Zalman Problems....

[Electric Amish]

I installed my Zalman CNPS3100 this weekend hoping I would get some better cooling in my current rig and to test the HS to see what the best configuration might be.

Room temp approx.- 28-30°C.

Prior setup-
69cfm 120mm fan with 65x65mm angled duct 4.5" from side-panel to an Alpha PAL6035 with a 28cfm 60mm fan on it.

Idle- low 40's
Load- high 40's

Trial #1-
69cfm 120mm fan with 120x120mm straight duct ( |_| ) 5" long from side-panel down over HS. With 125cfm front intake.

Idle- mid 50's C
Load- Low 60's C

Trial #2-
69cfm 120mm fan with 120x70mm angled ( \_/ ) duct 4" long from side-panel down over HS. With 125cfm front intake.

Idle- low 50's C
Load- high 50's C

Trial #3-
125mm 120mm fan with 120x70mm angled ( \_/ ) duct 4" long from side-panel down over HS. With 69cfm front intake.

Idle- mid 40's C
Load- high 40's C

Does this sound right? I was hoping that the Zalman might be a little more efficient and not need that monster 120mm fan on it since I'm moving to a new case and wanted to just duct out the back with an 80 or 92mm fan.

Any other recommendations/suggestions?

thanks,

amish

[Greebe]

Mish, what is the case ambient temperature (not chipset temp)?

[Electric Amish]

I'm not sure. I don't have any way to measure..

amish

[Electric Amish]

They're a little blurry. I guess my hands weren't very steady.

That's the setup. The fan is 125cfm YS-Tech.

This setup gets me about 50°C under load on a Duron 800 clocked to 1029 (7.0@147) and 1.89v.

Any suggestions to get the heat down are appreciated.

amish