Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 6/30/06, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sean wrote: >> > >> > I recently replaced the fans and heat sinks on my dual opterons to >> > bring the temp down, I was also very much trying to bring the nose >> > level down from the fans. >> > >> > I used 2 copper heat fans with heat pipes from thermaltake, and put >> > some 90 mm fans on each cpu/heatsink. >> > I also put a new case around them to improve air flow. >> > >> > You want more air being pulled out of your box then going in. >> > I manually monitor and control the fan speed and with the new setup I >> > have been able to get the processor fans rpms down to 1800-2000, a >> > real help to reduce noise, with the temp averaging about 46c when >> idle. >> > >> > When I have done something, perhaps emerge some program, whatever, >> > temp goes to about 50-52c. >> > >> > Check the specs on your processor to see what the operating temp range >> > is so you do not burn things up. >> > >> > Hope it helps, >> > Sean >> Well, I have a AMD 2500+ and mine doesn't run near that temp. Just >> plain old air cooling with folding running and I am at 37 and 27. I >> have a ThermalTake 12 on mine. >> >> Why does everybody have these high temps?? >> > > Notebooks are usually hotter than desktops, also, when your room > temperature is about 30C, you will NEVER get 27C on your processor, > and, well, have you consider checking your sensors to see if they're > working fine (maybe checking the BIOS hardware monitor, if available), > cause I never saw a computer running 100% CPU load that does not rise > to 30 or 40C. >
Yep, it is measuring right. I just have good circulation in my case and a good CPU heatsink. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
