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Fans N Thermal Paste Help Needed

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codename_romeo
codename_romeo Original post #1
Nov 28, 2006 at 3:38 PM
Can someone guide me on how to apply the thermal paste, which thermal paste to buy n at wat cost.........
Then i have one stock fan,one psu fan n one cabinet fan. i wantu attach more fans but no more place in the cabinet(though my mobo has one more power supply for fan 3 pin wala)
Suggest on that too.
config as below
PentiumD 915 (2.8 ghz 2*2mb L2cache)
intel d102ggc2 mobo
512 mb ddr2
2 ide hdd (1*80 + 1*40) Gb
2 optical drives( 1*HP DVD RW + 1*samsung CDRW )

My bios shows the temperature of cpu as 60-65 c but everest corporate edition shows the same as 45 C......

Whish one of them is accurate ?

Moreover wast should be the normal temperatures for my cpu? both idle n under load situations.......
samrulez
samrulez #2
Nov 28, 2006 at 6:09 PM
1) Get Arctic Silver 5....
For instructions on how to apply see this...
*www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

2)It depends, usually the BIOS temp are higher....B'coz of no optimizations...
But try to check it via a number of apps...like
TAT,MBM,Speed Fan,sensors view etc etc...
codename_romeo
codename_romeo #3
Nov 28, 2006 at 9:10 PM
Wat abt the fans which i wantu attach?
Any suggestions on that
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The article u gave me it gives me 4 options but which one of them is for dual core proccy......please help
samrulez
samrulez #4
Nov 28, 2006 at 9:46 PM
For fans you can go with Antec, Cooler Master is better....or you may even try some generic fans that cost 50 bucks..

Here you go...

*www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf
codename_romeo
codename_romeo #5
Nov 28, 2006 at 10:11 PM
added to you rrep
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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to samrulez again."

IT SAYS THIS WHY?
NucleusKore
NucleusKore #6
Nov 28, 2006 at 10:45 PM
codename_romeo said:
.....i wantu attach more fans but no more place in the cabinet.......
Click to expand...
Your pc will sound like a helicopter
codename_romeo
codename_romeo #7
Nov 29, 2006 at 12:09 AM
are there no fans that make less noise?
n how to disable this Q fan techno?
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i want my fans runnin at full speeed
J
janitha #8
Nov 29, 2006 at 7:38 AM
codename_romeo said:
are there no fans that make less noise?
n how to disable this Q fan techno?
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i want my fans runnin at full speeed
Click to expand...

You can use "Vantec Stealth" fans which are very quiet but efficient. It was not locally available so I bought two nos online from Ebay, one 80 mm (Rs.550/-) and one 92mm (Rs750/-). I was already having one Antec 120mm in my cabinet TX1050B.
Q-Fan can be enabled or disabled from Bios, but if disabled, Cool&Quiet may not work.