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Cooling
I finally got around to moving my Cooler Master Hyper TX3 to my new rig, replacing the stock fan, but I'm not impressed with the temperature difference. With the stock fan, I was running @ 36 degrees idle, and 56 degrees loaded. With the CM cooler I'm getting 34 degrees idle, and 54 degrees loaded...not much of a difference. At least not nearly as much as I got with that cooler on my old rig.
I have been wanting to experiment with some minor overclocking tweaks...primarily with the RAM, but since the max temp on this processor is only 62 degrees, I'm not comfortable with the idea. I don't even like it that close to max without overclocking.
Therefore, I'm considering something different in cooling, but am not sure what? Is there a fan type cooler that would make much of a difference over what I have? Would water cooling the CPU make that much of a difference? I would like to get the loaded temp down 20 degrees below max, if possible.
Last edited by seekermeister; 03 Jul 2011 at 20:24.