[Ryx]

Well, I went into the forum (swedish) of online store, and one of the members had the SLK on a 2400+.
http://kylning.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2583
Scroll down a bit and look at Arne Anka's sig.

I will ask TR about it (as I have a Q of my own).

[kode]

well, yeah... he didn't have a bad temperature on it either.
*looks at own 68 C on 1800+*
fried eggs anyone?

[Top Gun]

Thunder: You could have it on the side or top (or even the front or back if it will let you) although it would be better on the side because it would improve fresh air supply more directly to the cpu cooler, plus keeping the ram and cards nice and cool.

It would have to be a blower (you should always have slightly more 'blow' than 'suck' BTW).

Think of the 'street cred' that you gain having a big fat fan on the side of your case

Here's a tutorial on how to do it (this one is at the front): http://www.dansdata.com/hx45fan.htm It's a bit of a small one for so much effort but it's at the front with limmited space.

Take a look here if you want to go fan shopping or you could go to your local recycling centre and scrounge one (or rip one out of a cooker hood) for next to nothing.


Edit: I like the look of This fan It'ds over 300 time more powerful than those xpelair jet engines that you get in hotel shower rooms. Bearing in mind it's only running at about 2000rpm, if you could get it to go higher, it's blowability will be awsome. It's costly though.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Thunder
Vertigo, cheers - I've got vague ideas about what I want to do to the thing... there's automatically space for another 80mm and a 40mm in the case that I'll have blowing, adding in a blow hole and cutting the front of the case so that the front suck fan actually...sucks.

That and hopefully the side is going to have one blowing as well, cleaning out all the air that seems to be sitting in the CPU area (when the sides on you can feel it getting warm after a while... that's sure as hell not supposed to happen!)

Dont' bother using a 40mm fan as a case fan.  It doesn't have enough power to move enough air to do any good.

What might do you the most good is either the fan in the very top of the case like I suggested, or cutting a hole in the side panel directly above the processor pulling air out of the case.  Having one on the bottom won't do you any good as it'll kill the natural S curve airflow.

[Fineus]

Makes sense... when you say "above" the processor you mean infront of it (3D speaking...) I can't have a fan "above" the processor on the side because of the PSU... I'll try and find a decent image of the computer to illustrate later...

[Vertigo1]

No, above the processor itself.  The PSU would be infront of it.  Remember that its parallel to the Y axis, therefore the side panel is above it.  You get the gist of what I mean anyways.

[Fineus]

I'd just like to make sure I understand... you mean it'd be here:



Kinda a bad example since it's cluttered with other stuff, but the fan is clearly "above" the CPU as far as I can tell...

[Kazashi]

Firstly, I can't stand the biased crap that sprouts out of Tom's arse and onto that excuse for a site, so here's a link to a real cooler comparison:

http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp.htm

Sites like FrostyTech specialise in testing cooling equipment, and seem to put them through quite a thorough workout. More sites like that do exist, so look around.

As dauntingly powerful as it sounds, the XP2400+ probably won't put out much more heat than the highest rated Tbird CPU's - smaller processes and less voltage mean that the heat doesn't always go up according to speed. The Volcano 7+ is a nice choice, with the ability to throttle its fan speed depending on CPU temperature. However the best CPU cooler won't do much good if the heat is only pumped into the surrounding air within the case.

Planning the airflow is essential, taking into account things such as the CPU, video and other cards, PSU and hard drives. Clean lines are ideal e.g. in the front, out the back. If there's enough space over the cards, mount fans there (a lot of cases are capable of mounting 2x60mm fans, or even have a space for an 80/92mm fan) - they will be close to the CPU and provide a quick way of extracting its heat, plus the heat from the cards. It is often recommended that you have a slightly higher cfm intake then outlet, the extra pressure serves to keep dust out of all those little gaps rather than inviting it in (I think Top Gun already mentioned this). Mounting a fan on the side panel directly over the CPU is an option, so long as you take care when removing the panel, and have suitable intakes mounted elsewhere in the case.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Thunder
I'd just like to make sure I understand... you mean it'd be here:  *snip*

Yeah.

[Fineus]

Great, sorry that took so long to establish, I'd hate to **** up the positioning

Edit: Oh, and my Aerocool Phantom just came in the mail... my god it's beautiful!

[Vertigo1]

Of course, you could save yourself the trouble by watercooling.  I've seen the light, and I wouldn't switch back to aircooling for the world.

[Fineus]

Three things stopping me:

1) Price
2) Inexperience with the system
3) Maintenance (price etc...).

I'd gladly start watercooling if it wasn't for these facts

[Grey Wolf]

Well, if you haven't already chosen, the GlacialTech Igloo 2410 Pro looks nice. It's aluminum, but its better than most of the coppers I have seen. And it's only $15, with no shipping, at www.newegg.com

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Thunder
Three things stopping me:

1) Price
2) Inexperience with the system
3) Maintenance (price etc...).

I'd gladly start watercooling if it wasn't for these facts

Well, It only set me back about...$150 for everything (even a second waterblock for when I go dual AMD).  Thats pump, radiator, cpu waterblocks, northbridge waterblock, and video chipset waterblock.  The tubing I got for free.  (though thats VERY cheap at practically $1 a foot...and its UV reflective! )

Maintaining it....basically, you put a little chlorine in the water every month or so to kill anything in the water and then give the lines a once-over.  Thats about it.

Its very easy to setup.  Just as easy as installing a heatsink .  There are very detailed instructions on the koolance website (www.koolance.com) if you're interested in it later on.

[Alpha Leader]

hey guys,

anybody knows if a VOlcano 9 fan and a Thermalright SLK-800 would work right? Better than the original heatsink??

[Vertigo1]

If the screwholes line up and the fan sits flush with the heatsink, I don't see why not.

[Ryx]

Originally posted by Vertigo1
If the screwholes line up and the fan sits flush with the heatsink, I don't see why not.

The SLK 800 (series actually) don't use screws. They have clips for 60, 70, 80 mm fans. I will put a 80mm Enermax with adjustable RPM on my SLK.