Hi, im new to these forums and looking for some advice. I am running a P4 3Ghz on ABIT IC7-Max3. I have 5 hard drives, an ATI radeon 9800+, RAID card, etc. etc. I have my CPU fan (a thermaltake volcano 11 i believe, one of the latest models) running at 5500 RPM and it is very loud! The heat levels are also unacceptably high with the system idle at around 50C and at load as high as 65C. I have been looking at water cooling options but I'm not sure if I want to mod my case too much. I read the review of thermaltake's external water cooler but it seems that it doesn't cool enough, especially for my applications. So, any recommended cooling kits? Any external units made by other companies? Should I get a new heatsink/fan? I've heard that Abit boards have heat problems... but I really want to drive my temp. down to around 30C.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
Thanks in advance for any help!!
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