Replacing TIM

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Garp

Indeed.. it'll be the same info. The only time a note of caution is needed is in pointless comparisons with other PCs. Unless its the same motherboard any comparison is null because no two motherboards ever seem to be calibrated the same way. The main thing I do with every rig is figure out what my typical idle temp is and compare the full load temp. My shuttle is doing reasonably well in that it seems to show only a 8 degree increase in temps between idle and full load, and thats without the CPU fans going up to crazy speeds and noise level. My GFX card makes the most noise in the box, and even thats nice under idle. On my other identical shuttle that just uses its integrated gfx card I have to double check to see if its even switched on

PCProbe shows my idle temp to be 24C and full load temp to be 51C - which seems like a big jump, unless you take into account that it is an overclocked, quad core radiator. Coupled with the overclocked, 8800GTX radiator below it, it's hardly surprising that the inside of the case gets extremely toasty. As a consequence of this, I prefer to leave the side off the case (especially at this time of year) - the Akasa Eclipse may be a big case with loads of space inside but the airflow must be truly horrendous (it's very neat inside, before anyone asks - I made a special effort with it). I really must get a case with better airflow - any suggestions anybody?
It must be big enough to take an 8800GTX (it's surprising how many cases aren't).

Stan

Edit: @ Feek for that truly terrible joke.

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