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Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005
After putting up with the hot summer temperatures and their toll on my computer's temperatures, I finally broke down and bought some more fans. The one on the side window went out on me (ball bearing I reckon) and I needed one more in the front to equalize the airflow in/out.

Since I already had 2 blue LED fans in the back, I decided to stick with the blue. Now my case has an errie blue glow to it that is surprisingly nice. The other day I re-routed my cables to clean it up inside and improve airflow and it really looks nice. The cables are all (or mostly all) hidden away and hasn't improved the temperatures that much itself but in combonation with the 2 new fans its keeping them down slightly. My air conditioner has been on so its a bit hard to tell.

But so far my idling temperatures have been about without my air on:
119-120º F for the CPU and 88-89º F (49 and 32º C, respectively).

And so far my high-load temperatures haven't peaked above 123º F for the processor and 91º F in the case (51º and 33º C, respectively).

The CPU temperature has been inching up slightly as I've been idling but it still is better than it was. Before I would be at my current peak temperatures when I was doing nothing and when it was at a full load the temperatures would hover around 130º F (55º C) and 96º F (36º C). I still need to observe and do some more testing but it has been well worth the $18 I spent Xoxide (I spent $4 on 2 blue cold cathode lights - they flash when you play music!). Expect some pictures of the case all decked out in blue in the near future!
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