On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:41:16 -0700, lmsensorslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > That makes sense. And yeah, I do generally have tons of stuff running > under Linux, so the system doesn't spend much time being entirely idle. > > Well I've just upgraded my PC's case to this one: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233049 > > It's nothing super fancy, but it does have one of those side-vents with a > duct going straight to the CPU, and it also has a 120mm rear exhaust fan > (plus a spot in the front for an intake fan). My old case was a nice, > solid In-Win case, but it was about 10 years old, and had no case fans at > all -- not even spots for them -- and the CPU's fan was almost right > against the side of the PSU. So cooling in there was pretty suboptimal. > > This new case is a huge improvement: my CPU is idling around 63-65C now, > compared to 73-75C in the old case. Under load it goes as high as the > mid-80s, not into the 90s as in the old case. > > I'd like it to be even cooler, and will probably get a front intake fan > next, but I'm really happy with this upgrade, especially because it's > solved my main complaint: the fan noise. It's super quiet now because the > CPU fan and rear case fan are spinning pretty slowly, and only rarely > speed up -- as opposed to the CPU fan being obnoxious nearly 24/7 in the > old case. Hey, glad to hear that you finally solved your problem :) -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
