THEpiGUY
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Alright, my birthday is coming up in about a month, and I really wanted to upgrade my cooling. Right now, I've got lots of fans going and I've tried very many combinations and have yet to get good CPU temperatures. Right now, without any overclocking whatsoever, my CPU idles at 36-37*C, and at load is about 47. For what I'm used to, that's decent, but when I overclock to 2.8GHz temperatures may reach as high as 52-53*C. So (I need to change my sig) right now I'm at 2.4GHz, stock. This all mainly started when I changed out my PSU; my new one's so quiet and doesn't move as much air. So I'm considering a few options to help improve my cooling. My ambient air temperature is about 22*C; that's what it says above my heatsink anyways.
1) Get a new case: from a Raidmax Ninja to a NZXT Zero. 1 80mm side fan to 4 120mm side fans. 1 92mm exhaust fan (a really powerful one though) to 2 120mm exhaust fans. 0 top and bottom fans to 1 of each. That should allow for a better cooling environment, not to mention that the new case looks really cool IMO and has a lot of space to work with being a full tower.
2) This would be my preference, but my only concern is the price. I want to get a good liquid cooling or possibly phase change kit, but I think the latter is way out of my budget. I'm thinking around $200, but I may be able to stretch that to $300 with a little bit of my money. And $300 is really pushing it, so even $10 more than that is too much. I'm going for cool; noise is not at all an issue. I want a good cooling kit, not just a 36*C idle temperature kit. I don't know too much about liquid cooling, so any recommendations on what's good would be great. Also, I don't know where to get phase change; I checked Newegg and Monarch and couldn't find any, though I think it costs too much to consider anyway.
And if I go with this option, I'll be selling my AC Freezer 64 Pro, which seems to be a good HSF, but I think my room is too hot for it to be great.
I look forward to some recommendations, and thank you all for all the help you've given me. Forums like this are really a great asset.
1) Get a new case: from a Raidmax Ninja to a NZXT Zero. 1 80mm side fan to 4 120mm side fans. 1 92mm exhaust fan (a really powerful one though) to 2 120mm exhaust fans. 0 top and bottom fans to 1 of each. That should allow for a better cooling environment, not to mention that the new case looks really cool IMO and has a lot of space to work with being a full tower.
2) This would be my preference, but my only concern is the price. I want to get a good liquid cooling or possibly phase change kit, but I think the latter is way out of my budget. I'm thinking around $200, but I may be able to stretch that to $300 with a little bit of my money. And $300 is really pushing it, so even $10 more than that is too much. I'm going for cool; noise is not at all an issue. I want a good cooling kit, not just a 36*C idle temperature kit. I don't know too much about liquid cooling, so any recommendations on what's good would be great. Also, I don't know where to get phase change; I checked Newegg and Monarch and couldn't find any, though I think it costs too much to consider anyway.
And if I go with this option, I'll be selling my AC Freezer 64 Pro, which seems to be a good HSF, but I think my room is too hot for it to be great.
I look forward to some recommendations, and thank you all for all the help you've given me. Forums like this are really a great asset.
