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twoodcc

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well here's something weird going on. when i stand my computer up, the temps go up. and when i lay it down, they go back down. here is a youtube video of it.

but i do have a theory. the only thing i can think of is the cpu cooler isn't air tight, even though i screwed it as tight as i could. oh well, i guess i'll check it laid down
 

lordonuthin

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Jan 27, 2007
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well yeah, they are all close together. but only 1 of the cards did that. the others didn't get over 80C

Hmm, I have a machine with 3 cards and one of them runs at 90c while the others run at 70+. the other machine with 3 cards all run at 70c
 

twoodcc

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well my last power bill was outrageous. so it looks i will be stop bigadv folding on 1 of my machines for now. i'm messing around with some server stuff as well. so i might get it back to folding when it gets colder
 

Angelo95210

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Yep. I feel lonely here on MacRumors regarding distributed computing...

Seti is down since a couple of days...
I am now with Milkyway. Anyone else ?
 

lordonuthin

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well my last power bill was outrageous. so it looks i will be stop bigadv folding on 1 of my machines for now. i'm messing around with some server stuff as well. so i might get it back to folding when it gets colder

That is too bad, my latest electric bill is about the same as it's been all summer.
 

DoFoT9

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my power bill (which includes water and sewer) was $385 last month!

but i did finally get someone out to look at the a/c unit. i believe that is a big part of the problem. we'll see
we looked into it, our a/cs chew 30w each WHEN THEY ARE TURNED OFF! its insane. we now turn them off at the power box.
 

twoodcc

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well i got a new computer case and new cpu cooler last weekend, and today is the day i take one of my systems all the way down and build it back up.

the case is a Cooler Master 922 HAF. it was on sale for $89. the cpu cooler is a silenx extreme silent cpu cooler effizio. wish me luck! :cool:
 

jav6454

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well i got a new computer case and new cpu cooler last weekend, and today is the day i take one of my systems all the way down and build it back up.

the case is a Cooler Master 922 HAF. it was on sale for $89. the cpu cooler is a silenx extreme silent cpu cooler effizio. wish me luck! :cool:

Ohhh, nice. 922s are nice for medium sized builds...
 

twoodcc

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Ohhh, nice. 922s are nice for medium sized builds...

yeah it was on sale, so i went ahead and got it. i'm on a budget these days. but still an upgrade from my previous case.

so i got it on, and the cooler as well. so far not that great. running at 3.7 ghz, the temps are in the low 80's C. not good. we'll see how it goes
 

twoodcc

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i took my asus rig apart (that i bought from best buy) and put it in the old case i had. i added 3 fans to it, and i have it running at 3.8 ghz with temps right around 70 C. it has an H50 cooler in it.

so that's 2 rigs that will be running bigadv units now. i'll keep it at that though. my third i7 920 is running a web server, so just advmethods on it
 

jav6454

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i took my asus rig apart (that i bought from best buy) and put it in the old case i had. i added 3 fans to it, and i have it running at 3.8 ghz with temps right around 70 C. it has an H50 cooler in it.

so that's 2 rigs that will be running bigadv units now. i'll keep it at that though. my third i7 920 is running a web server, so just advmethods on it

For an H50, that's still too high temps for an OC. My 930, under -smp 8 settings with an H50 runs at 65C and 38C idle.
 

twoodcc

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For an H50, that's still too high temps for an OC. My 930, under -smp 8 settings with an H50 runs at 65C and 38C idle.

what case do you have?

i'm actually have problems with my northbridge temps on the asus. i think it's the motherboard. right now i have the case open and a box fan blowing air on it
 
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