dan39
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Post by dan39 on Jun 25, 2004 18:42:04 GMT -5
thats an incredible reduction.
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Post by TRow on Jun 25, 2004 22:49:17 GMT -5
thats an incredible reduction. Not the first time, nor the second time this has happened.....but the 3rd! Who's next? Under a load cpu doesn't go above 42. VERY happy needless to say. I can't help but saying," TOLD YOU!" ;D T.RoW
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Post by Justinhale on Jun 25, 2004 23:02:02 GMT -5
Thats it.....I cant take it anymore. Pencil me in for the 4th person. J.hale
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Post by dano104 on Jun 26, 2004 3:26:31 GMT -5
Yes you did my friend......
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Post by TRow on Jun 26, 2004 12:23:13 GMT -5
Good job btw, Your temps are now lower than custom built PC's. Which reminds me..... If you guys would, please go to MbM Site and Report your Temps: Try to include you have a XPS, with Tt fans, and give your most accurate temps. MBM site supports Intel based PC's. You should see mine on there T.RoW
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Post by dano104 on Jun 26, 2004 18:20:01 GMT -5
Sweet will do, I just braided all the wires in my case ahwile ago, and my new idle temps are 34 cpu 29 system. sweeeeeeet......
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Post by dano104 on Jun 28, 2004 12:00:27 GMT -5
I purchased some 3" vinyl flexible ducting this weekend (white now going to dye fluorescent green) I'm going to try to route it from my hard drive bay fan directly onto HSF and secure with some zip ties. Both fans match each other on cfm's, so the cpu should be breathing pure outside air.
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Post by dano104 on Jun 28, 2004 12:01:21 GMT -5
My wife asked me when enough was enough, "when will you be happy with it", she says. I'm going to re-invent the wheel was my reply. lol.............
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Post by capitolray on Aug 10, 2004 12:12:33 GMT -5
XPS Gen 3 3.4Ghz P4 Extreme 2 GB DDR2 memory Radeon x800 xt video
Question: What is the paper/plastic barrier inside the CPU cowling/between the exhaust fans? What does it do?
Will adding a slot fan help the Radeon run cooler?
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Post by TRow on Aug 11, 2004 3:01:31 GMT -5
Question: What is the paper/plastic barrier inside the CPU cowling/between the exhaust fans? What does it do? Will adding a slot fan help the Radeon run cooler? Dont know, but knowing Dell it serves to cover up a design flaw otherwise overlooked in pre-production. Adding a Slot Fan could help reduce temps of the VGA, but could also have negative effects on other components. The first thing to determine are your Operating Idle and Load Temperatures. Gen3 your probably looking at a 5 1/4 Bay Device that Monitors Temps/ and Controlls Fans. You can always send it back if your not satisfied, or your comfortable with Temps. Im REALLY REALLY interested to see what the Load Temps are on a Gen3 w/ Stock Cooling. T.RoW
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Post by capitolray on Aug 11, 2004 20:24:11 GMT -5
Hey, I got stock cooling plus one 3d cool slotter to perform on a Gen 3 PCI-e 3.4... a little science but good results!
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Post by capitolray on Aug 11, 2004 22:31:51 GMT -5
I will detail my simple mod. please let me know what u think..
Made both fans pull from the Gen-3 ex.
rotated them in 90 degree rotations until the sensors agreed with % input.
blocked right side lower input slot.
Pic's to come.
Temp: maximum @ far cry and Doom 3:
!external monitor
Left: 108.5F 42.6C Right 100.7F 38.1C Input air: 81.3F 27.4C
Added : 3dcool #FC2002B Slot fan to PCI slot #2..
that it.. details to follow!
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Post by TRow on Aug 11, 2004 22:50:36 GMT -5
The temperatures from the external monitor, where are you Probing to get these? What kind of external monitor is it? Its hard to guage from your post where/how your getting the temps. If I had a Gen3 it would probably help:( My concern would be that your getting accurate temps by placing Probes on the CPU, the Memory Modules, and the N.B. or the VGA Core due to the lack of a known Temp Monitoring Program. Be sure your getting Accurate Measurements before adopting your new mod. Exhaust is as much important as Fresh Air Intake. Pics...I love pics, especially moving ones with naked......Nevermind T.RoW
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Post by crusier on Sept 4, 2004 16:49:16 GMT -5
You can get good cpu temps under idle and load by reversing the rear nidecs to blow in instead of exhausting ( this requires that you run with the shroud and it's baffle installed). The fans will no longer be as responsive to cpu temps ( in my case i had removed the fan thermistors and mounted them on pigtails..this allowed for placing them in the heatsink fans for getting a more responsive temp to fan speed increase). The problem result was the chassis becomming a oven and the northbridge getting heated. As I recall the fans were maxed out at around 1800 rpm. This was just one of many different configurations I ran in chasing the XPS cooling. The fans will fight each other a bit more than when they are exhausting ( one running at a higher speed than the other, due to the offset of the fans to the baffles' heatsink opening). The fan contention results in a dual flow thru the slower fan (air flows both ways!). When everything is matched for airflows in and out the rear nidecs almost run synchronously (the chassis needs to have no restrictions)
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