Improve this case for better cooling

Shane

Shane

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Hey guys,

well i would like to try and improve my case cooling....lower my cpu temps,at idle it sits around 41c on both cores which i know for a c2d isnt that great as they usualy run cool.

this is my temp today...note that im Ripping a DVD and just finished playing cod4 so both cores and been used about 50% each.

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my gfx card temps are good,it idles around 41c and never goes over 50c when gaming on cod4,my hard drive temps okay at 37c,its just my cpu temp im not happy with.

heres my case ,recomend any improvements?


Side of case has 2x vent holes,one which is right the side of my AC7 pro.

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i would have thought with the AC7 pushing the air streight out the exhaust fan it would have kept my cpu cool but seems not :cool:





as you can probably see i have a fan (Intake on the front) but its pointless because theres no grills on the front :D

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Back of case,left 2 plates blank for extra air to get in for my 8800GT

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and finaly the front.

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what do you recomend i do guys?
 
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Put the plates back in. It will help keep the temps down believe it or not.

I would put a different CPU cooler on it and a case fan in the side.
 
okay so il put those playes back on,i only got the ac7 pro a month ago going from a crappy akasa cooler which my temps were 51c idle with that pos.

that soon come out and got replaced with the nice quiet ac7.
 
You can try putting in the side fan, and then put another fan in the hole below. And I see that there are no mounting holes... But just make them yourselve?
 
The side fan won't do much as the AC7pro is a tower cooler. I would take out the entire back fan punch out holes and put in a nice grill. And maybe also do some cable management.
 
Oh wait the CPU is running hot, then try adding a fan on the heatsink (on the other side of where the current fan is). If that doesn't work well enough try to add another fan in the back that blows out of the case (try to the top of the case).
 
Right so im going to:

Put the back plates back in.

and take out the entire back fan punch out holes and put in a nice grill :)

anyone think i should replace my IDE cables from my cd drives from that ordinary one to this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124001

Any more ideas appreciated ;)
 
Nevakonaza said:
as you can probably see i have a fan (Intake on the front) but its pointless because theres no grills on the front :D
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Actually it doesn't matter if theres no grill in the front as long as air is coming in the fan somehow such as an opening on the bottom front of the case.

;)

Weird I idle @ ~25C with the AC Freezer 7 Pro
 
Nevakonaza said:
Right so im going to:

Put the back plates back in.

and take out the entire back fan punch out holes and put in a nice grill :)

anyone think i should replace my IDE cables from my cd drives from that ordinary one to this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124001

Any more ideas appreciated ;)
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I bought a rounded cable (IDE) because my ribbon IDE cable was too short. Thhen i went to fry's and just decided to pick up a rounded one.unless an flat ribbon ide cable is seriously jacking u up, it's not worth it.
 
Anyone think a top blow hole may help? I like the side intake fans and put them on all of my cases as they seem to help a pretty good bit. But I do understand that each case is different.

Good luck and I hope you can get your temps down to some you're happy with!
 
Well, if you're willing to cool down your CPU you'd have to get more air passing it.

And if you have fans blowing in it will cool the whole case. If you have fans close to the CPU-Heatsink that blow out (so they take air from inside the case and blow it out) it means that air will rush past the CPU more actively. Therefor most big heatsinks enjoy a so called Negative pressure airflow, which means that there is more air being blown out from the inside then blown in from the outside.

And if the top blowhole is close to the CPU heatsink it will help.
 
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