Cases and Cooling Database

[mystifmagic]

This thread was created to provide a database of information based on what types of cooling members are using. This database will also help members make informed decisions on their future purchases of cooling products. Thanks to number1sixerfan for the idea of this thread.


Please supply the following information:


CPU:
Current CPU Speed:
Current VCore:
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer:
Video Card Model/Manufacturer:
Case:
Case Cooling Mods:
Power Supply:
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling):
Heatsink/Waterblock:
Heatsink Fan Specs:
Thermal Paste:
Number of Case Fans:
Fan Controller:
Ambient Temp:
Case temp:
Cpu Idle temp:
Cpu Load temp:
Northbridge Cooling:
GPU Cooling:
Video Memory Cooling:


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[mystifmagic]

CPU: AMD Barton 2500+
Current CPU Speed: 2400Mhz
Current VCore: 1.90v
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Epox 8K5A2+
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: ATI Radeon 9800NP
Case: Lian-Li PC70
Case Cooling Mods: 120mm top blow hole with 120mm 131Cfm Delta
Power Supply: 400w Antec PP412X (vrail modded)
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air Cooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Alpha PAL8045
Heatsink Fan Specs: Delta 80mm 80Cfm
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3
Number of Case Fans: 18
Fan Controller: Pcmods.com RheoBus v2.0
Ambient Temp: 22c
Case temp: 28c
Cpu Idle temp: 34c
Cpu Load temp: 40c
Northbridge Cooling: 2CoolTek Wingfin HS with 40mm Sunon fan
GPU Cooling: stock
Video Memory Cooling: stock

18 Case fans = All the fans in my case aside from the NB, PSU, and GPU.

[number1sixerfan]

CPU:XP2400 tbred
Current CPU Speed:2ghz
Current VCore:default
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer:Epox 8rda
Video Card Model/Manufacturer:Nvidia Geforce ti4600
Case:Chenming full server case
Case Cooling Mods:Top 120mm blowhole
Power Supply:Antec 350w switching psu
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling):Watercooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Dangerden Maze3 w/acrylic top
Heatsink Fan Specs:120mm 130cfm @48dba(radiator fan)
Thermal Paste:Shin Etsu
Number of Case Fans:7
Fan Controller:Silver Sunbeam
Ambient Temp:30c
Case temp:35c
Cpu Idle temp:38c
Cpu Load temp:44c
Northbridge Cooling:Stock hs w/60mm fan attached
GPU Cooling:Stock
Video Memory Cooling:Generic heatsinks

[Ashpool]

CPU: Venice 3000+
Current CPU Speed: 1.81GHz
Current VCore: 1.45V
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: 9NPA+ Ultra / EpoX
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: nVidia 6600GT / Leadtek
Case: Lian Li PC-71
Case Cooling Mods: 2 top fans (120mm), drilled out back fan ports, all black, grills and all (I still have the side holes, but they now have filters only)
Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling 510 SLI (510W)
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Stock
Heatsink Fan Specs: Stock
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5
Number of Case Fans: 8
Fan Controller: N/A
Ambient Temp: Hell should I know!
Case temp: 28C
Cpu Idle temp: Unknown
Cpu Load temp: Unknown
Northbridge Cooling: Zalman Passive (Blue)
GPU Cooling: Stock
Video Memory Cooling: Stock

[xelaeel]

This can answer a lot of questions

CPU: Athlon 2400+
Current CPU Speed: 2377Mhz
Current VCore:1.85V
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: NF7-S Rev 2/Abit
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Radeon 9700/ATi
Case: Antec Plusview 1000AMG
Case Cooling Mods: None
Power Supply: Thermaltake PurePower 420W
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air Cooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Thermalright SLK-947U
Heatsink Fan Specs: 92mm Vantac Tornado 119CFM
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3
Number of Case Fans: 5
Fan Controller: Vantec Nexus 205
Ambient Temp: 20
Case temp: 19
Cpu Idle temp: 29
Cpu Load temp: 38
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Zalman H80-C
Video Memory Cooling: 4xOCZ Copper Ramsink, 8xCoolermaster Copper Ramsink

