aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom dave plater wrote per jessen wrote per jessen wrote im quite tempted move system outside tomorrow early morning couple degrees huge external fan able keep whole thing _very_ cold mind disappointed starts work amount cooling ive got enough ok yesterday morning moved box outside hooked network power outdoor temperature 1c temperature rose 6 afternoon machine actually ran pretty stable throughout day one lockup needed hard reset havent able reproduce whilst running 4 x mprime temperatures seen sensors stabilised work system cpu temp3 outdoor 4 mprime 39 51 81 5 4 mprime 35 50 80 6 cooling interesting thing machine uses amd supplied cpu heatsink fan got additional fans heatsinks improve airheat flow improve cooling without looking watercooling today ive removed left cover set large fan similar one shown picture right hand side httpenwikipediaorgwikifan_28mechanical29 work system cpu temp3 room 1 mprime 35 46 80 21 2 mprime 35 51 81 21 3 mprime 36 56 81 21 4 mprime 38 60 81 21 well system remains unstable automatically reboots maybe 1015mins running 4 x mprime ive already got rma think board going back per jessen zürich still get peltier devices better yet dont peltiers good situations want use 2w additional electricity consumption every 1w used cool 95w phenom would require additional 180w power consumption peltier cooler theres much efficient ways disippating 95w heatyou get decent watercooling 1020w youre willing use fanless external tower radiator used use early p1s 486s main use nowadays 12v cool boxes 50 cooling efficiency 100w cooling takes 200w power dont need pipes water cooled system would peltier device dumping 300w heat oh thats right ambient air right around cpu heatstressed components like north bridge chip disk drives good idea also possibility vcore high causes excessive heat true overclocking begging trouble significantly shortened cpu life dave tue 05 aug 2008 042017 0500 opensuse unstable system culprit