Need advice on new HDD

[katzdvd]

HaHaHaHa!!!

For a few years now, I have been drilling out the vent holes in my "plain jane" cases, I feel it helps out!

Unlike my (un-named family member), who has to replace mobo/hd/ & various other parts frequently... He lives in an un-airconditioned apt., never turns pc off, & cranks thru heavy vid processing day in- day out.

Oh well, it's only money!!!

[PurpleDemon]

Hotter than I remembered

Here is what everest had to say.

-------[ Sensor ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte K8NF / K8NS / K8N Ultra / K8NXP Series

Temperatures:
CPU 46 °C (115 °F)
Maxtor 7Y250M0 64 °C (147 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 6250 RPM
System 2909 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.38 V
+3.3 V 3.22 V
+12 V 12.22 V
DIMM 2.54 V
Debug Info F 1B FF 3A
Debug Info T 25 46 20
Debug Info V 56 9F C9 63 BF B8 6E (77)

I do not have A/C, but I do not remember being this before.

Is there a FAQ I have missed on case cooling?

[PurpleDemon]

Got My New Drive

Wow what a difference.

Like Katzdvd said the drive supports both speeds and is jumpered 1.5 gbs by default.

Also my burns are smoother, it seems.

All components need a good cleaning from the dust that an open case gave me.

I now have three fans installed in the case.
Chewy, with your air flow comment I thought I should add.

Seems to keep temps consistant.


Here is my new sensor report:

Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte K8NF / K8NS / K8N Ultra / K8NXP Series

Temperatures:
CPU 31 °C (88 °F)
Seagate ST3250410AS 37 °C (99 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 3668 RPM
System 3125 RPM

This is after being on since yesterday.


A big for all the help.

[katzdvd]

Is there a FAQ I have missed on case cooling?

I still say drill all the holes in the front/case/rear to larger sizes!

[PurpleDemon]

I still say drill all the holes in the front/case/rear to larger sizes!

I'm curious.

Can you define "larger sizes"?

I'm giving it some thought.

[katzdvd]

Well, I didn't really do anything fancy, just a quick mod & finished it up w/ a paint job of sorts. The holes that were in the case were basically "pinholes", hardly allowing any airflow. I just "enlarged" the holes that are already there I drilled out the front panel holes to 1/4", same w/ the side & back. If you drill the back panel, be careful not to get metal shavings in the case. I had my son hold a powerful vacuum up to the area that I was drilling to suck the chips away from everything.

Oh yeah, be sure to turn the power off first!

They do make filters if you are concerned about dust, or you can make your own; I cut a furnace filter down & placed on the inside of the front where the intake fan is, used velcro to attach it. Use your imagination.

I noticed that after I made the larger holes, the pc seemed quieter; I guess the fan was running "easier", since there wasn't as much air flow restriction.

I suppose the co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon might have a better way of doing this, but it worked for me
*cough*

Then again, Real Men run Linux!!!

I should be careful, I have been "going it alone" for awhile - anony has not been around much lately!

Some pics of what I did;









Sorry if they are too big! I am still learning how to use GIMP, & everything looks smaller on my 22" WS monitor.

[PurpleDemon]

Wow



These pics and info give me great ideas.

My biggest concern was the front intake.

I'll post later to see if the temps get better and if changes are noted on the sound level of the fans.

Cheers

[subsang]

I use a toshiba laptop 3 yrs old. ventillation was a problem. It used to shutdown in 45 minutes and then restart-shutdown-restart ...progressively coming down every 2 minutes!! Had a hunch it was due to heat - engineering sense. but from IT experts had several sugestions including corrupted software, remove IE7 etc.

One day i just put it bottom side up on the bed and sucked out the 3 years' muck from the heatsink and ventillation fans with vacuum cleaner. now it is smooth and silent. no shutdowns. yesterday it ran from 3pm through whole night to encode my home videos. every other month I clean up and no probs.

I had a desktop that I spoiled with a vacuum cleaner with a plastic stem. static discharged into it and everything burnt up when I restarted.

Subbu

[Chewy]

Motherboard Name Asus A8V Series

Temperatures:
Motherboard 29 °C (84 °F)
CPU 33 °C (91 °F)
GPU 44 °C (111 °F)
GPU Ambient 36 °C (97 °F)
DW CDW63G0-D00NF0A 42 °C (108 °F)
Seagate ST3250823AS 41 °C (106 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 2657 RPM

Everything is cool and quiet here, no holes drilled

just a good case, small slot down low on the front which cools the hard drives, a lot of large holes in the back on the side that pull cool air in for the north bridge and vid card,
a small cowling which extends over the cpu fan with a whole lot of small holes

one 120 MM quiet fan exhausting right below the power supply and another 2 small fans for the power supply

this was the first case I ever had where the temps really went up when the case is open

[PurpleDemon]

@Chewy after comparing your temps to mine, I am going to leave well enough alone for now. You gave me peace of mind.

