Lol, so quick question should I have the fan (blade side) facing towards the back of the pc or towards the front? Seems like the back would be best seeing as there is another fan on the back right where it would be... Or would it be best to be facing the front so it has a fan hitting on both sides?
Upgraded to AMD Phenom II from Athlon II and now I can't install the new heatsink...
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Lol, so quick question should I have the fan (blade side) facing towards the back of the pc or towards the front? Seems like the back would be best seeing as there is another fan on the back right where it would be... Or would it be best to be facing the front so it has a fan hitting on both sides?
You want the actual fan facing towards the front of the case and the fins facing the rear of the case so the hot air blows towards the back and out the rear exhaust fan.
Thank you guys so much! I would of never figured this out without your alls help! Here's the finished product:
http://pbckt.com/p8.uGQZHg
So now voyager, what upgrade should I save up for next?
FuryRosewood
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835119102
could pop that on the other end of the cpu cooler for a push pull, would need one of these though:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189063
Not sure how much help it would do, the case is really small, might do no good, I would not suggest much more in terms of upgrades, only thing you could really do is a SSD or a faster GPU at this point. SSD will require a OS reinstall.
could pop that on the other end of the cpu cooler for a push pull, would need one of these though:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189063
Not sure how much help it would do, the case is really small, might do no good, I would not suggest much more in terms of upgrades, only thing you could really do is a SSD or a faster GPU at this point. SSD will require a OS reinstall.
What SSD would be the best to get? I wanna start building my own pc and I'll use this with my dell for now and then transfer it over. So what would be top of the line?
Any of the Crucial M4's woud do nicely.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=Internal-SSD&Order=RATING
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=Internal-SSD&Order=RATING
MyCattMaxx
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Let us know what your new temps are will ya?
I didnt get to play much last night after I installed the heatsink, but when I was playing it was ranging between 35-55 and the high was 60c. That's pretty good right?
Much better. My 965 with the Cooler Master Hyper N cooler idles around 36-38 and maxes at about 50 when gaming.