new hsf - high temps still

[phishhead]

not to familar with Intel cpu's but that seems alittle high. to see if your airflow is good take the side cover off and if the temp goes up then your airflow is fine. if the temp goes down then you need to change your configuration alittle better. Also are you using regular IDE ribbons. I know I have the round ones and that helps with airflow also if you tidy up your power cables that will help. Is your mobo temps high also if its just your cpu you might want to reapply your thermal grease, and if you have one of those thermal pads take it off then clean the HS with some cleaner and add some thermal grease. Let us know if this helps.

[Rex Mundi]

Thermal grease. I guess that must be part of the solution. I didn't put any on the p4 chip . About the case temperature, it's hot too, 45 degrees celcius. When i take the cover of the case off, the temperature drops by a couple degrees. But not much though. When i put my hand in the case, it doesn't feel that hot. Only when i put my hand next to the cpu fan, do i feel the hot air coming from my cpu, and believe me it's HOT. I'll see what i can do. I think i'll buy some grease, but about the fan configuration, i cant do much about it. All the rear fans occupy the available space, plus i dont think it would be wise to make em blow air into the case, right?

thanks anyway, cheers

[Reverend]

From reading your configuration it sounds like you have got plenty of fans drawing the air out,but only one pulling air in.Therefore you may be pulling the cleaner,cooler air out too quickly.If possible fit an additional fan to the front that draws air in,or replace the current front fan with one that has got a higher cfm rating.

And not wishing to sound patronizing,but check the air flow indicator arrows are pointing in the right direction. I made that mistake myself once.

[Rex Mundi]

Thanks, i'll experiment some more with the fans. Also about the thermal grease, i must have that other thing you get with heatsinks, a conductive sticker, i cant remember what it's called. The hot air is indeed efficiently blown away from the CPU, but doesn't easily escape the case. I also thought about cutting away the metallic grid of the case where the fans are located for faster airflow. Would that be a good idea?