@Katzdvd Great info and pics. I will refer back to it on a future project.

You guys have made this quite painless.

[subsang]

After my earlier post I was talking to my friend who is a IT buff. He said not to use the laptop extensively for video applications. I am looking at the following desktop PCs from HP (I am not that confident of assembling a PC). Any suggestions.


HP Pavilion a6120.me PC (GJ444AA) - Specifications
Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type
Intel® Viiv™ processor technology
• Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E4400

Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

Platform
Intel® Viiv™ processor technology

Chipset
Intel® 945G express chipset

Standard memory
2 GB

Memory type
DDR2-SDRAM

Memory slots
4 DIMM sockets

Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
250 GB

Hard disk controller
SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive

Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)

External hard disk drive
HP Pocket Media Drive sold separately

Optical drive type
DVD writer

Optical drive speed
SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer ±R/ ±RW 16x/8x max supporting LightScribe technology

System features
Memory card device
15in1 memory card reader

Modem
High speed 56K modem

Network interface
Ethernet 10/100/1000BT integrated network interface

Video capture interface
IEEE 1394 FireWire® Interface

Video adapter
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400 GS TurboCache with PureVideo technology

Video RAM
256 MB dedicated memory, up to 1022 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista®

Internal audio
Intel® High Definition Audio 7.1

Audio connectors
3 front audio ports, 6 rear analog audio ports & 2 rear digital audio ports

Keyboard
Wireless keyboard and optical mouse

External drive bays
2 external optical drive bays, 2 internal HDD bays, 1 external HDD bay

External I/O ports
6 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front); 2 FireWire®-IEEE-1394 ports (1 in front)

Expansion slots
2 PCI (1 free) and 1 PCI-Express 1x (free)

Software
Pre-installed software
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0; Windows Mail; Adobe® Reader 8.0

Optical drive driver software
Windows Media Player ; HP Photosmart Essential , Windows Photo Gallery ; Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker ; Roxio Creator Basic, Roxio MyDVD Basic ; Muvee AutoProducer

Software - education / reference / entertainment
Windows Media Center

Downloadable software
Special offer: for accessories, software and warranty promotions, please visit: www.mypcchoice.com

Software included
Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately); Optional re-allocation of recovery partition; Recovery CD/DVD creation tool; Symantec™ Norton Internet Security™ 2007 (60 days live update)

HP Pavilion a6200 PC series

Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E4400

Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 32-bit

Chipset
Intel® 945G express chipset

Standard memory
2 GB

Memory type
DDR2-SDRAM

Memory slots
4 DIMM sockets

Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
360 GB

Hard disk controller
SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive

Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)

External hard disk drive
HP Pocket Media Drive sold separately

Optical drive type
DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology

System features
Memory card device
15in1 memory card reader

Modem
High speed 56K modem

Network interface
Ethernet 10/100BT integrated network interface

Video capture interface
IEEE 1394 FireWire® Interface

Video adapter
ATI Radeon® HD 2400 PRO, with Avivo

Video RAM
256 MB dedicated memory, up to 1023 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista®

Internal audio
Intel® High Definition Audio 7.1

Audio connectors
2 front audio ports, 6 rear analog audio ports & 2 rear digital audio ports

Keyboard
PS/2 keyboard and optical mouse

External drive bays
2 external optical drive bays, 2 internal HDD bays, 1 Pocket Media Drive bay

External I/O ports
6 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front); 1 FireWire®-IEEE-1394 ports

Expansion slots
2 PCI (1 free) and 1 PCI-Express 1x

Software
Software - Productivity & finance
Microsoft® Works 8

Pre-installed software
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0; Windows Mail; Adobe® Reader 8.0

Optical drive driver software
Photosmart Essential, Windows Photo Gallery ; Windows Media Player ; Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker ; Roxio Creator Basic, Roxio MyDVD Basic ; Muvee AutoProducer

Software - education / reference / entertainment
Windows Media Center

Software included
Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately); Optional re-allocation of recovery partition; Recovery CD/DVD creation tool; Symantec™ Norton Internet Security™ 2007 (60 days live update)

Any advice?

Regards
Subbu