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Cooler Heads and Whatnot. 75th Journal
15 years ago
This is my head.
Time for some news. Well, I got in the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Heatsink for my quadcore computer today. That thing is a beast, more then double the size of the original one. I posted some pics here:
http://imagebin.org/124617 Side by side view of the fans
http://imagebin.org/124618 Old heatsink on the motherboard
http://imagebin.org/124619 Bottom view of the heatpipes
http://imagebin.org/124620 New HS installed with the old one place on top of the video card
These pictures going to vanish in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll have an update by then. I might submit a picture in my scraps section if there is enough interest.
And the results? Check these numbers out:
Old
CPU 97°F
MB 131°F
NB 171°F
SB 162°F
New - First started
CPU 78°F
MB 117°F
NB 151°F
SB 140°F
New - warmed up
CPU 81°F
MB 124°F
NB 175°F
SB 151°F
Pretty big difference. And the really nice thing is I got it on sale for just under $20US. Damn good deal for something that dropped the temps so much like that.
I read that some people have overclock the same i7 920 CPU from the stock clockrate of 2.66GHz to over 4GHz. I still over mine at 2.93GHz (same as a 940) even with the old heatsink. I haven't played with overclocking it more but may do so once I return to doing 3D rendering, where I really can use ever little extra speed I can. The biggest problem I am going to have is the Northbridge as that only tiny heatsink without any fan. I need to address that if I am going to push the envelope.
Unfortunately, One of the bridges is almost completely under the rather large gtx260 video card. Looks like I am going to some sort of a custom solution to squeeze a bigger heatsink there. Probably something I have to make myself. I might just machine down a Pentium or old class heatsink to it under the card. Or maybe squeeze one of those thin GPU type heatsink. But it will be a while before I'll mess with it.
At least the case in nice and large. As seen in the pictures, I have plenty of room (though barely fit the height of the new heatsink) to add a bunch of fans if need be. There is even an option of adding a second fan on the back of new heatsink, but it would be very close to the rear case fan so I don't think it'll make a huge difference. Perhaps a better idea would be some ductwork to direct the airflow better inside the case itself. We'll see when the times come.
Moving on, I somehow gained 3 FA watchers yesterday. I have no idea why as I haven't added any new submissions in over a month. I also lost one that day but gained another to say. Just weird. Now I am sitting at 727, my highest so far.
From my last journal, I announced that I'll restart my 3D arts when I hit 20k views (less than 400 to go). To prod it along, I'll also restart if I hit 800 watchers too. whatever I hit first. Probably a moot point as I believe the 20k views is going up at a higher rate (and can't go down). Throw in 2500 favs too for good measure though that one even less likely to hit before the views. Might as well cover all my bases.
I have a bit of nice news. I am on vacation for the rest of the week. Not only for T-day but also my birthday, which is the same day this year. We switched to a different paid time off (PTO) plan this year and unlike the previous ones, we have to use up all the accrued PTO days by the end of the year or lose it. So I am going to take every Friday off in addition to the T-day week and X-mas week too.
On to the last topic, my IRC channels on FurNet. Like the mini surge in my watchers, more people have been coming into my #bellyofthebeast channel of late. It gone from the low teens and below to the higher teens and even into the low twenties. Again, not sure why the extra intake but I like it anyway, though the new people (along with most of the idlers) are awfully quiet.
My other channel #the_lair is not so fortunate. Seems the attendance there is dropping to new low levels. Talk about the tale of two channels. To think it was hitting close to ten people in the lair just a few months ago and now almost everyone vanished. If I can figure out why all this is happening, maybe I can do something positive to fix it.
Well, that is the installment this time. Hopefully the next update won't take too long. And it'll be good news too. That'll be awesome... if it happens.
