HLDoom32768 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I currently own a Thermatake Armor Case, and as I plan to get a new computer in the next month or so I am looking for extra cooling methods to keep my new computer cool. I plan to go for either the 8800gts, or the ATI HD 2900 graphics card, but i'm not sure what one yet. Also I plan to go for an Intel Core 2 processor meaning I will be creating a lot of heat with my gaming machine. I am looking at either getting an additional 120mm fan in the front of the case or a 250mm fan on the side of the case.It seems many people tell me that you should have airflow simple: FRONT to BACK and only that. That side airducts mess up your airflow and will cause hotspots, is this true? I mean.... I would think a 250mm fan on the side would cool off my computer parts very well, and the 180mm fan in the front would handle my HDDs. Then my 180mm in the back and 80mm on top would push hot air out.Well... would it work better to just get the 3hdd cage with 180mm fan for the front, or get the 250mm fan for the side of my case?Side pannel frm Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-A2400-Sy...w/dp/B000HS6KGICage from Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-iCage-A2...4654625-3479904I don't think prices get any lower then the ones I found at Amazon. I plan to use my Thermaltake Typhoon 120mm CPU cooler for my processor so the processor should be doing pretty well, my main concern is keeping the chips on the mobo, the videocard, and the overall case temp down. Also I don't want to buy a PSU anytime soon, so... keeping that cool is nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 many people have said over at forums such as silentpcreview that those side fans do cause the temps to actually go up. go and research if you want to. go for the 120mm in front. if temps are too high then we can try to do something about it.wait for intels price drops next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLDoom32768 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 many people have said over at forums such as silentpcreview that those side fans do cause the temps to actually go up. go and research if you want to. go for the 120mm in front. if temps are too high then we can try to do something about it.wait for intels price drops next month.yeah the 120mm fans in front are cheaper also, it just seems that air directly on the computer parts would work really well. Thanks for the link, as I've never heard of SilentPCReview, it looks like it could help...Are the price drops going to be large ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Q6600 is suppose to be 266$thats a quad core!the dual cores will be dropping a couple months later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLDoom32768 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Q6600 is suppose to be 266$thats a quad core!the dual cores will be dropping a couple months laterreally!? awesome. I was just going to go for Dual core, but if a quad core is near $250 then I will probably go for it. I hope to spend about $1000-$1300 on my computer this summer. I take it you're getting a new computer this summer also? Oh off topic, Nvidia videocards run on ATI chipsets correct? That is in SLI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 i want a new computer, who wouldnt. whether or not i'll get one depends on how much money i'll have saved up by then..SLI only works on nvidia chipsets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) Q6600 is suppose to be 266$thats a quad core!the dual cores will be dropping a couple months laterIts actually a double dual core CPU. The two halves interface over the FSB. Its not a real quad core. Its a little faster than a dual core though. Not as much as you would expect from a real quad. Edited June 18, 2007 by brucevangeorge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 many people have said over at forums such as silentpcreview that those side fans do cause the temps to actually go up. go and research if you want to. go for the 120mm in front. if temps are too high then we can try to do something about it.wait for intels price drops next month.yeah the 120mm fans in front are cheaper also, it just seems that air directly on the computer parts would work really well. Thanks for the link, as I've never heard of SilentPCReview, it looks like it could help...Are the price drops going to be large ones?I have that case with two of the cages (six hard drives in RAID5). They're designed to not only cool the case, but to cool your drives. Some hard drives can run rather warm, which just adds additional heat in the case (obviously). The cages help reduce that by keeping the drives ice cool.The only thing I don't like about the cages is that you can only put three drives in each cage. Supermicro has some setups that allow four or five drives in the same amount of space. The system I have all of those drives in is my Active Directory domain controller, DHCP server, AD DNS, WINS, file server, etc, etc, etc. Right now it has eight hard drives in it (two in the upper bay, six in two iCages). Not that I move it that often, but when I do it's cumbersome because of the size and weight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Q6600 is suppose to be 266$thats a quad core!the dual cores will be dropping a couple months laterIts actually a double dual core CPU. The two halves interface over the FSB. Its not a real quad core. Its a little faster than a dual core though. Not as much as you would expect from a real quad.well you dont know how the performance would differ from true quad...amd wont be making true quads, apparently they are too hard to make, so they will be doing the same thing that intel is.amd also claims that the performance difference between true quad and dual dual is very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 amd wont be making true quads, apparently they are too hard to make, so they will be doing the same thing that intel is.So what's the whole thing with Barcelona then?http://www.legitreviews.com/article/426/1/http://64-bit-computers.com/amd-quad-core-...na-opteron.htmlIsn't Barcelona a real quad CPU? So are they scrapping it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 well the last i heard it's too hard too make. and as i've said, amd said that the performance difference is that much so they are taking the easy route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLDoom32768 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Q6600 is suppose to be 266$thats a quad core!the dual cores will be dropping a couple months laterIts actually a double dual core CPU. The two halves interface over the FSB. Its not a real quad core. Its a little faster than a dual core though. Not as much as you would expect from a real quad.yeah I know that it is just double dual core CPU, but it still does perform better then a Dual core. Sure not 2x faster, but if it is only 50 bucks more or something, or well... even 100 bucks more to get quad core I mean... sure they don't have a lot of programs that work on it but hey, I know Steam is working on Quad core stuff, and my guess is other companies are also...amd wont be making true quads, apparently they are too hard to make, so they will be doing the same thing that intel is.So what's the whole thing with Barcelona then?http://www.legitreviews.com/article/426/1/http://64-bit-computers.com/amd-quad-core-...na-opteron.htmlIsn't Barcelona a real quad CPU? So are they scrapping it?I thought I heard Barcelona was delayed till September... I haven't heard any other info about the status on it other then that though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 ya i cant find where they said it wont be true quad, but i definatly read it in some news article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 but if it is only 50 bucks more or something, or well... even 100 bucks more to get quad core I mean... sure they don't have a lot of programs that work on it but hey, I know Steam is working on Quad core stuff, and my guess is other companies are also...Q6600: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115017$521E6600: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....amp;x=0&y=0$223E6700: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....scription=E6700$317Its not 50 bucks more. Its double a E6600. And you don't get double the performance neither.I'd get a E6700 or a E6800 when it comes out. No point in wasting money for inferior parts (inferior for the price)Some benchmarks: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/q6600/8.htmThat and its a hot one. Uses double the power. Runs at about 105W to 125W. Since after all, its two CPUs glued together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 read the thread first! i have already said that intel plans on price cuts. Q6600=$266 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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