Cleaning Desktop Hurts.

I hate the pain staking task of cleaning my desktop.I get cut in some way,Due to the fact i have a massive heat sink.I spent the last hour cleaning my GPU.I took it apart,And first thing i cleaned was the fan with a damp towel.Than i took the heat sink and rinsed it off in my sink to get rid of all the thick dust on the heat sink.

Than i took rubbing alcohol and removed all the 2 year old thermal paste and applied a fresh set.

Reason being heat issues.I was getting temps around 135 Fahrenheit which is about 57.2 in celsius.It jumped to about 160 at one point.Even with 5 fans running at 52,000 rpm.lol

I cut my hand about 3 or 5 times on my cpu heat sink.I hate that.

 

This is with load.

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 87 °F
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 76 °F
Graphics
MLT1921 (1440x900@60Hz)
ELEFW2217M (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 101 °F
Storage
223GB KINGSTON SUV400S37240G ATA Device (SSD) 74 °F
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10JPVX-11JC3T0 ATA Device (SATA) 70 °F
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS324 W ATA Device
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio

 

Looks like it is running O.K now - I would say, quite cool under load .
What fan system have you installed - I would have thought a 100mm back and front.....?
Sometimes airflow can be better with less, but larger fans....especially with a large heat-sink
Long time since I built one, but that was the way I worked.
Cable tidies ?
No IDE cables (restricting airflow)- all sata cables....?
At least 400 w psu, and fan inside not clogged ?
Any Bios updates ?
Just interested...........

 

All my cables are sata cables now.I can use serial ata on this board but the transfer rate is slow compared to the sata.

Well the AMD Phenom II X4 can get hot some times.Thus the reason for the after market cooler.

Here this is part of my list.

Enermax ETS-T40-TB CPU Cooler With T.B.SILENCE PWM Twister Bearing Fan Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1150 and AMD FM2/FM1/AM3+


I have two fans on this both pointing out thought the exhaust fan.This is what cuts my hand most of the time.

And this setup
Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow, Supporting up to Six 120mm Fans and USB 3.0



There are two fan slots on the top of the case.One for the exhaust fan back and left panel.And Two fans on the front.

 

I never up date the bios unless needed.

 

Just think about how much butter it will feel when it stops hurting

 

What's the old saying?

No pain. No gain!

 

Yes but there are different kinds of pain.Being cut by the after market cooling stings a little.

 

Wait 'till you pick up some salty French fries!

 

I always check if there are updates on the Bios, as sometimes they fix problems - I always read up what thy can do ,first.
Cross flow can help when upmarket coolers are used, as although they help the cpu, they can be a little restricting for graphics cards.
I would have thought extraction is good, but pumping air in from the front always seemed to work for me, and I seemed to get better airflow that way.
Still, as I said, your system seems reasonably cool since you cleaned it.

Wile e coyote- Need to keep them handy, next time you clean it

 

Nothing like a bit of pain to bring out the inner geek in you!

As stated, all seems to be running nice now......good work!

Lol.....mmmm, chili con carne!

 

My power supply is a modular 80+ 550 watt.So i can over clock a little

 

I do have the option for water cooling.But i don't want to deal with it.Because too much work to clean out the system.

 

You need a plumber to sort out your shit.

 

Do you want the butt burner with that order.

 

Nice clean setup.

I wish my cables where that manageable.

I had to finally remove my first hard drive bay.It was not giving enough air flow.

It's all most like the case above picture.

 

This is my current temp's after all the readjustments.

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 91 °F
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 81 °F
Graphics
ELEFW2217M (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 78 °F
Storage
223GB KINGSTON SUV400S37240G ATA Device (SSD) 76 °F
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10JPVX-11JC3T0 ATA Device (SATA) 72 °F
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS324 W ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

I always managed to fit a 200mm fan behind the hard drives,and it meant taking front panel off, but it did help the cross-flow of air.
I believe you said you had to on the rear.

 

All my fans are 120 mm fans.

The hardest spots are the very top of the case and the rear.This mid tower case is kinda tight due to the cpu's big heat sink.

 

Ok here are the results my me cleaning and redoing my cables. I all so cleaned off the CPU thermal paste there was a lot of dust on it.So that was cleaned and new thermal paste added.I completely removed every thing and did a complete wash of the case.

