I have an Asus case that wasn't made for customizing, OEM case (CG5970-BP003 pc)
It only came with the fan from the power supply and of course the cooling fan on the cpu. Since I replaced it with the water cooler, the cooler's fan now draws air in from the bottom front.
So I don't suppose the power supply's fan counts as on going out does it?
After playing a few hours of UT3, I'm at 47 C. It used to be at 60 all the time :>
I'm using a much larger graphics card than the original though. Would that be what's causing higher temps?
I'll probably get another fan anyway.
BTW, how do I access the BIOS under windows 7? It used to be f2 for me, but now, pressing it at startup does nothing. Thanks
I'm giving up on overclocking. Q8300 sucks, after reading all sorts of posts and reviews. Can't really change the multiplier and small cache (I'm not sure how cache effects OC'ing though). I'll probably save up for the Q9X50's for summer. Probably get a job then too.
Actually, reading this thread
http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...soo-q8300.html is purely depressing.
Seems like
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Quad-Cor.../dp/B0012WDMNC would be the best upgrade
Gonna try to see if anyone would buy mine.
I'm wondering, would this put much more strain on the power supply? Mine's only a 450 watt one....
Last edited by DarkJak; Dec 29, 2009 at 01:21 AM.