CF-S968L-C eCube

[Sept1967]

CF-S968L-C  eCube

[Sept1967]

Several questions.

Bought this thing last Oct (was sold at Newegg closeout as an EMS SFF - $129). Hellova deal.

P4 2.4 GHz 533FSB - 2x 512mb SpecTek PC2700 - SBLive 5.1 - ATI Radeon 9500Pro - -WD 200Gb 7200rpm- IOmega 4x DVD +/- RW - Floppy.

Was running hot near video card, bought an AMS side panel with pre cut air holes (dont own a dremel...yet).
By accident, I touched the 845 northbridge passive cooler, it was major hot. I am NOT overclocking in any way. I replaced it with a TT Tiger 1 for 845 chipsets. Practically silent (no, really)


Also replaced stock ATI fan, with Vantec IceBerg4 (copper w/ lights) again, quiet.



Is the northbridge normally really hot on these things?

Are there options for replacing the XBlade fan? I tried dual 40mm fans after taking out the Xblade (you can see screw slots for this typs of option), but the box would run 10-15 degrees hotter. Xblade, noisier, but works better, so back it went.

Also, what fan size would replace the lit included Akura CPU fan? It seems to be louder then it needs to be.

As you can see, I am a fan of "bolt-on" kind of mods, not hack and cut types.

I have read about 800HT coolers having some manufacturing problems, but do they cool any better then the stock fan that comes with an eCube?

[zombie10k]

hi, alot of this is discussed in the huge AMS EG65/ice-cube discussion.

http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.cfm?catid=45&threadid=41582

the 845 chipset does get too hot in my opinion for passive cooling. It needs either a better sized passive cooler, or active cooling.

There is nothing wrong with the HT800, 1 or 2 people had a problem with them, I have 2 in my two ice-cubes, my coworker has 2 and they are fine. The only problem is you are removing the X-fan, so now you have no real way of exhausting air out of the case. The HT800 is far superior and quieter in cooling than the stock Heatsink/fan combo. But you need some other way of getting air out of the case.

Some have installed a larger 80mm fan on the back of the PSU, or like myself, installed an 80mm or 120mm fan on the side for exhaust. The 120mm is quieter and more efficient than the 80mm, so this was my choice.

[Sept1967]

Thanks.

I'll take a look at the AMS EG65/ice-cube discussion threads,

[airjrdn]

Where'd you get the predrilled side panel?

[Sept1967]

From amselectronics.com

They had a few of the "error" ones left. (The air holes were drilled above where the AGP GPU was, not on the bottom)

So I bought one, unscrewed the pins, flipped the plexiglass, and good to go.