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unclet:

My computer case only has one place to mount a fan.  This is on the back of the case.  I decided to cut a hole in the side of the case to attach a second fan, but it sucked hacking through the metal to try to come up with a nice circle, but I finally did it.


I know absolutely nothing about computer hardware, so please help me:

1) To give me an idea .... what temperature should my CPU being running at .... I have no idea what CPUs run at normally.

2) How can I determine whether the heatsink fan is attached correctly?  I previously assumed the fan should be send air into the CPU, not taking in away.   If I put my palm very close and above the heatsink fan, then should I feel a lot of air blowing on my palm?

3) If I upgrade to a 400Watt Seasonic power supply, then are they all standard sizes so it will fit in my computer's PSU bay?  Will you please recommend a model (provide link possibly) to the Seasonic 400Watt which you recommend?  Seasonic's seem to be a quite expensive power supply.   I was assuming a new 400W power supply would run around $45 .....

4) How can I be sure whether a Thermalight Ultra-120 heatsink will mount to my motherboard? 

5) Is the Thermalight Ultra-120 heatsink one type of heatsink or are there many different varieties of the Ultra-120 heatsinks?

6) Does "one of the finest heatsinks on the market" mean it is extremely expensive?  Are there alternatives?   The computer I am using does not get intensive use.   The wife uses it to scan the internet, get email.  I use it to compile infrequently, log into work to check stuff, minor stuff.   In other words, I do not think I would need top-of-the-line if you are thinking my computer was a super busy high-end computer, but I am not sure.

7) Which 120mm fan should I purchase for the heatsink?

8 ) I went to the Artic silver website and they list "Artic Silver 5", "Ceramique" and "Artic Alumina" thermal compounds.   Would any of these 3 work for me?  Where do you purchase Artic Silver?

9) Is applying Artic silver easy enough so I can not make an error?  People can indicating that I should have a very think layer of it only (even use a razor blade to apply it).   What happens if I apply it to thick, or there is a bubble in it somewhere?

10) Perhaps all hardware could be purchased from the same place?  Maybe someone can provide me links to all this stuff?



divemaster127:

I will email you some more later, it dinner time, artic silver is good, use a razor blade & run a fine thin grease across the cpu, a lot of people make a mistake & put way to much on, if you wish send me a pm & i can see where you live maybe i can help you tweak out your system
dm

unclet:

Maybe I should do the following first:

1) Find out whether my heatsink fan is attached correctly
2) Upgrade the power supply, since the outside top of the computer case (directly above the power supply) is the place where it gets real hot).

Maybe this will lower the temperature .... so please provide a link to a power supply I should use for my computer.   Possibly from newegg or tigerdirect ... but I guess this does not matter really.

unclet:

Here is a picture of the inside of my computer (notice the one fan attached on the back of the system) and a heatsink fan picture as well.



unclet:

Here are two more pictures of the heatsink fan:

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