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12/20/2003 05:20:49 PM · #1 |
CPU Fan Wires
Any idea what the correct way to route these wires may be?
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12/20/2003 05:34:29 PM · #2 |
you mean because they are over the top of the fan?
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12/20/2003 05:50:45 PM · #3 |
its been this way for over a year, and is on all the time
seems to work fine...
you might be able to turn the fan say 90deg CCW to give you some more slack.
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12/20/2003 05:54:20 PM · #4 |
| Run em down the side post and use a twistie to hold it in place, then run the wire along the mb. I just bought all round drive controller cables for better venting since I've been doing feature films. Really makes the CPU and drives hot with a 40gig film running. |
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12/20/2003 06:01:09 PM · #5 |
get one of those liquid cooling systems
doesnt look he's got enough wire for that... |
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12/20/2003 06:37:45 PM · #6 |
jmsetzler:
unplug it from the board.
put 2 loose knots in it (1 might be enough) then plug it back in
keeps it organised so it won;t flop around.
soup:
you could try cable tying to pull it straight, but considering its a non-standard HSF combination it will prolly be better than the standard, so the lesser airflow (the only harm thats possible) so it prolly wouldn't matter.. no.
deafwolf:
a extra case fan will drop temperatured something amzing aswell, if heat is a problem. and if u got 80gig + drives running solid you should have a hdd fan on them as they do have a habit of overheating (I used to have my 120
s overheat after about 8 ours solid work).
overheating means loss of information being written to drive at the time, and all info in the buffer. it is a serious problem if it happens.
soup:
liquid cooling is great, but not really much point for stock systems.
and if u are actually cooling much more than a std system that a HSF can;t do, the simple methods (like aquarius) are really pointless without a TEC. but then a TEC on a HSF would be just as good and cheaper.
I run water cooling on my dual 2000+ (running at 2600+)
and ont he rest of the systems just air. |
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12/20/2003 07:24:20 PM · #7 |
I'm just concerned about the proximity of those wires to the heat sync. I think I'm gonna use some heat shrink on them just in case...
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12/20/2003 07:28:20 PM · #8 |
jmsetzler.
by the heatsink on the cpu, I belive its only a P4 b, so somewhere around the 1.7 to 2.6ghz range
these weren't hot, and in a normal case, would only run about 65C, the coating on the wires won;t melt till about 160C, and at 160C the cpu would be dead. so theres no concern about it touching it.
the only reason to neaten it is so that the wire doesn't vibrate against the fan blades, or possibly jam the fan.
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12/20/2003 07:44:30 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by cvt_:
jmsetzler.
by the heatsink on the cpu, I belive its only a P4 b, so somewhere around the 1.7 to 2.6ghz range
these weren't hot, and in a normal case, would only run about 65C, the coating on the wires won;t melt till about 160C, and at 160C the cpu would be dead. so theres no concern about it touching it.
the only reason to neaten it is so that the wire doesn't vibrate against the fan blades, or possibly jam the fan. |
It's a P4 2.8ghz w/800mhz fsb. I don't know how hot it will run, but I do have 3 case fans so maybe it won't be too hot.
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12/20/2003 07:50:36 PM · #10 |
| Oh Gawd!! I have 400 gig of drives and wires everywhere. I think we should all bring a slab of ribs and/or a few ribeye steaks and go over to Johns to contemplate the manipulation of air current over multiple wires during CPU convection. I̢۪ll bring the beer. |
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12/20/2003 08:02:43 PM · #11 |
if there's beer i'm coming
BTW - the main boards install disk usually has a diagnostic app you can run to check the temp of the main parts of the pc...
if its running hot it'll warn you
play a couple hours of a hi res 3d first person shooters, and check the temp.... |
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12/20/2003 08:03:30 PM · #12 |
lol@deafwolf
jmsetzler:
//mbm.livewiredev.com/
if its under 70C don;t worry
and if it is over, get another HSF, moving that wire won;t help. |
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