Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 11:34:02 09/30/03
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On September 30, 2003 at 13:35:14, Roy Eassa wrote: >Hi folks, > >My 1.2 GHz Athlon system gets too hot inside. > >Even after turning it off, the 4 hard drives are too hot to touch after a couple >minutes. > >This can't be good. :-( > >What's the *easiest* way to make the inside of the case cooler, without having >to mess with the CPU fan (I have no evidence that the CPU itself gets too hot). > >Thanks in advance! Just invest in a quality mid-full tower ATX case and heatsink. My fiance too has an Athlon 1.2GHz and it never gets above 40C with totally silent air-cooling (and an aluminium heatsink). You can get a silent 80mm fan, Thermalright SK7 and that'll fix any CPU cooling issues you may have. As for the case, just get a new one with lots of fans. You can have the best heatsink/fan in the world and it won't make one bit of difference if you're just recirculating the hot air. This is the case my fiance has: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=1&submit=Go&description=SX835II and here are the pictures: http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-129-119-11.jpg/11-129-119-09.JPG/11-129-119-02.JPG/11-129-119-05.JPG/11-129-119-06.JPG/11-129-119-04.JPG/11-129-119-07.JPG/11-129-119-03.JPG/11-129-119-08.JPG/11-129-119-10.JPG It has three 80mm intake fans (one cooling the hard drives), and two 80mm exhaust fans. I think a lot of the reason people whine about Athlons running hotter is they generally buy AMD because it's cheaper, which means they get an inexpensive case, cooling, and other components. ANY setup would run hot if you have a $5 heatsink and no air circulation in the case. Be thankful you don't have a P4, they're even hotter. The classic P4-2GHz was over 100 watts, P4-3.2GHz is 130 watts. Tbird 1.2GHz is only 65 watts. Compare that to an Athlon XP 3200+ @ 76.8 watts.
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