by hsalive Mon May 19, 2008 11:03 am
sorry if its been answered before (and i'll go look at the rig secion to be sure) but what case are you running?
make sure your gpu and cpu are getting fresh air from the outside
generally if your not overclocking, the standard crap that comes with the cpu (if it comes with it - mine did) is enough.
if it doesnt come with one then we can go from there but (and sorry to slight whomever had that turbo engine on theirs) weight can technically be an issue with heatsinks so you have to be careful there, most cpu's have a maximum heatsink weight and i wouldnt do more than double that, although i'm sure you can buy heatsinks that are 10x that and find people that tell you theirs is working just fine.
key elements for keeping a pc cool, lots of fresh air coming in and blowing out, the heatsink, and the method you use to mount the heatsink (lapping, paste etc) most of this wont come into play unless you overclock however.
just remember a clean pc case is a cool pc case (and by clean i refer to both wires and dust