Motherboard temp hitting 118.. (asus p5n32sli-se).. ways to cool?

[markm75]

I have a super tower (large one, with 6 5.25" bays and 3 3.5" ones)..
lots of room inside.. room for 2 PSUs (there is a nice gap with fan
holes above the existing PSU )..

There are two fans on the front and 2 in the back with 2 fans around
the fan on the CPU itself.. then i have a geforce 8600GT and a 7600GT
card in the pci-e slots.. and 4 other smaller PCI cards.. no slots
free in the back..

I keep getting temp warnings with the asus probe software.. reaching
118 f when just browsing..

Any thoughts on how i can cool this guy down some more.. i dont really
want to mess with water coolers.. i do have another 4"? fan, with 4
pins, but i dont have any 4 pin connectors free on the motherboard..
or any extensions (thought maybe putting one up above the PSU may
help, blowing out of the case i think)..

Any other thoughts out there on this one, as i have no free slots in
the back as it is.. but room in side the case. (i've also cut some
small holes in the slots of the back metal of the case, but it hasnt
helped)...

Thanks

 

[sandy58]

I have a super tower (large one, with 6 5.25" bays and 3 3.5" ones)..
lots of room inside.. room for 2 PSUs (there is a nice gap with fan
holes above the existing PSU )..

There are two fans on the front and 2 in the back with 2 fans around
the fan on the CPU itself.. then i have a geforce 8600GT and a 7600GT
card in the pci-e slots.. and 4 other smaller PCI cards.. no slots
free in the back..

I keep getting temp warnings with the asus probe software.. reaching
118 f when just browsing..

Any thoughts on how i can cool this guy down some more.. i dont really
want to mess with water coolers.. i do have another 4"? fan, with 4
pins, but i dont have any 4 pin connectors free on the motherboard..
or any extensions (thought maybe putting one up above the PSU may
help, blowing out of the case i think)..

Any other thoughts out there on this one, as i have no free slots in
the back as it is.. but room in side the case. (i've also cut some
small holes in the slots of the back metal of the case, but it hasnt
helped)...

Thanks

How about a fridge???

 

[Chris Hill]

I have a super tower (large one, with 6 5.25" bays and 3 3.5" ones)..
lots of room inside.. room for 2 PSUs (there is a nice gap with fan
holes above the existing PSU )..

There are two fans on the front and 2 in the back with 2 fans around
the fan on the CPU itself.. then i have a geforce 8600GT and a 7600GT
card in the pci-e slots.. and 4 other smaller PCI cards.. no slots
free in the back..

I keep getting temp warnings with the asus probe software.. reaching
118 f when just browsing..

Any thoughts on how i can cool this guy down some more.. i dont really
want to mess with water coolers.. i do have another 4"? fan, with 4
pins, but i dont have any 4 pin connectors free on the motherboard..
or any extensions (thought maybe putting one up above the PSU may
help, blowing out of the case i think)..

Any other thoughts out there on this one, as i have no free slots in
the back as it is.. but room in side the case. (i've also cut some
small holes in the slots of the back metal of the case, but it hasnt
helped)...

I think you need a plan instead of throwing fans at the problem.
First of all, try getting rid of the intake fans. Second, you could
always create a duct to bring air straight into the cpu. Remember,
fans create heat as well, and swirling air currents may just bypass
what you're trying to cool.

 

[larry moe 'n curly]

I have a super tower (large one, with 6 5.25" bays and 3 3.5" ones)..
lots of room inside.. room for 2 PSUs (there is a nice gap with fan
holes above the existing PSU )..

There are two fans on the front and 2 in the back with 2 fans around
the fan on the CPU itself.. then i have a geforce 8600GT and a 7600GT
card in the pci-e slots.. and 4 other smaller PCI cards.. no slots
free in the back..

There are probably too many fans, or some of the fans are blowing in
the wrong direction and fighting the other fans. Try disabling all
of them except those for the CPU, graphics cards, and power supply,
and then turn on one fan at a time, testing that fan in both
directions for lowest case temperature before doing the same with the
next fan.

Exactly how are those two fans around the CPU fan positioned? Can you
post photos at ImageShack or Flickr? Maybe they should be removed.

I use 0-1 case fans and also one fan suck in fresh air for the
electronics of every 2-3 hard drives, leaving a gap of 1/2" on to and
bottom of each HD (the bottom HD of each set should be upside-down).

 

[geoff]

I agree, he has some other issue going on. With my old case and average
ventilation, my MB got up to 32c at the most, maybe 34c if I had the heat
on.

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