P.S. I forgot to mention about my the fingers I burnt last time. They almost completely healed now. My thumb and index finger both had a blister about a quarter inch in area that I thought would pop but they didn't. Instead the pair went down on their own. Still the spots are deformed slightly but should totally vanish eventually I am sure.
http://imagebin.org/124617 Side by side view of the fans
http://imagebin.org/124618 Old heatsink on the motherboard
http://imagebin.org/124619 Bottom view of the heatpipes
http://imagebin.org/124620 New HS installed with the old one place on top of the video card
These pictures going to vanish in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll have an update by then. I might submit a picture in my scraps section if there is enough interest.
And the results? Check these numbers out:
Old
CPU 97°F
MB 131°F
NB 171°F
SB 162°F
New - First started
CPU 78°F
MB 117°F
NB 151°F
SB 140°F
New - warmed up
CPU 81°F
MB 124°F
NB 175°F
SB 151°F
Pretty big difference. And the really nice thing is I got it on sale for just under $20US. Damn good deal for something that dropped the temps so much like that.
I read that some people have overclock the same i7 920 CPU from the stock clockrate of 2.66GHz to over 4GHz. I still over mine at 2.93GHz (same as a 940) even with the old heatsink. I haven't played with overclocking it more but may do so once I return to doing 3D rendering, where I really can use ever little extra speed I can. The biggest problem I am going to have is the Northbridge as that only tiny heatsink without any fan. I need to address that if I am going to push the envelope.
Unfortunately, One of the bridges is almost completely under the rather large gtx260 video card. Looks like I am going to some sort of a custom solution to squeeze a bigger heatsink there. Probably something I have to make myself. I might just machine down a Pentium or old class heatsink to it under the card. Or maybe squeeze one of those thin GPU type heatsink. But it will be a while before I'll mess with it.
At least the case in nice and large. As seen in the pictures, I have plenty of room (though barely fit the height of the new heatsink) to add a bunch of fans if need be. There is even an option of adding a second fan on the back of new heatsink, but it would be very close to the rear case fan so I don't think it'll make a huge difference. Perhaps a better idea would be some ductwork to direct the airflow better inside the case itself. We'll see when the times come.
Moving on, I somehow gained 3 FA watchers yesterday. I have no idea why as I haven't added any new submissions in over a month. I also lost one that day but gained another to say. Just weird. Now I am sitting at 727, my highest so far.
From my last journal, I announced that I'll restart my 3D arts when I hit 20k views (less than 400 to go). To prod it along, I'll also restart if I hit 800 watchers too. whatever I hit first. Probably a moot point as I believe the 20k views is going up at a higher rate (and can't go down). Throw in 2500 favs too for good measure though that one even less likely to hit before the views. Might as well cover all my bases.
I have a bit of nice news. I am on vacation for the rest of the week. Not only for T-day but also my birthday, which is the same day this year. We switched to a different paid time off (PTO) plan this year and unlike the previous ones, we have to use up all the accrued PTO days by the end of the year or lose it. So I am going to take every Friday off in addition to the T-day week and X-mas week too.
On to the last topic, my IRC channels on FurNet. Like the mini surge in my watchers, more people have been coming into my #bellyofthebeast channel of late. It gone from the low teens and below to the higher teens and even into the low twenties. Again, not sure why the extra intake but I like it anyway, though the new people (along with most of the idlers) are awfully quiet.
My other channel #the_lair is not so fortunate. Seems the attendance there is dropping to new low levels. Talk about the tale of two channels. To think it was hitting close to ten people in the lair just a few months ago and now almost everyone vanished. If I can figure out why all this is happening, maybe I can do something positive to fix it.
Well, that is the installment this time. Hopefully the next update won't take too long. And it'll be good news too. That'll be awesome... if it happens.
P.S. I forgot to mention about my the fingers I burnt last time. They almost completely healed now. My thumb and index finger both had a blister about a quarter inch in area that I thought would pop but they didn't. Instead the pair went down on their own. Still the spots are deformed slightly but should totally vanish eventually I am sure.
