Cooling Questions

I've just slightly improved the cooling in my PC by adding an 80mm x 80mm
exhaust fan to the rear of the case, so I've got a few questions...

- Is 60*C too hot for an Athlon XP 2000+? It's sitting at that constantly.

- Is 42*C too hot for a 7200RPM 60 Gig HD?

- I understand that the best solution for Athlon XPs is to have a fans that
sucks air in on the lower front of the case and a fan that blows it out on
the rear. My case has the screw holes and vent on the rear (so I've fitted a
fan), but no such vent on the front. Can anyone suggest a solution as to how
I can get a fan to suck cool air into the machine in order to improve the
air flow?

- Do the 5.25" drive bay coolers that you can buy suck air in or blow it
out?

- Any other suggestion as to how I can cool my PC down without too much cost
or fan noise?

TIA

Jame said:

I've just slightly improved the cooling in my PC by adding an 80mm x 80mm
exhaust fan to the rear of the case, so I've got a few questions...

- Is 60*C too hot for an Athlon XP 2000+? It's sitting at that constantly.

- Is 42*C too hot for a 7200RPM 60 Gig HD?

- I understand that the best solution for Athlon XPs is to have a fans that
sucks air in on the lower front of the case and a fan that blows it out on
the rear. My case has the screw holes and vent on the rear (so I've fitted a
fan), but no such vent on the front. Can anyone suggest a solution as to how
I can get a fan to suck cool air into the machine in order to improve the
air flow?

Fix a fan "back to front", then instead of blowing out of the case, it will suck
in.


- Do the 5.25" drive bay coolers that you can buy suck air in or blow it
out?

- Any other suggestion as to how I can cool my PC down without too much cost
or fan noise?

TIA

"Jame" wrote in message
...
I've just slightly improved the cooling in my PC by adding an 80mm x 80mm
exhaust fan to the rear of the case, so I've got a few questions...

- Is 60*C too hot for an Athlon XP 2000+? It's sitting at that constantly.

60 degrees is WAY too hot, mines at about 42 while encoding some video at
the moment. Drops to about 38 on idle.

- Is 42*C too hot for a 7200RPM 60 Gig HD?

Thats about right


Hamman

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:58:21 -0000, "Brian H¹©"
wrote:

Jame said:

I've just slightly improved the cooling in my PC by adding an 80mm x 80mm
exhaust fan to the rear of the case, so I've got a few questions...

- Is 60*C too hot for an Athlon XP 2000+? It's sitting at that constantly.

- Is 42*C too hot for a 7200RPM 60 Gig HD?

- I understand that the best solution for Athlon XPs is to have a fans that
sucks air in on the lower front of the case and a fan that blows it out on
the rear. My case has the screw holes and vent on the rear (so I've fitted a
fan), but no such vent on the front. Can anyone suggest a solution as to how
I can get a fan to suck cool air into the machine in order to improve the
air flow?

Fix a fan "back to front", then instead of blowing out of the case, it will suck
in.

Bad idea, that will further reduce airflow past the hard drives.

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:38:27 -0000, "HamMan"
wrote:

- Is 60*C too hot for an Athlon XP 2000+? It's sitting at that constantly.

60 degrees is WAY too hot, mines at about 42 while encoding some video at
the moment. Drops to about 38 on idle.

thats because his MoBo measures from onDie diode & yours not ...

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