July 03, 2003

Super chilled

Well the computer at home has been getting a little hot recently, so I decided it was time for a little modding... With the case open, the mobo chipset sink had its miniscule amount of random white thermal paste removed and was reseated properly with Artic Silver II - the processor sink got similar treatment (shame I didn't have any Silver when I seated it in the first place). The rear fan got flipped around (to now extract), the case got the front underside air intake enlarged to improve flow and the restrictive (air-flow wise) grill got cut off the back of the power supply to match the recently removed grills of the front and rear fan intakes...

It seems it was a great success... the fans, now with unrestricted airflow, have decreased the case noise, and the temps are down by 4 degrees in case and 7 degrees on the processor. Job well done.
Posted by Antony on July 3, 2003 01:47 AM | TrackBack
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