IMHO the Aopen i915GMm-HFS doesn't read correctly the cpu temperature, take in consideration the same Dothan (1.86 GHz) on a DFI 855GME: the cpu temperature at full load is much lower.

Regarding the cpu cooling I sort it out in this way:



http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=23742

Now I hope Microcool made a NorthPole with a new clip

I did some tests and I report here the results The CPU http://www.oclabs.com/kamel/Chicco/cputype.jpg @ IDLE http://www.oclabs.com/kamel/Chicco/cpuidle.jpg @ FULL LOAD http://www.oclabs.com/kamel/Chicco/cpufull.jpg I'm very glad to have temperatures really lower then stock cooler and a more noiseles...

In these days I'm testing the Pentium M mainboard from Aopen i915GMm-HFS, a really great mainboard for an HTPC system. The only thing unsatisfied me is the satandard cpu cooler. Surfing on forums I noted many users share with me the same feeling. Well I have also a DFI 855GME with latest Microcool c...

This looks interesting: http://www.microcoolsystems.it/inglese/homepage.html I dont't want to discuss here if the active cooling is worth or not on Pentium M systems, but I have the Microcool CoolSystem 855 inside my every day use PC and I can garantee you that the two fans are so noiseless that HD...

I based my system on a Dothan @ 2400 MHz, it is very powerful. I found the original DFI 855GME cooler too noisy and not so good, thus I decided to switch to CoolSystem 855 then I set up everyting inside an Antec Aria case and I fixed the case fan at 5v to reduce the noise. The power consumption is v...