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Plaid13 · 08-03-2006, 03:21 PM

In all honesty... any heatsink you do put on isnt going to help much. 101f is just too hot to run a computer in. 85F is about as hot as they are designed to handle. If you really want that thing to run cooler buy yourself a good window AC unit. If thats not possible try moving the computer into the basement if you have one. IF there is really nothing you can do about the temp in the room the only thing you can do is increase the airflow through the computer. a bigger fan isnt always the answer. sure it will blow alot of air into the case but then that air most likely has trouble getting out so it just spins around inside being hot.

Having too much thermal past is a bad thing btw. but i kinda doubt thats your problem.

My personal fav setup is having a intake fan on the side of the case that has a air duct directing all of that cool air right to the fan over the processor. then a intake fan on the lower front of the case and two exhaust fans in the back of hte case at the top. That way you know all the air being blow over your CPU is as cool as it can possibly be without hurting the air flow to the rest of the case. Its very cheap to set up and has worked wonders on my case. If you want you can make the airduct out of real cheap stuff even. cut up a part of a pop bottle to make the duct and just tape it to the back of the fan.

Not really sure how your case is set up now without pictures or anything but with a air duct right to the cpu as long as air is flowing right from the outside of the case directly onto the cpu thats about as cool as your going to get. Most likely your orginaly heat sink is plenty good. But i dont have any experiance with pentiums just amds. But i know the heat sink and fans that come with AMD are about as good as they get. buying aftermarket one for them is almost always a total waste of money. But if pentium heat sinks are really that much worst then AMDs are and it does help getting a aftermarket one it will just help that much more running a air duct to it. just make sure you have enough exhaust fans on the case to suck all the air out thats being blown in. otherwise air will just stay in the case and heat up.

08-03-2006, 03:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	In all honesty... any heatsink you do put on isnt going to help much. 101f is just too hot to run a computer in. 85F is about as hot as they are designed to handle. If you really want that thing to run cooler buy yourself a good window AC unit. If thats not possible try moving the computer into the basement if you have one. IF there is really nothing you can do about the temp in the room the only thing you can do is increase the airflow through the computer. a bigger fan isnt always the answer. sure it will blow alot of air into the case but then that air most likely has trouble getting out so it just spins around inside being hot. Having too much thermal past is a bad thing btw. but i kinda doubt thats your problem. My personal fav setup is having a intake fan on the side of the case that has a air duct directing all of that cool air right to the fan over the processor. then a intake fan on the lower front of the case and two exhaust fans in the back of hte case at the top. That way you know all the air being blow over your CPU is as cool as it can possibly be without hurting the air flow to the rest of the case. Its very cheap to set up and has worked wonders on my case. If you want you can make the airduct out of real cheap stuff even. cut up a part of a pop bottle to make the duct and just tape it to the back of the fan. Not really sure how your case is set up now without pictures or anything but with a air duct right to the cpu as long as air is flowing right from the outside of the case directly onto the cpu thats about as cool as your going to get. Most likely your orginaly heat sink is plenty good. But i dont have any experiance with pentiums just amds. But i know the heat sink and fans that come with AMD are about as good as they get. buying aftermarket one for them is almost always a total waste of money. But if pentium heat sinks are really that much worst then AMDs are and it does help getting a aftermarket one it will just help that much more running a air duct to it. just make sure you have enough exhaust fans on the case to suck all the air out thats being blown in. otherwise air will just stay in the case and heat up.