Happiness is a Silent Boost

I used to have ordinary white goo on a stock heatsink....
Idle temps were:
Speedfan 1 61 deg
Speedfan 2 43
Speedfan 3 34
Load (Prime95) temps
Speedfan 1 66 deg
Speedfan 2 50
Speedfan 3 35
So for Christmas I bought myself a Thermaltake Silent Boost, a tube of Arctic Silver 5 and three 80mm Vantec Stealth case fans, one to replace the old rear exhaust, one for the side, and one for a top blowhole.
Idle now:
Speedfan 1 52 deg
Speedfan 2 34
Speedfan 3 28
MBM sensor 1 28
MBM sensor 2 34
MBM sensor 3 52
Load (Prime95) now:
Speedfan 1 56 deg
Speedfan 2 39
Speedfan 3 30
MBM sensor 1 30
MBM sensor 2 38
MBM sensor 3 56
With two extra fans the noise level is about the same as previously, and a shutdown problem (like, it didn't want to shut down by itself, but needed the off switch to be held down for about four seconds) seems to have been cured.
Happy Christmas to me....

the fan ontop.
is it blowing or drawing ?
its easier to draw warm air out than to try to push in cold air from the top.
hot air goes up by itself.
is your temp in celsius or farhenheit?
if its celsius i think 56 is a bit high under load.
i got a overclocked xp2400 with a crappy heatsink and crap thermal paste and gets 55 celsius in a hot room.

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