Skeleton Man wrote:

and the post by Oobahi intrested me he has athlon 64 X2 3800+ using the
fan you have his cpu runs at 32c to 44c i just got a atlon 64 X2 4200+ the
stock fan it can with keeps my cpu below 35c. but i use a akasa ak-855-bl
and that keeps my cpu below 35c.

So the question is this do you wish to risk your cpu/pc for the sake of
the fan

I'm willing to chance it.. if it doesn't perform any better than stock I
can simply put the stock cooler back on.. right now (with a 64 X2 5200+
running at stock speed and a vcore of 1.3v) I get idle temps of around 55c
and full load temps that sometimes exceed 70 degrees..

Current idle temps (ambient room temperature 28c):

Mainboard: 53c
CPU case: 59c
Core1: 66c
Core2: 70c
Case exhaust air: 38c
PSU exhaust air: 41c

I'm willing to try anything to get that 59c to drop to a more reasonable
level like 39c.. lowering the vcore drops the temperatures by around 4c
for each .05v less, but it's unstable at anything under 1.3v and
unbootable (blue screens every time) at anything under 1.2v..

Chris

I have found having good extraction lowers the cpu temp.

I had a sampron 2800+ my pc case had a 80 mm fan on the side
changed that to 120 mm fan dropped the temp by 3c or 4c