[icecube_of_death]

CPU: XP1700+
Current CPU Speed: 2409MHz (219x11)
Current VCore: 1.75V
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Abit NF7-S
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: MSI Ti4200
Case: Some random stuff
Case Cooling Mods: Both side panels off, Dual Vantec Stealths on the motherboard side of the case as exhaust and desk fan as intake on the other side
Power Supply: More random stuff
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air
Heatsink/Waterblock: SK-7
Heatsink Fan Specs: TT SmartFan2 20.55-75.7 CFM
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver Ceramique
Number of Case Fans: 4 + side desk fan
Fan Controller: None
Ambient Temp: 20C
Case temp: 15C idle 18C load
Cpu Idle temp: 33C
Cpu Load temp: 40C
Northbridge Cooling: Vantec Icerberq Copper
Southbridge Cooling: Stock Abit Northbridge cooler
GPU Cooling: TT Giant II
Video Memory Cooling: Custom Ramsinks (Arctic silver adhesive)

[schultz]

excellent idea!

CPU: Athlon XP 1700+
Current CPU Speed: 2075MHz
Current VCore: 1.5
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Epox 8RDA+
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: ASUS GForce4 TI4200 128mb
Case: Chieftek AX-01BLD
Case Cooling Mods: None ATM (blow-hole and others coming soon)
Power Supply: Austin 450W
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: SLK-800
Heatsink Fan Specs: Sunon Tornado 84.1 cfm (80x80x38)mm
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver Ceramique
Number of Case Fans: 4
Fan Controller: Sunbeam Rheobus
Ambient Temp: Approx. 20C
Case temp: 22-23C
Cpu Idle temp: Unsure (been folding for too long)
Cpu Load temp: 35C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Removed stock fan and have 2 80mm blowing on it (Sapasion 20 min. mod)
Video Memory Cooling: Same as above (if that counts)

[XP1800]

CPU: XP2100+
Current CPU Speed: 2.25 Ghz
Current VCore: 1.65
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Epox 8RDA+
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Abit GeForce3
Case: Cheiftec
Case Cooling Mods: Top blowhole and cut out stock fan grilles
Power Supply: Enermax 350 watt FMA
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Thermalright SKL-800A
Heatsink Fan Specs: Thermaltake Smarfan2 @ 3200 rpm
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3
Number of Case Fans: 8
Fan Controller: Sunbeam
Ambient Temp: ~70F
Case temp: 29C
Cpu Idle temp: 32C
Cpu Load temp: 39C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock Epox heatsink
GPU Cooling: Thermaltake Crystal Orb
Video Memory Cooling: Stock Abit RAM sinks

[imayoda]

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8c
Current CPU Speed: 2.806ghz
Current VCore: 1.550v
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Gainward Geforce FX 5900 Ultra
Case: Antec 1040
Case Cooling Mods: 80mm Vantec Tornado on side panel for added video card cooling.
Power Supply: Antec 430watt True Power
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Intel Heatsink
Heatsink Fan Specs: Intel 80mm Heatsink fan
Thermal Paste: Intel Thermal Pad
Number of Case Fans: 3
Fan Controller: None
Ambient Temp: 26C
Case temp: 35C
Cpu Idle temp: Unknown, as it never runs idle.
Cpu Load temp: 39C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
GPU IdleTemp: 47C
GPU Load Temp: 55C
Video Memory Cooling: Stock

[Fiero]

