Cooling

[danb00]

hi im new here, Boardy sent me here



im thinking about getting vapochill is it worth it? what one should i get?

AMD x2 3800 with stock coolers, 1gb ddr ram and a x800gto 256 gcard

current temp is like 27c idel and 40c heavy load

if not how else can i improve cooling in my pc?

 

[LiViNgL@RgE]

Alright mate welcome to the forums

With cooling it depends how extreme you wanna go?

You could go the watercooling route if you like nice & quite, plus you would probably get an extra 100 - 150 Mhz overclock with a good setup!!!

Or the phase change route, either a Prometeia 2 or a vapochill LS, these systems last for years & are great value for money, you can get a £100 cpu & make it run faster than the £700 cpus, with your x2 3800 there is a chance of the dreaded coldbug but not many 3800 suffer from this which is good, with a phase change system you could probably get upto 3Ghz, which will give any system a massive preformance boost!

Hope this helps a bit!

Dave

 

[BigAndy]

What exactly COLDBUG do to your CPU?

 

[K404]

Coldbug stops the onboard memory controller from getting to its highest possible speed. Either that, or wont let the computer boot at all. Theres a temperature threshold on some A64 CPUS, and below this, the HTT stops playing properly.

 

[Xtasy]

What exactly COLDBUG do to your CPU?

often the pc doesnt start, and if he does there are frequently reboots ( i had ervery 30 secs a reboot, a friend only all 5 min)

 

[BigAndy]

Is there some particular AMD CPU's wich suffer from coldbug?

 

[Xtasy]

Is there some particular AMD CPU's wich suffer from coldbug?

the fx57 , an new produced opterons, but there as usuall exeptions

 

[GoLLuM4444]

the fx57 , an new produced opterons, but there as usuall exeptions

Fx57s aren't bad for coldbug until you get to ln2 temps - they fly on cascades. It's AMD dual cores that are worst for coldbug.

 

[scorchio]

Almost all the FX60's suffer from it still a great chip though

P.S Nice to see ya back Gollum thought we had lost ya there

 

[Xtasy]

Fx57s aren't bad for coldbug until you get to ln2 temps - they fly on cascades. It's AMD dual cores that are worst for coldbug.

you are right, i thought fx60 but posted fx57 ^^ sry

 

[fatty]

FX-57 @ -50 ish

 

[BigAndy]

:O Good stuff!

 

[GoLLuM4444]

you are right, i thought fx60 but posted fx57 ^^ sry

Well you were still partially right - my 57 didn't really like -200C LN2.

 

[Xtasy]

lol now ive to correct you ln2 is only about -198 c

 

[GoLLuM4444]

lol now ive to correct you ln2 is only about -198 c

We had the dt200 reading -208C.