Passive cooled opteron, borderline temps
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:01 am
My previous machine was noisy, and I found myself using it for music production. Obviously not good, so...
I've built a machine, completely passive cooling with a custom (from scratch) case. Open top, big vents at the bottom, aluminium.
Can't find the camera so mockup at www (dot) foolswood (dot) co (dot) uk (slash) dumpground (slash) 4lk.jpg (first post so no links)
It is 50cm high, 55cm deep and 24cm wide.
Silverstone Nightjar 400w psu
Opty 2423 (55w tdp) w/ Thermalright HR01-X
Tyan mobo (amd SR5690 chipset) w/ Thermalright HR05-IFX
8G ram
Kingston vnow ssd (still to add)
I have a geforce 210 (to add)
In the bios temp monitor, the cpu settles at the 54/55C boundary and the northbridge settles at 61/62C.
You can feel the airflow it is generating well before these temps.
It seems a bit too warm to me. Any ideas?
p.s. I have been offered free peltiers, if that stands a chance of working.
I've built a machine, completely passive cooling with a custom (from scratch) case. Open top, big vents at the bottom, aluminium.
Can't find the camera so mockup at www (dot) foolswood (dot) co (dot) uk (slash) dumpground (slash) 4lk.jpg (first post so no links)
It is 50cm high, 55cm deep and 24cm wide.
Silverstone Nightjar 400w psu
Opty 2423 (55w tdp) w/ Thermalright HR01-X
Tyan mobo (amd SR5690 chipset) w/ Thermalright HR05-IFX
8G ram
Kingston vnow ssd (still to add)
I have a geforce 210 (to add)
In the bios temp monitor, the cpu settles at the 54/55C boundary and the northbridge settles at 61/62C.
You can feel the airflow it is generating well before these temps.
It seems a bit too warm to me. Any ideas?
p.s. I have been offered free peltiers, if that stands a chance of working.