found something else too...

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...ng-review.html

wuyanxu · 15-01-2008, 02:37 PM

wow, someone's rich.

why are you worried about cooling? just stick a Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme on it, and no matter which way you mount it, you'll still get airflow through its heatsink.

matz · 15-01-2008, 02:57 PM

true but is it worth buying extreme version for an extra £20?

GN · 15-01-2008, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matz

true but is it worth buying extreme version for an extra £20?

Yes.... coz it looks kool... lol jok.

Ill Put a 120mm on it. What about one of these instead??? (IFX-14)

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... VzaWFzdA==

or a XP-120..

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... VzaWFzdA==

I duno..

wuyanxu · 15-01-2008, 05:05 PM

the key feature about Ultra is that it's got 6 heatpipes. the IFX-14 only have 4, although it's bigger, it can't deliver the heat to the heatsinks as efficient.

the XP120 looks very good. this is the first time i've seen it. 6 heatpipes, and airflow towards the motherboard components.
only question is whether your case will have enough fans to suck out the hot air afterwards

GN · 15-01-2008, 05:32 PM

yer.. but this also has two fins.. hum. I do see your point but technicaly but you do have 8 pips on the IFX-14 but just 4 on each fin..

Taxation · 15-01-2008, 06:31 PM

there will be enough airflow to keep it the motherboard cool
and i did say something about this, but about my old motherboard, when i was using watercooling, and it made so much noise i took it out

matz · 15-01-2008, 06:49 PM

yeah my mate had a problem like that ;( im never gonna go watercooling unless i move to spain

has anyone had a q6600 overclocked in the artic? that would be sick.

GN · 15-01-2008, 08:54 PM

I would have mine 1M into the ice lol.... then hot water for my tea would be ready after a hard game of C2D

GN · 15-01-2008, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taxation

there will be enough airflow to keep it the motherboard cool
and i did say something about this, but about my old motherboard, when i was using watercooling, and it made so much noise i took it out

intresting...

I just read up a load of reviews etc. of this.. and it beats everything out there... Ok ill buy the Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme and install a 4pin 120mm fan on it. Any recomendations on 120mm fan? lol.

Jonny2Bad · 15-01-2008, 09:37 PM

From what ive seen they are no better than an arctic freezer pro tbh, not sure what all the fuss is about these coolers. Look forward to your review GN.

GN · 15-01-2008, 09:52 PM

no comment.... Yer, ill do a review if you all like.. for novatech. I am buying most from novatech anyways so...

Anyways.. PSU. I was after a 1000W PSU apx as then it have more leway...

I will be having 4 120mm fans in the case, maybe 6 in the future.
6 hard disks.
2 crossfire fgx cards.
two optical drives (maybe a buleray if im bothered, i dont see much use in one)
and a few more fans. lol

Basicly, i want a very stable PSU that can keep the volts accuret even when undergoing extreem kanege. When I get this system going I will get it going a 24hr stress test via Eurosoft Pc-Check and a further 24hr stress test with Eurosofts QA+Win32 V9 which has not curreclty been lanched, with a volt and system stability app running in the back round.

So if anything is out of line, boy o boy this forum will know about it lol. (jok)

matz · 15-01-2008, 10:14 PM

my dad gets pissed off with an unbranded 450W brand that is not even 450W let alone blomen 1000W

my dad will go mental when i get 620w corsiar

GN · 16-01-2008, 08:27 AM

Why? I have a 520W corsiar here in the lab and there stable enouth. Best one I have used/got in the lab out of 40+ machines.

djgandy · 16-01-2008, 09:23 AM

You should stop listening to your dad! Corsair are A grade PSU's.

GN · 16-01-2008, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djgandy

You should stop listening to your dad

Yer too right.... Listen to me instead and come to the dark side of the force..

15-01-2008, 11:26 AM	#1
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	CPU/NB/Motherboard cooling recomdations and Ideas... Ok. I have the following motherboard at home now. Maximus Formula. Now, as you may see the cooling for the NB etc.. is pasive.. So. As I will be getting a CM STC-T01 (which is still on the slow boat from china) I will have 2 x 4 in 3 modile for the hard disks, which will have a 120mm fan attached. So.. there will be 2 x 120mm fans on the front of the case blowing through the Hard Disks and into the case.. There will be one exorst 120mm fan just above the I/O ports. I will be having the PSU at the bottom of this case too... There is a motherboard side fan for blowing over the MB but I think tax has this too and said that it was usless.. Somthing like this.. (I think it were tax) The aim is to cool the SM and NB with out altering the gell pipe etc... so... I was looking at this.... http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/vie ... 8&code=009 __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 11:46 AM	#2
matz Devotee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reading <--- Novatech Owns! Posts: 2,669	Thermalright ultra 120 only £25 from overclockers but it has no fan you can easily get one ! try and get the highest quality fan, i just bought a antec 120mm tricool DBB fan for my one good temperatures use alot of google reviews to find out tho alot of people have thermalright heatsinks compared to any other __________________ New sexy rig! Antec Nine hundred Thermaltake 600W Q6600 MSI P35 Neo2 FR 2GB XMS2 (soon 4GB) Thermalright ultra 120 extreme EVGA 8800GTS WD6400AAKS RAID 0 Liteon Dvd-RW (IDE ftw)

