My new HSF...

Apr 8, 2003, 09:27 PM

ok so far i havent seen many wonderful things... with my SK7 and Smartfan 2... i guess my CPU temps are about 10 degrees cooler but i was expecting to probably have my CPU temps go from the regular 51 degrees on my old cooler to about 30-36 degrees on this new one (celsius of course...). But anyways though... yea. I used Antec Reference thermal compound instead of the stuff that came with my Heatsink... should i switch?

shuki · Apr 9, 2003, 02:33 AM

if you wanna hit mid 30's you'll probably have to go with a duct. when hsf just pulls and used inside case temps it is limited how it can perform circulating hot inside pc case air. Now a duct will allow hsf to draw in nice, much cooler (usually lol) ambient air.

http://shukiplace.freeservers.com/Shukii/case3.jpg
http://shukiplace.freeservers.com/Shukii/case2.jpg

dont know if you can click links above but hopefully a cut and paste will do the trick....

Vampyromaniac · Apr 9, 2003, 02:45 AM

Nice, Shuki

Your fan is blowing down onto the CPU, right?
Does that pull in a lot of dust?

shuki · Apr 9, 2003, 03:20 AM

yep fan blowing down. I always have it blowing down. I heard it like this once.... if it were a hot sunny day outside do you want a fan blowing air onto you or "sucking" the hot air off of you... Since then, I've always had them blowing down onto cpu. And it does draw in the duxt but with thumbless screws on side cover, its only about a 3 minute clean job once every few weeks (or as I notice the temp increasing in mbm

)

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 03:20 AM

I did that on my old beater case just for kicks, nothing special, just strictly for kicks. I used window screen to keep it dust free (at least somewhat). It worked well, dropped CPU temp by 4-5C.

shuki · Apr 9, 2003, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
I did that on my old beater case

for this very reason is why I only buy those old beater cases

Cut and hack and mod in "who cares" mode

Vampyromaniac · Apr 9, 2003, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shuki
Cut and hack and mod in "who cares" mode

Same reason I keep an "I don't care" partition with Windows installed there.
Intall any prog, screw with everything, forget defragging, don't worry about viruses or hosing the system, etc.
As the "serious" OS is on another partition

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 09:05 AM

Are you still running your case upside down VAMPY?

~~shai~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 01:50 PM

im below 30 using a delta at full power(i can also set it lower with my nexus)

shuki · Apr 9, 2003, 02:09 PM

hey GS, also keep in mind that if you're using the NF7, it registers right at 7c higher than true temp. So deduct 7c off what ever reported temp you are getting

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 06:45 PM

Whoah.... Shuki. I've found that the NF7-S read 7C higher and the NF7(non S) reads the right temps

Apr 9, 2003, 06:48 PM

ok so wait... DOES it read 7 degrees higher?

Apr 9, 2003, 06:51 PM

because if it does then i have really good temps... about 32 degrees... so which is it? Also i feel my heatsink every once in a while and it doesnt seem that bad...

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 07:26 PM

dude at 32 my hsf feels coold

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 07:29 PM

Heres a pic this thing is a best it heavy as hell and copper....and sound like a freaking jet before i got used to now it not bad at all....i was running a crap hsf before....

Vampyromaniac · Apr 9, 2003, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
Are you still running your case upside down VAMPY?

no, that was a joke

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 9, 2003, 11:54 PM

i thought you were serious... I mean, it is possible to do it.

shuki · Apr 10, 2003, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
Whoah.... Shuki. I've found that the NF7-S read 7C higher and the NF7(non S) reads the right temps

and how exactly did you "find" that the NF7-s reads 7c higher but the nf7(non S) reads the right temps???

I KNOW the nf7-s does because I have that board and personally saw the difference in my rig. I too *THOUGHT* that it was not just the nf7-s as the temp monitoring is the same on both boards and both use the same BIOS wouldn't really make sense that the nf7-s reports high but the nf7 does not....

Euro, where did you read that the ~7c high reported temps were exclusive to the S model and not the standard NF7??

GS - I'm 99.9% sure it applies to both nf7 and nf7-s....

-={420}=- · Apr 10, 2003, 11:38 AM

Obviously the 7 in the name "nf7" means 7° higher

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 10, 2003, 01:24 PM

I know the NF7 (non S) ran 7C cooler cuz I used to own it. I ran it with BIOS 16 for a while. And now I have my NF7-S 1.2 and I run it and it says 7C higher.

shuki · Apr 10, 2003, 02:40 PM

Whoah.... DriveEuro! not that I am calling into question here your fine skill or knowlege but these fine folks all found differntly than you found.....

http://www.amdforums.com/showthread....ight=nf7+temps

GS, I'd say your temps are fine

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 10, 2003, 02:45 PM

Is he running an NF7 or NF7-S ...... cuz I know there are several people who say NF7 when they really mean NF7S. And in my post i meant my NF7 (non S) would report a temp that was more reasonable. The NF7-S reports somewhere close to 7C higher than the NF7 did.

Apr 10, 2003, 09:12 PM

if your talking about me i know its the NF7(non S)

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 11, 2003, 02:55 AM

No, not you. Just people in other forums. They say "NF7" cuz they are too lazy to type that S, or don't know of an NF7 (non S)

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Apr 11, 2003, 04:00 PM

bah as long as it dosent burn its all good