how to cool AMD Phenom II 940 / asus M3A78-EM?

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AlpineCarver
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how to cool AMD Phenom II 940 / asus M3A78-EM?

Post by AlpineCarver » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:42 pm

i'm planning a "multi-personality" build with swappable disk drives, using the following components:

motherboard - asus M3A78-EM
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz AM2+ 125W
memory - Crucial 2x2GB Unbuffered ECC DDR2-800 1.8V CL=6
hard disk - hitachi 320GB 7200rpm 2.5â€
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Post by thejamppa » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:45 pm

Hi!

You may want to try ducting Ninja on rear fan. That gives excellent results without adding fans. HR-01+ is good choice, but since AMD's attachment method rarely allows rotating fan sinks, you need for 01+ a AMD board which has attach ment screws front-back and not most common up-down, making ducting far easier.

That Phenom is hot processor though. Its doable with ducting etc but putting like 500 rpm fan on Heatsinks gives no audiable increase in noise and makes drastic improvements in temperatures.

AlpineCarver
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Post by AlpineCarver » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:39 pm

finally got the system put together.
see my latest post in the general gallery.

i decided to use an Antec Mini P180, which turned out to be a good choice.

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