I bought a computer case that has a roughly 3 inch long duct thats connected to the side panel and is aimed directly at the cpu assembly. I think the case is the Foxconn TS-001 or something like that. The problem though is that the duct stops about 2 inches shy of the cpu assembly so the cpu fan sucks in alot of heat from the video card below it. So what I did was mold some cardboard to the end of the duct so that it now almost touches the cpu fan. Well before I did this the cpu temp. was reading about 45 deg. celcius at idle but now reads about 36 deg. at idle. So a drop of almost 10 deg. celcius is rather large and thought you guys might like to know that running a duct from the side panel straight to the cpu fan will provide some great cooling even for the stock heatsink and fan setup.
Remember that I said was using the stock heatsink and fan assembly and its for the core2duo E8400. I'm sure others have gotten similar if not lower temperatures with the stock fan and heatsink but I thought the drop in temperature I experienced was worth sharing.
Remember that I said was using the stock heatsink and fan assembly and its for the core2duo E8400. I'm sure others have gotten similar if not lower temperatures with the stock fan and heatsink but I thought the drop in temperature I experienced was worth sharing.
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