Ok, so my setup so far is as follows:
Antec 900 case
Intel C2Q Q6600 G0 SLACR, lapped @3.4Ghz
Asus P5K
HIS Radeon HD380x2
OCZ Gamexsteam 600w
Tuniq Tower 120
4x120mm case fans (3 intake, 1 exhaust)
2x200mm case fan (exhaust)
CPU idle temp - 38C
CPU load temp - 59C
MB temp - 32C
3x HDD's @ 24-26C
The fans are in the standard places for the Antec 900, 2 on the HDD racks acting as intakes, 1 on the back behind the CPU acting as an exhaust and the extra one on the side window blowing onto the GPU. Then the 200mm exhaust above the CPU.
The only problem I have hit so far is that turning the fans on (I have wired them onto switches) causes a 2C temp rise on the CPU cores, though I think I may have put the heatsink back in upside down when I lapped the CPU, causing the fan to work against the 200mm fan.
Lapping the CPU gave me an 8C drop in idle temps and a 10C drop in load temps, which I am pretty chuffed with.
I know the obvious and easiest way to reduce temps anymore is to watercool, but I want to get as much as out of air as possible.
2 improvements i am thinking about at the moment is airflow across the bottom of the case, (top is ok as the window fan half blows above the GPU giving the CPU cool air where it needs it) the HD3870x2 is a big GPU and has pretty much cut the airflow off from the HDD intakes to the exhausts by the CPU, and a better fan for the Tuniq Tower 120.
So 2 questions really:
1) Recommendations for a good fan to put in the Tuniq Tower 120, noise isn't an issue as the computer already sounds like it is trying to take off, price isn't an issue either, as far as i know fans aren't bank breaking?
2) Do any fans/home mods exist that attach fans to empty PCI holes, I'm only using 2 for the GPU so everything below the top PCIe slot is empty.
Antec 900 case
Intel C2Q Q6600 G0 SLACR, lapped @3.4Ghz
Asus P5K
HIS Radeon HD380x2
OCZ Gamexsteam 600w
Tuniq Tower 120
4x120mm case fans (3 intake, 1 exhaust)
2x200mm case fan (exhaust)
CPU idle temp - 38C
CPU load temp - 59C
MB temp - 32C
3x HDD's @ 24-26C
The fans are in the standard places for the Antec 900, 2 on the HDD racks acting as intakes, 1 on the back behind the CPU acting as an exhaust and the extra one on the side window blowing onto the GPU. Then the 200mm exhaust above the CPU.
The only problem I have hit so far is that turning the fans on (I have wired them onto switches) causes a 2C temp rise on the CPU cores, though I think I may have put the heatsink back in upside down when I lapped the CPU, causing the fan to work against the 200mm fan.
Lapping the CPU gave me an 8C drop in idle temps and a 10C drop in load temps, which I am pretty chuffed with.
I know the obvious and easiest way to reduce temps anymore is to watercool, but I want to get as much as out of air as possible.
2 improvements i am thinking about at the moment is airflow across the bottom of the case, (top is ok as the window fan half blows above the GPU giving the CPU cool air where it needs it) the HD3870x2 is a big GPU and has pretty much cut the airflow off from the HDD intakes to the exhausts by the CPU, and a better fan for the Tuniq Tower 120.
So 2 questions really:
1) Recommendations for a good fan to put in the Tuniq Tower 120, noise isn't an issue as the computer already sounds like it is trying to take off, price isn't an issue either, as far as i know fans aren't bank breaking?
2) Do any fans/home mods exist that attach fans to empty PCI holes, I'm only using 2 for the GPU so everything below the top PCIe slot is empty.