 

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 86 °F
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 76 °F
Graphics
ELEFW2217M (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 79 °F
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10JPVX-11JC3T0 ATA Device (SATA) 70 °F
223GB KINGSTON SUV400S37240G ATA Device (SSD) 72 °F
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS324 W ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

Yep I am in the queue for some cleaning too......it will be quite a big job ......I have an i5 tower pc , two i7 tower pc, two 18" i7 gaming laptops, a 12bay NAS and two 7 bay NASs that all need cleaning as well as a big 3000W APC UPS with two extra daisy chain battery boxes. Summer is happening over here and I usually clean everything out before November but this year I was too busy with work so it is still not done and will have to wait until February ............unless you have some spare time

Great job BTW and it is so important to have the cables out of the way and neat as this really improves airflow through the case. Cases that run the cables behind the mobo are really great for making a neat and tidy system so good case choice too

Currently I have one Thermaltake Global Urban s31 with HDD dock and two Fractal Design Define Silent Black R5 boxes and all these boxes have cable management behind the mobo out of sight
Previously I had what I called The Behemoth which was a Swiftech water cooled i7 gaming box in a massive Antec 1200 case and with all the gear inside weighed over 60kgs so it had its own little trolley on castors..........it was a great room heater in cold weather but a PITA in summer lol

 

I used a lot of Zip ties lol.

 

Zip ties are the way to go but if you want it to look really fancy and really neat then get yourself some SpiWrap spiral wrapping
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Inch-Polyethylene-Spiral-Wrap/dp/B004FV0YUG
plenty of electrical supply places and automotive parts places sell it in short lengths for a couple of bucks for a few metres and the bonus is that it protects the wires from sharp computer cases plus you can reuse it on the next build
The two most common sizes I buy for computers are 6mm and 12mm and for electrical work or thicker bundles of wire I use 25mm.
I find the black coloured one to be the most flexible and the longest lasting and the black has also got a much better UV (ultra violet) rating than the white. I haven't seen the beige or light grey colours in stock at my supplier for several years so I think it might be discontinued or maybe my supplier doesn't stock it because nobody buys those colours

 

If you want bucks go hunting.

 

I didn't get the clear side because all my computers have industrial noise suppression material glued inside onto the sides, the top and behind the front. My case has been "re-engineered" to suck air through a big filter on the bottom then blow it out at the rear and all my computers are jacked up 25mm and they sit on little trolleys (about 75mm high including the castors) to keep them from sucking any dirt or fluff off the floor. All three computers and the UPS sit under my desk........I have a huge U shaped desk that is bolted to the studs of three walls around my office and the desk top has a shelf on top for monitors and printers and scanners etc and the shelf is mounted around two walls. My desk is 4m on the long side and 3m on the two shorter sides and the shelf is 4m and 3m.
To give an idea of scale, I have a new 55" Samsung 4k UHD HDR TV that easily sits on the shelf (on its stand) across the corner of my office and there is still 100mm of shelf left in front of the screen to the edge of the shelf.
I looked at a lot of cases before I settled on these ones and I have been very happy. Previously I used to mostly buy Antec or Silverstone but all the other case makers have caught up and are now making excellent products at half the price. Another surprise was the Fractal Design quiet series fans are very quiet...... a lot of fan makers quote low db numbers but in the test, the fan is only running at half speed. The Fractal Design fans run slow and with more torque so they still deliver the same air as other fans running at full speed making a lot more noise.
Just an FYI opinion....I think you chose well Dave because I reckon the Thermaltake Urban case is a better design and layout than the Fractal Design ones although the Fractal Design cases are slightly quieter and this is important to me.....from the outside both types of case look almost the same lol

 

I have come to the conclusion that my power supply is going bad.I will be going to best buy and buying a new one that is a EVGA 600 watt psu for around 50 dollars.Which is not a bad price for a power supply.

The system kept rebooting for karnel power error.This is my conclusion.I have ran over 40 test virus/malware/Pushing my system to the limit.Every thing else has passed the test.My temps are fine no issues.

I have even gone as far as resetting my bios jumper and battery and installing a new version of bios,Nothing worked.