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better cooling solutions

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im not very happy with the temp of cpu and system. before i used to have temps of 32C and 44C at max. Now im having 50C on idle and God knows what on max. i currently have 6 fans (all 80mm), not including the hsf. i have 2 as intake, 2 as exhaust, one blowhole blowing out, and one side panel blowing in. I replaced my stock hsf for a thermalright slk-700 w/ tmd fan (36cfm); i believe the hsf is 54mm. also im using artic silver 3. basically i wanna know what i can do to make the system cooler other than going with a water cooling solution. i have room for 2 more intake fans at the bottom front of the case. the pc is already loud as hell, but ill put up with it if i have to. my room is already hot as hell, so i know that's probably attributing to the heat issue. im thinking about getting a different heat sink and/or fan, a 80mm one or getting some AS5. if anyone have any hints or suggestions please post.

thanks.

also my wiring job was pretty cluttered, and i thought that might be the prob, so i bout split loom, ties, and put some rounded ide cables in. it didnt help any, but it looks a little nicer. im not sure if installing a fan controller would work, but if yall think so give me the link to one so i can check it out.
 
I'd say 54mm is damn small for any kind of heatsink-fan...

How about using a bigger fan, or removing the sink, then reattatching it. You might have dried paste or something under there.
 
the 54mm fan is the smallest size that could fit it. the fan is oddly shaped and i tried putting one of my 80mm case fans on it and it wouldnt fit. Im gonna try to reapply some as3, later today and hopefully that will help.
 
make sure the heatsink is oriented the correct way.

one time i re-did the thermal paste on my CPU, but accidently put the headsink on the wrong way (think of a 180 degree spin from the top view). AMD heatsinks have a bevel cut out of the bottom of them so that they can fit over the plastic socket piece. My CPU was running, but very very hot and I couldn't figure out why. I pulled off the heatsink and noticed it right away.
 
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