15-01-2008, 12:17 PM	#3
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	Yer. I was actualy lookking at this one here on there site a few days back... http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... VzaWFzdA== __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 12:21 PM	#4
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	There here looks like a good idea... http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/upgrade ... 70904.html __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 12:49 PM	#5
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	Found something else too... http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...ng-review.html __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 02:37 PM	#6
wuyanxu Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Soton (best Electronics uni in Europe) Posts: 1,445	wow, someone's rich. why are you worried about cooling? just stick a Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme on it, and no matter which way you mount it, you'll still get airflow through its heatsink. __________________ Core i7 860 @ 4Ghz On Corsair H50 // Asus P7P55D Deluxe // 8GB Corsair Dominators // 5870 1GB XFX + 8800GT (PhysX/CUDA) Asus Xonar D2X // Samsung 64GB SSD + 4TB HDD // Corsair Hx 620w // Antec p182 // Samsung 24inch T240 // Logitech G15+G5 // iPhone 4

15-01-2008, 02:57 PM	#7
matz Devotee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reading <--- Novatech Owns! Posts: 2,669	true but is it worth buying extreme version for an extra £20? __________________ New sexy rig! Antec Nine hundred Thermaltake 600W Q6600 MSI P35 Neo2 FR 2GB XMS2 (soon 4GB) Thermalright ultra 120 extreme EVGA 8800GTS WD6400AAKS RAID 0 Liteon Dvd-RW (IDE ftw)

15-01-2008, 05:05 PM	#9
wuyanxu Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Soton (best Electronics uni in Europe) Posts: 1,445	the key feature about Ultra is that it's got 6 heatpipes. the IFX-14 only have 4, although it's bigger, it can't deliver the heat to the heatsinks as efficient. the XP120 looks very good. this is the first time i've seen it. 6 heatpipes, and airflow towards the motherboard components. only question is whether your case will have enough fans to suck out the hot air afterwards __________________ Core i7 860 @ 4Ghz On Corsair H50 // Asus P7P55D Deluxe // 8GB Corsair Dominators // 5870 1GB XFX + 8800GT (PhysX/CUDA) Asus Xonar D2X // Samsung 64GB SSD + 4TB HDD // Corsair Hx 620w // Antec p182 // Samsung 24inch T240 // Logitech G15+G5 // iPhone 4

15-01-2008, 05:32 PM	#10
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	yer.. but this also has two fins.. hum. I do see your point but technicaly but you do have 8 pips on the IFX-14 but just 4 on each fin.. __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 06:31 PM	#11
Taxation Devotee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Buckinghamshire !!! Posts: 2,441	there will be enough airflow to keep it the motherboard cool and i did say something about this, but about my old motherboard, when i was using watercooling, and it made so much noise i took it out __________________ Core 2 Duo E7200 Corsair TwinX 2GB Kit PC2-8500 256MB 1950xt (oooooh yyyyeeeeaaaa) ThermalTake TR2 Value 500W Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G Core 2 Extreme Socket 775 Intel P35

15-01-2008, 06:49 PM	#12
matz Devotee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reading <--- Novatech Owns! Posts: 2,669	yeah my mate had a problem like that ;( im never gonna go watercooling unless i move to spain has anyone had a q6600 overclocked in the artic? that would be sick. __________________ New sexy rig! Antec Nine hundred Thermaltake 600W Q6600 MSI P35 Neo2 FR 2GB XMS2 (soon 4GB) Thermalright ultra 120 extreme EVGA 8800GTS WD6400AAKS RAID 0 Liteon Dvd-RW (IDE ftw)

15-01-2008, 08:54 PM	#13
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	I would have mine 1M into the ice lol.... then hot water for my tea would be ready after a hard game of C2D __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 09:37 PM	#15
Jonny2Bad Great Sage Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southampton Posts: 6,520	From what ive seen they are no better than an arctic freezer pro tbh, not sure what all the fuss is about these coolers. Look forward to your review GN. __________________

15-01-2008, 09:52 PM	#16
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	no comment.... Yer, ill do a review if you all like.. for novatech. I am buying most from novatech anyways so... Anyways.. PSU. I was after a 1000W PSU apx as then it have more leway... I will be having 4 120mm fans in the case, maybe 6 in the future. 6 hard disks. 2 crossfire fgx cards. two optical drives (maybe a buleray if im bothered, i dont see much use in one) and a few more fans. lol Basicly, i want a very stable PSU that can keep the volts accuret even when undergoing extreem kanege. When I get this system going I will get it going a 24hr stress test via Eurosoft Pc-Check and a further 24hr stress test with Eurosofts QA+Win32 V9 which has not curreclty been lanched, with a volt and system stability app running in the back round. So if anything is out of line, boy o boy this forum will know about it lol. (jok) __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

15-01-2008, 10:14 PM	#17
matz Devotee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reading <--- Novatech Owns! Posts: 2,669	my dad gets pissed off with an unbranded 450W brand that is not even 450W let alone blomen 1000W my dad will go mental when i get 620w corsiar __________________ New sexy rig! Antec Nine hundred Thermaltake 600W Q6600 MSI P35 Neo2 FR 2GB XMS2 (soon 4GB) Thermalright ultra 120 extreme EVGA 8800GTS WD6400AAKS RAID 0 Liteon Dvd-RW (IDE ftw)

16-01-2008, 08:27 AM	#18
GN Dedicated Follower Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 509	Why? I have a 520W corsiar here in the lab and there stable enouth. Best one I have used/got in the lab out of 40+ machines. __________________ MB = Asus Maximus Formula CPU = Intel Q6600. RAM = 4 x DDR2 800MHZ 1GB of G.Skill Ram. HD = 6 x WD SATAII 250GB Drives. 4 are RAID-0. Case = CoolerMaster Stacker STC-01. PSU = Enermax Galaxy 1000 W Power Supply Optical = 2 x LG DVD Drives with all the tassle.. Cooling = HS&F and also 3 x 120mm fans. 3 x 80mm Fans. 2 x XFX ATI HD 5770 GFX Cards in Crossfire.

16-01-2008, 09:23 AM	#19
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