Q6600 "safe" temps?

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:51:33 GMT, Howard Goldstein <hgoldste@mpcs.com> wrote:
: On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:37:55 GMT, Fishface <invalid@ddress.ok?> wrote:
: : I had tried the Noctua fan on my Thermalright, and it did not
: : cool as well. It did not build pressure with the open tips, I think. I
: : saw that there are some 120mm PWM fans now, too, that could
: : ramp-up when necessary:
: : www.heatsinkfactory.com/pwm-fans.html
: : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186015
: :
: : I noticed there were some ducts here that could be useful:
: : http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/m...nduct_hr01.htm
: : http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/fan-ducting.html
:
: **** that's a clever idea thank you. Can you think of any reasons why
: a plastic dryer duct piece couldn't be forced into this role? Maybe
: pull the fan from the top of the case, run the duct between that hole
: and the fan mounted on the other side of the cooler so it's sucking
: right from that hole blowing down and into the cooler? What think???

Cardboard from the cooler up to the top noctua blowing in took me to
35/30 idle_coretemp/ambient -- awesome. Thank you all! I just ordered
one of those thermalright ducts to try to get a cleaner install, maybe
shave another degree off too.

And that noctua is quiet enough to just leave running at full speed
the whole time

Next up: Get this Q6600 back up above 3Ghz again. Time to dig up the
post with Ed's overclocking parms for this bad boy

Somewhere on teh interweb Howard Goldstein typed:
> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:51:33 GMT, Howard Goldstein
> <hgoldste@mpcs.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:37:55 GMT, Fishface <invalid@ddress.ok?>
>> wrote: : I had tried the Noctua fan on my Thermalright, and it did
>> not : cool as well. It did not build pressure with the open tips,
>> I think. I : saw that there are some 120mm PWM fans now, too,
>> that could : ramp-up when necessary:
>> : www.heatsinkfactory.com/pwm-fans.html
>> : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186015
>> :
>> : I noticed there were some ducts here that could be useful:
>> :
>> http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/m...nduct_hr01.htm
>> : http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/fan-ducting.html
>>
>> **** that's a clever idea thank you. Can you think of any reasons
>> why a plastic dryer duct piece couldn't be forced into this role?
>> Maybe pull the fan from the top of the case, run the duct between
>> that hole and the fan mounted on the other side of the cooler so
>> it's sucking right from that hole blowing down and into the cooler?
>> What think???
>
> Cardboard from the cooler up to the top noctua blowing in took me to
> 35/30 idle_coretemp/ambient -- awesome. Thank you all! I just ordered
> one of those thermalright ducts to try to get a cleaner install, maybe
> shave another degree off too.
>
> And that noctua is quiet enough to just leave running at full speed
> the whole time

Excellent news! Ducted outside air works for me everytime. :-)

> Next up: Get this Q6600 back up above 3Ghz again. Time to dig up the
> post with Ed's overclocking parms for this bad boy

Heh! You have access to a good source of info there.

Good luck.
--
Shaun.