Okay here goes. Im opting for water cooling, and read plenty about how $100 to $150 water cooling systems, and all in one solutions aren't the best ways to go.
Why? I ran OCCT and didn't like the results, yet I shouldn't have really expected much for what I have anyways.
I have a Thermaltake MiniTyphoon and replaced the fan with a 90mm Blue Eye led case fan by TT as well with a cfm range of 24.6 ~ 78.7.
Airflow is great, I have a TT Armor with 2 I-cages for front intake with fans replaced with TT's 120mm blue eye led fans with cfm range of 38.6 ~ 93.7
sadly I bought this case before they came out with the 250mm side fan version
Anyways on to the results, room temp at ~27 celcius with all fans on low, my cores idle at 40c and 31c, at full load max temps are 65c and 66c
with all fans on max, I idle at 36c and 26c, and at full load max temps are 53c and 52c
"Edit: mind you on max it almost sounds like a small hand vacuum"
I would have a bigger heatsink except I have annoying limitations, my northbridge is ridiculously close to the cpu itself (Gigabyte GA MA770-DS3) and I have a noctua NC-U6 on it just to make matters worse hence my opting for a water cooling solution.
Here's what I mean...
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn368/De_Associate/P1020702.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn368/De_Associate/P1020703.jpg
What kind of cooling do you think I could expect from a TT Bigwater 760i, I can get it here (Canada btw) for about $155, or should I just scrap my mobo for a more conviniently built one (with a southbridge not right next to my small 3650 which kills getting anything longer to add to the nb in the way) and get a real heatsink and only spend about 60 more in total.
This board wouldnt be a problem for needing bigger sinks than the puny stock 3 to 8 mm thin heatsinks it came with if they didnt heat up to 50+ freeking degrees, yes thats right, even the sb heats up like hell, without using on board sound btw, I guess gigabyte didn't figure a 1 inch squared 3mm tall heatsink was underkill
but i needed a quick cheap solution to upgrading to pcie and it was this, or waiting for my dumb local store for 2 weeks to get an msi cf-f.
If anyone is to suggest a new board, no I dont ever plan to crossfire or sli, and since i have an am2 cpu i think il stick with that type.
Thank you
Why? I ran OCCT and didn't like the results, yet I shouldn't have really expected much for what I have anyways.
I have a Thermaltake MiniTyphoon and replaced the fan with a 90mm Blue Eye led case fan by TT as well with a cfm range of 24.6 ~ 78.7.
Airflow is great, I have a TT Armor with 2 I-cages for front intake with fans replaced with TT's 120mm blue eye led fans with cfm range of 38.6 ~ 93.7
sadly I bought this case before they came out with the 250mm side fan version
Anyways on to the results, room temp at ~27 celcius with all fans on low, my cores idle at 40c and 31c, at full load max temps are 65c and 66c
with all fans on max, I idle at 36c and 26c, and at full load max temps are 53c and 52c
"Edit: mind you on max it almost sounds like a small hand vacuum"
I would have a bigger heatsink except I have annoying limitations, my northbridge is ridiculously close to the cpu itself (Gigabyte GA MA770-DS3) and I have a noctua NC-U6 on it just to make matters worse hence my opting for a water cooling solution.
Here's what I mean...
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn368/De_Associate/P1020702.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn368/De_Associate/P1020703.jpg
What kind of cooling do you think I could expect from a TT Bigwater 760i, I can get it here (Canada btw) for about $155, or should I just scrap my mobo for a more conviniently built one (with a southbridge not right next to my small 3650 which kills getting anything longer to add to the nb in the way) and get a real heatsink and only spend about 60 more in total.
This board wouldnt be a problem for needing bigger sinks than the puny stock 3 to 8 mm thin heatsinks it came with if they didnt heat up to 50+ freeking degrees, yes thats right, even the sb heats up like hell, without using on board sound btw, I guess gigabyte didn't figure a 1 inch squared 3mm tall heatsink was underkill
but i needed a quick cheap solution to upgrading to pcie and it was this, or waiting for my dumb local store for 2 weeks to get an msi cf-f.
If anyone is to suggest a new board, no I dont ever plan to crossfire or sli, and since i have an am2 cpu i think il stick with that type.
Thank you