CPU: Athlon 2600XP
Current CPU Speed: 2.08HZ
Current VCore: stock
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: 87N8X Deluxe NFORCE2/ Asus
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Nvidia GeForce Ti-4200 64MB/MSI
Number of Hard drives:2: 40GB 7200 RPM PATA, 20GB 7200RPM PATA
Case: Falcon Northwest Mach V Case Non-Aluminum
Case Cooling Mods: none
Power Supply: 300watt Enermax
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air-cooled
Heatsink/Waterblock: Coolermaster Alps HHC-L61
Heatsink Fan Specs: 60x60x25mm, 3000RPM, 14.3CFM, 25.5 dBA
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3 (I put too much on)
Number of Case Fans: 2 total: 1 intake, 1 exhaust
Case Fan Spec: Intake and Exhaust:Adda 80mm, estimate around 30CFM at about 30dBA
Fan Controller: None
Ambient Temp: 75 degrees
Case temp: Unknown
Cpu Idle temp: 49-51C
Cpu Load temp: 55-60C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
Video Memory Cooling:Stock
GPU Idle Temp: Unknown
GPU Load Temp: Unknown
Hard Drive Cooling:: Stock Front Fan
Other Cooling: None
Comment: The CPU temp is high, but still within XP tolerances if you don't overclock. I have seen no instability because of it.

System 2 Project Serenity

CPU: Athlon 2600 XP Thoroughbred
Current CPU Speed: 2.08
Current VCore: stock
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Asus A7N8X Deluxe NFORCE 2
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: HIS 9800PRO 128MB
Number of Hard drives:1: 74GB Raptor, 300GB Maxtor, 80GB WD PATA
Case: Lian Li PC-65
Case Cooling Mods: Added Second CPU exaust Fan. All SilenX Fans.
Power Supply: 400 Watt Vantec ION
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air-cooled
Heatsink/Waterblock: Thermalright 948U
Heatsink Fan Specs: 92MM SilenX Fan 36CFM at 14dBA
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver V
Number of Case Fans: 5 total: 2 front intake, 2 rear exhaust, 1 blowhole, NOTE the VGA SILENCER works as an exhaust as well.
Case Fan Spec: All SilenX 80MM 18 to 28 CFM at 11 to 14dBA
Fan Controller: Fans have them built in.
Ambient Temp: 75 degrees
Case temp: 24-25C
Cpu Idle temp: 35-36C
Cpu Load temp: 41-42C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock - Passive
GPU Cooling: VGA Silencer
Video Memory Cooling: Heatsinks
GPU Idle Temp: Unknown
GPU Load Temp: Unknown
Hard Drive Cooling:: Stock Front Fans
Other Cooling: None
Comment: This system was designed to be quiet while still maintaining a good overclock. Detail of the build are in my sig. Runs great overall and is so quiet that most people have too look for the case lights to see if it's on or not.


System 3
B]CPU:[/B] Athlon 2500XP Barton
Current CPU Speed: 1.83HZ
Current VCore: stock
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Shuttle AN35(N) 400
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Nvidia GeForce Ti-4200 64MB/MSI
Number of Hard drives:1: 30GB 7200 RPM PATA
Case: Aspire X-Alien Silver Steel Server Case
Case Cooling Mods: none
Power Supply: 420 Watt Aspire with 3 80mm fans
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air-cooled
Heatsink/Waterblock: Zalman CNPS7000 AL-CU
Heatsink Fan Specs: 92MM 20 to 25dBA.
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver V
Number of Case Fans: 4 total: 1 front intake,1 side intake over GPU, 1 rear exhaust, 1 blowhole
Case Fan Spec: Side/Blowhole: Aspire 32CFM/25dBA, Intake/Rear Exhaust: Coolermaster 32.5CFM/25dBA
Fan Controller: Cobalt Pyramid Automatic Fan controller
Ambient Temp: 75 degrees
Case temp: Unknown
Cpu Idle temp: 29-31C
Cpu Load temp: 35-40C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
Video Memory Cooling:Side blowhole
GPU Idle Temp: Unknown
GPU Load Temp: Unknown
Hard Drive Cooling:: Stock Front Fan
Other Cooling: None
Comment: System runs very cool and is pretty quiet. The Pyramid Fan controller is almost always using a low setting for the speed of the fans. Have tested overclocks as high as 2400mhz range with out signifigant difference in temps.

