-- Posted by vulcan at 11:27 pm on June 2, 2008 My processor runs quite hot so I'm thinking of getting more fans. Can anyone recommend a good brand? -- Posted by Desertfoxel at 11:29 pm on June 2, 2008 dicks fan pressesors -- Posted by davjs at 11:31 pm on June 2, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. -- Posted by CaliKevin at 11:37 pm on June 2, 2008 Quote: from davjs at 11:31 pm on June 2, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. You still use fans? I can't believe LW's servers aren't running on plasma cooling yet. Rosewill are good, I got some PCI bracket fans and they work pretty well. -- Posted by vulcan at 11:38 pm on June 2, 2008 Quote: from davjs at 7:31 am on June 3, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. Ah, Ion Cooling? I'll probably have a new computer by then though. -- Posted by Reconciliation at 11:52 pm on June 2, 2008 Quote: from davjs at 11:31 pm on June 2, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. i agree -- Posted by drifting at 5:04 pm on June 3, 2008 Quote: from davjs at 2:31 am on June 3, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. Oh, will we now? Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Air is still the cheapest way to move heat, and Im pretty sure it will almost always be. Even now, watercooling radiators use fans, and thermal electric units still use fans as well. There are very few fanless computers, and those that are use very little power, which is a tricky thing to balance power usage with processing power. -- Posted by T Virus at 7:46 pm on June 3, 2008 8 years is a long time. At that time, we'll have more powerful processors. More power means more heat. And I doubt just a couple of fans will be able to get rid of all that heat. Liquid Nitrogen cooling FTW! -- Posted by Tursi Askari at 4:09 am on June 5, 2008 What cpu? Are you OCing? Cleaning out the dust, rearranging cables and putting in 2 good case fans (80mm-120mm) is usually a good start, then look at a new heatsink. -- Posted by Jay JWLH at 4:23 am on June 25, 2008 If the hot air is being taken out of the computer properly, then the issue might just come down to the heat-sink/fan on top of the CPU instead. In a case like that, no additional fans would be helpful. Once you do get a new one though, don't forget to get some decent thermal grease. Without it, you are going to have serious problems. Thanks to applying my own grease instead of the stuff that came with the CPU, I think the temperature has dropped by a noticeable amount. -- Posted by Squee77 at 10:36 pm on June 26, 2008 Quote: from T Virus at 7:46 pm on June 3, 2008 8 years is a long time. At that time, we'll have more powerful processors. More power means more heat. And I doubt just a couple of fans will be able to get rid of all that heat. Liquid Nitrogen cooling FTW! I disagree on the fact more power means more heat, because basically it's all depending on how much wattage it intakes to process memory. the more watt the hotter it will be put it that way. -- Posted by Dickij03 at 4:20 pm on June 27, 2008 Quote: from drifting at 1:04 am on June 4, 2008 Quote: from davjs at 2:31 am on June 3, 2008 Wait 8 years. We'll have made fans obsolete. Oh, will we now? Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Air is still the cheapest way to move heat, and Im pretty sure it will almost always be. Even now, watercooling radiators use fans, and thermal electric units still use fans as well. There are very few fanless computers, and those that are use very little power, which is a tricky thing to balance power usage with processing power. Or watercooling hooked up to one big fuck off passive cooling.