Post your CPU Heatsink and northbridge PIC

**Archangel** · 11-15-2006, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jet

Isn't it better to have negative air pressure rather than positive?

wow, no

positive air pressure makes the Fan's run slower ( since there is more air to move on a smaller space ), so the pc will be a bit more silent. also, the air will always leave the case at some point.. however getting air in could be a problem

Edit: the wire management looks much better than in my case =] I still want to pull out my motherboard and put the cables i can behind it

thealmightyone · 11-15-2006, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jet

Isn't it better to have negative air pressure rather than positive?

Any positive air pressure just flows out of the holes.

bumblebee_tuna · 11-15-2006, 04:38 PM

These are some older pics of my case, other than some re-arrangement of some wires though, the my compy has stayed pretty much the same......

Flash off:

Flash on:

I had a closer up picture but I deemed it too blurry for showing......

Even if I wanted to, I don't think I can change out my Northbridge heatsink without either: 1. Some heavy modding, or 2. Taking out the whole mobo......

Jet · 11-15-2006, 04:41 PM

Well, with positive air pressure, there can be "hot spots" where the air flow does not reach, but with negative, there are no spots that are not reached by the airflow...

**Archangel** · 11-15-2006, 04:43 PM

well... that would depend on how you place the components, no? ( and also on how the Fans are located in the case

)

edit: besides... with negative air pressure, there are basicly less molecules to absorb the hear and transport it.. and you cant stop the radiation heat either. from what ive tested so far on my pc, higher air pressure cools better in case ( altough, those fan's cant really do Taht much,.. so its not like it makes a world of a difference

)

Jet · 11-15-2006, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

well... that would depend on how you place the components, no? ( and also on how the Fans are located in the case

)

And how your case is designed. The main thing potential 'hot spot' would be where the optical drives are, and unless you put ten million hard drives there it probably wouldn't be an issue.

**Archangel** · 11-15-2006, 04:48 PM

true.. but who cares if the backside of the dvd-rom player is 30 or 50 degrees? (were 50 would be a real extreme

) it doesnt inflence anything ( not even the lifespan of the player is significantly reduced by a temperature that high)

Jet · 11-15-2006, 04:50 PM

And it is cheap to replace if it fails.

bumblebee_tuna · 11-15-2006, 08:24 PM

Hey, Jet, what kind of PSU you have in that one build? Kinda looks like mine.....

Jet · 11-15-2006, 08:51 PM

It's an Antec SM2.0 400 watt, though now I have an Ultra X2 550w.

11-15-2006, 04:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
bumblebee_tuna Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Age: 19 Posts: 1,326	These are some older pics of my case, other than some re-arrangement of some wires though, the my compy has stayed pretty much the same...... Flash off: Flash on: I had a closer up picture but I deemed it too blurry for showing...... Even if I wanted to, I don't think I can change out my Northbridge heatsink without either: 1. Some heavy modding, or 2. Taking out the whole mobo...... __________________ Dell Inspiron 1520 Jet Black Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz / 2GB DDR2 667MHz / 160GB 7200RPM nVidia GeForce 8600m GT 256MB 15.4" WXGA Anti-glare Display (1280x800) Microsoft Windows Vista Premium w/ Media Direct boot hack into Ubuntu Gutsy Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense. Refrigerator.

11-15-2006, 04:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	Well, with positive air pressure, there can be "hot spots" where the air flow does not reach, but with negative, there are no spots that are not reached by the airflow... __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

11-15-2006, 04:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,068	well... that would depend on how you place the components, no? ( and also on how the Fans are located in the case ) edit: besides... with negative air pressure, there are basicly less molecules to absorb the hear and transport it.. and you cant stop the radiation heat either. from what ive tested so far on my pc, higher air pressure cools better in case ( altough, those fan's cant really do Taht much,.. so its not like it makes a world of a difference ) __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

11-15-2006, 04:48 PM	#17 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,068	true.. but who cares if the backside of the dvd-rom player is 30 or 50 degrees? (were 50 would be a real extreme ) it doesnt inflence anything ( not even the lifespan of the player is significantly reduced by a temperature that high) __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

11-15-2006, 04:50 PM	#18 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	And it is cheap to replace if it fails. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

11-15-2006, 08:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
bumblebee_tuna Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Age: 19 Posts: 1,326	Hey, Jet, what kind of PSU you have in that one build? Kinda looks like mine..... __________________ Dell Inspiron 1520 Jet Black Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz / 2GB DDR2 667MHz / 160GB 7200RPM nVidia GeForce 8600m GT 256MB 15.4" WXGA Anti-glare Display (1280x800) Microsoft Windows Vista Premium w/ Media Direct boot hack into Ubuntu Gutsy Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense. Refrigerator.

11-15-2006, 08:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	It's an Antec SM2.0 400 watt, though now I have an Ultra X2 550w. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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