[thebove]

CPU: AMD Athlon XP2500+
Current CPU Speed: 2200Mhz
Current VCore: 1.7v
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: ABit NF7-S v2.0
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: BBA radeon 9800np
Case: Enermax CS-003-A102
Case Cooling Mods: 3x120mm 80cfm side panel exhaust, 2x120mm 80cfm top panel exhaust, 1x120mm 80cfm front intake, all stamped fan grills removed, bottom and lower front lip of front bezel opened/widened for airflow to front 120mm
Power Supply: Antec 430watt True Power
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): air
Heatsink/Waterblock: SLK-947U
Heatsink Fan Specs: Thermaltake 92mm, 53cfm, 35dba
Thermal Paste: AS5
Number of Case Fans: 8
Fan Controller: single 5v/12v switch for all 120mm case fans
Ambient Temp: not sure, but it's WARM 75F or higher
Case temp: 32C
Cpu Idle temp: Never idle
Cpu Load temp: 43C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
GPU IdleTemp: unknown
GPU Load Temp: unknown
Video Memory Cooling: Stock

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[DoZeR]

CPU: Athlon XP 2100+
Current CPU Speed: 2.2 Ghz
Current VCore:1.60
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Asus A7V8X
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Sapphire Radeon 9800 np
Case: Antec SLK3600AMB
Case Cooling Mods: n/a
Power Supply: Antec 350
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: SLK 900A
Heatsink Fan Specs: 92 MM Panaflo
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver Ceramique
Number of Case Fans: 6
Fan Controller: Sunbeam
Ambient Temp: 21 c
Case temp: 32 c
Cpu Idle temp: 27 c
Cpu Load temp: 32 c
Northbridge Cooling: stock
GPU Cooling:stock
Video Memory Cooling: none

[Vizer]

CPU: AMD Athlon XP2500+
Current CPU Speed: 2.2Ghz
Current VCore: 1.85
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Abit NF7S v2.0
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: Sapphire ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
Case: Lian Li PC70U
Case Cooling Mods: N/A
Power Supply: Antec TrueControl 550Watt
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Air
Heatsink/Waterblock: Swiftech MCX462-V
Heatsink Fan Specs: Vantec Tornado 92mm
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver Ceramique
Number of Case Fans: Stock PC70 (4 * 80mm)
Fan Controller: Coolermaster Aerogate II
Ambient Temp: 29C
Case temp: 33C
Cpu Idle temp: 38C
Cpu Load temp: 43C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
Video Memory Cooling: Stock...

[Colossus]

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8c
Current CPU Speed: 3.64GHz
Current VCore: 1.60v
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: ABIT IC7-G
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: ATI Radeon 9800Pro
Case: Antec 830
Case Cooling Mods: Not talented enough for mods
Power Supply: Antec 431watt True Power
Type of Cooling (i.e. aircooling/watercooling): Aircooling
Heatsink/Waterblock: Thermalright SLK-900
Heatsink Fan Specs: Vantec Tornado 92mm
Thermal Paste: Artic Silver 5 or Creamique
Number of Case Fans: 5
Fan Controller: Vantec Nexus
Ambient Temp: 25C
Case temp: 31C
Cpu Idle temp: 39C
Cpu Load temp: 43C
Northbridge Cooling: Stock
GPU Cooling: Stock
GPU IdleTemp: 32C
GPU Load Temp: 50C
Video Memory Cooling: Stock

That is about right

[serotone9]

CPU: AMD Barton 2500+
Current CPU Speed: 2266Mhz
Current VCore: 1.85v
Motherboard Model/Manufacturer: Epox 8RDA+
Video Card Model/Manufacturer: ATI Radeon 8500LE
Case: Coolermaster ATC-201
Case Cooling Mods: 80mm top blowhole (stock)
Power Supply: 350w Antec
Type of Cooling: Air
Heatsink/Waterblock: Thermalright AX-7
Heatsink Fan Specs: YS Tech 46cfm
Thermal Paste: AS3
Number of Case Fans: 1
Fan Controller: Coolermaster Aerogate I
Ambient Temp: 21.5c
Case temp: 28.5c
Cpu Idle temp: 34c
Cpu Load temp: 46c
Northbridge Cooling: stock
GPU Cooling: stock
Video Memory Cooling: stock