19 replies to this topic

[Sephlock]

The latter is rattling, and I'm having heat issues even after I dusted the computer.

Its a 3.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Extreme. Can anyone recommend a good fan/heatsink combination, and/or tell me how to find a replacement for a motherboard fan (its on one of the misc parts that isn't labeled ).

The motherboard is a 2528491R - ECS NVIDIA 680i LT Motherboard and Intel Core2 Extreme Processor QX6850 Assembly

As for the rattling fan...



Its just on some miscellaneous part of the motherboard that isn't even labeled...

Edited by Sephlock, 26 April 2013 - 04:02 PM.

[zaid]

Just go visit your local computer store. Pretty much anything over 20$ will out perform the stock fan. The coolermaster 212 / tx3 offer great value. If you want to do serious overclocking, look for a Noctua (60-80$). There are hundreds of fans to choose from, none of them are bad. Some offer better value than others. Everyone has their favorite. The difference between a good one or bad one at the same price point is just a few degree, nothing that matters unless you're a picky just for being picky and want to squeeze out that last 1mhz while OCing.

[Sephlock]

I'm just not sure which size to get, among other things . I guess I should get a short ruler or something.

[kracked49]

The first thing that you need to do is measure how much room you have in your case for the heat sink / fan combo. Remember to leave some space between the top of the heat sink and the door of your case. You may also want to look and see if the unit interfears with your RAM chip's location. There are a lot of good coolers out there. My personal favorite is the Cool Master that zaid mentioned. you also need to look at the air flow in your case. If the flow is poor then you may need to either upgrade the fans or install a few more. Good luck.

[zaid]

Just tell the guy at the local computer store what model CPU you have. Intel XXX. If you're not sure about that, tell him what motherboard you have. If you don't know that, bring your old fan with you. Measuring won't do you much good. If you have an extreme cpu like you said, you probably have a good case to go with it so size won't matter. Only cases that are obviously smaller have issues with the giant coolers (60$+) and some very rare "standard" cases. If in doubt, just take your case with you. If your case is too big to carry, then size of the fan won't matter.

[Dragoon20005]

intel core 2 extreme uses socket LGA 775

you will need to tell the shop owner the type of cooler which support your socket type

[Gargoth]

i would say noctua.
This fits to most computer cases, is efficient in cooling and silent as well.





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[B E E L Z E B U B]

follow the instructions carefully. its worked for me!

if its the fan of a video card or something you have take the fan apart from its plasric framinng because the lagger will be on the under side of thr fan.

Edited by Karma Police, 24 April 2013 - 11:50 PM.

[Bad Karma 308]

Karma Police, on 24 April 2013 - 11:48 PM, said:

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Edited by Bad Karma 308, 25 April 2013 - 12:48 AM.

[Sephlock]

Also, if I want to replace one of the smaller fans that is elsewhere on the motherboard (not even sure what its on) what do I even enter into google? "motherboard fan" yields a ton of results that aren't what I'm looking for...

[Barbaric Soul]

tell us what motherboard you have and we can tell you what fan you'll need.

[Sen]

http://www.corsair.c...cpu-cooler.html

problem solved

[EitherWay]

zaid, on 24 April 2013 - 10:41 PM, said:

Just go visit your local computer store. Pretty much anything over 20$ will out perform the stock fan. The coolermaster 212 / tx3 offer great value. If you want to do serious overclocking, look for a Noctua (60-80$). There are hundreds of fans to choose from, none of them are bad. Some offer better value than others. Everyone has their favorite. The difference between a good one or bad one at the same price point is just a few degree, nothing that matters unless you're a picky just for being picky and want to squeeze out that last 1mhz while OCing.

I put a coolermaster tx3 on my quadcore i5-2500k, at 3.3 GHz, and my full load temp dropped about 20 degrees. That was replacing the stock heatsink though, and stock cooling sucks.

[Slab Squathrust]

Sephlock, on 25 April 2013 - 02:26 AM, said:

Also, if I want to replace one of the smaller fans that is elsewhere on the motherboard (not even sure what its on) what do I even enter into google? "motherboard fan" yields a ton of results that aren't what I'm looking for...

Is it directly attached to the motherboard? If so it is probably a fan to blow air across the north bridge heat sink. My motherboard has one of those. Such a fan will be more difficult to find than a cpu cooler and fan combo. Further, the core two extremes overclock really well. (I have one.) It might be worth looking at a closed loop water cooler so you can squeeze a bit more out of it. Most closed loop systems currently on the market fit the LGA 775 socket and also the LGA 1155 and 2001 sockets. So if you plan to upgrade to an ivy bridge instead of haswell, you could always use it for that.

[Sephlock]

Barbaric Soul, on 25 April 2013 - 03:03 AM, said:

tell us what motherboard you have and we can tell you what fan you'll need.

2528491R - ECS NVIDIA 680i LT Motherboard and Intel Core2 Extreme Processor QX6850 Assembly

[Starstryke]

For the motherboard fan you might want to look into the antec spotcool fans.
http://store.antec.c...45-75018-9.aspx

[Sephlock]

Thanks.

Two more things: There's a bit of plastic that funnels air from the front fan directly onto the CPU heatsink... I'm pretty sure if I replace it I'll have to take out the plastic thing entirely... will that **** with the airflow enough to cause problems, you think?

[Starstryke]

Really depends on your case config. If the case is a midsize case and you have a few vents it should be ok. Most motherboards have at least a few fan connections available that you can use to mount more fans if necessary. I have not seen what you are talking about since the last time I bought a pc from a manufacturer. I would think that it would probably help to remove the plastic, as you will probably be getting a cpu cooler that is better by far than the stock one and it would also allow the parts that the plastic covers to be cooled by the fans in the case.

[Sephlock]

http://support.gatew...905953Rnv.shtml

[Starstryke]

Yep, thought it might be a gateway. It will be fine, just follow the instructions for removal. Things like that tend to get clogged up with dust anyway and the extra space you get from removal will give you more room for the cpu cooler and maybe a fan.