Cerbera'sMum Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Posting from home!! The cheap akasa wouldn't fit but a trip to Maplins got a fan that was for Socket A with Athlon up to 1.5 so we took the fan part of the heat sink and that all fits well and CPU is down to 48C now so hopefully it will do for now! Thanks to all for their suggestions and help for the novices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Cerbera'sMum, No problem, happy to help . Nice to see you sorted it all out before it fried. J/K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenMillard Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 An update to that: CPU now running at 51C, motherboard at 33C. The CPU fan speed is almost 4200rpm, which is what the old one was supposed to be running at. The bearings in the old fan were knackered (to use the technical term). The spinning section was wobbling around all over the place. It's just a generic fan, not a fancy one. Only cost £3.69, so hopefully it will work well enough. The PC is a bit quieter now but the GFX fan can still be heard rattling and snagging from time to time. I think its bearings may also be worn, so does anywhere sell replacement fans of that type? It's about 50mm in diameter, 10mm deep and doesn't have a plastic frame around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Cerb, That temperature is fine for a generic fan and it's fine for the CPu too, just don't get it higher than 60 C. Check in the fan's box how much RPMs it spins at, and if it's 4200 then you're fine and if it higher than that and your fan spins at 4200 RPM, the Power Supply is broken. For video card fans, there are people which sell them. AeroCool Video Magic Series VM-101 fanless VGA card cooler. The above one is a cheap VGA cooler and it's got high quality and some great comments. I couldn't find anything cheaper than that in that whole page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDeez Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 My 2 cents for what it's worth. As for the cpu cooler, I'm using a Zalman CNPS 7000 B - CU Lightning, it's very silent, and its cooling capabilities are good, not exceptional. Using some good thermal grease like as 5 or as ceramique will definately get your temperature down significantly. However, I'd go for a Titan or a Thermaltake cpu cooler. As for fans, if you want completely silent fans, go for Papst. All the other fans I've used are noisy. The Papst fans, on the contrary, are completely silent. I'm using the Zalman on an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ and it doesn't get above 40 degrees. I installed 4 Papst fans (2 on the side and 2 at the back) and the motherboard temperature stays at 22 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I feel stupid. Something I forgot to tell y'all about when replacing the HSF is to use fresh thermal compound on the heatsink and CPU. Usually when you buy a HSF it'll come with some thermal grease, which I personally don't care for but will do the job. Just don't use too much or too little, both can have bad results. Also since you're using the old CPU then before you apply the fresh thermal compound (or grease) to clean the CPU's surface first. When appling the thermal, DO NOT USE YOUR BARE HANDS/FINGERS. No joke; get a plastic sandwich bag (but not those really cheap thin ones), put your hand/finger in there and rap the bag around your hand and finger and then use that to help spread and rub the thermal around and into the heatsink. You can also use something like surgical gloves if you have any laying around. @Mom I'm confused a bit about the HSF fitting problem. The Akasa would not fit? That's odd. It should have, it's just not always easy to get HSF to sit just right. You have to make sure you're putting it on the right way. Most are made to only go on one way because the lip (for lack of a better word) one the CPU socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbera'sMum Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 @wolf The Akasa that we bought locally was for Socket A but Pentium III and was too long to fit in case(Had to buy in a hurry and no internet to use) we have actually only fitted the plastic fan from the hsf we bought...neither Cerb nor his dad wanted to "play" with the heat sink unless really necessary! As Cerb says the computer is running cooler and that's all that matters for now! At least I can get back using it again. Now I just need to persuade Cerb's daddy that we need the new computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Oh I know an easy way to do that. Start up the computer the case open. Once it's up and running, take off the heatsink and watch the CPU fry. JUST KIDDING!!!! DO NOT TRY THIS!!!!! IT REALLY WILL FRY/BURN UP/DIE/KAPUT (or whatever else you can think of). Now to be serious again.... You're right as long as it's running cooler, that's all that matters. I was just a bit confused why it didn't fit. BTW, that fan speed being 4200RPM is perfectly fine. The one I have can go from 2000RPMs up to 6000RPMs but it's loud as hell all the way up so I keep it at around 4000RPM and my temps are around 44C although it does have a huge pure copper heatsink too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbera'sMum Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Oh I know an easy way to do that.Start up the computer the case open. Once it's up and running, take off the heatsink and watch the CPU fry. JUST KIDDING!!!! DO NOT TRY THIS!!!!! IT REALLY WILL FRY/BURN UP/DIE/KAPUT (or whatever else you can think of). Come on wolf even I'm NOT that gullible! Thanks again for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenMillard Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 The fan for the GFX card is rattling more and more badly. I think it should be replaced because there doesn't seem to be a way to access the heat sensor for the GFX card, so I can't tell if it is running too hot. Obviously we can't risk the GFX card being destroyed because they are pretty expensive to replace - especially when compared to a new fan. I'm having difficulties finding a suitable replacement though, since it uses that special heat sink design. Are any of your folks able to help with this? I posted photos of the fans earlier in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I posted a VGA card cooler in my previous post here, here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Lowestonweb.com does have an ATI Radeon 9250 for £24.99 in VAT. Keeping in mind how old and beaten that system is and I believe you said that the current card is a GeForce 3, this will be a big step up....I think. I did find this at Lowestonweb.com, but it is damn huge and it looks like it'll vocer the PCI slot below it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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