PC sometimes not powering up

[Dark Mantis]

Well in general it seems to be a big improvement. I agree..great case!

As for the hard drive temperature I have always struggled to keep them cool enough and as far as I know there is no problem with a lower temperature. Dont forget on this case you have a 230mm fan blowing straight across them so they are going to be fairly cool.

Can't help with the temperature sensor bit I'm afraid.

[bytheway_r]

Ok, I've managed to fix the cables so the PC is more or less finished now. I suppose modular PSUs are indeed the better choice for this case. Here I was thinking that a full-tower must have enough space to fit everything .

I've played a little more with this new CPU. For the moment I've managed to reach 3.9Ghz @ 1.45v and 2.6Ghz CPU-NB @1.25v. I'll start testing it with some games in a moment to see if it's indeed reasonably stable.

It could do 3.99Ghz @ 1.475v but it's not worth it for me to increase the volts so much for 90Mhz. All in all, if someone were to push it, I think it should do 4 - 4.1Ghz which is quite impressive for a unlocked x2.

TMPIN2 rises with CPU temps and reaches similar values under load, fall off afterwards is slower than the CPU. Any ideas?

[Dark Mantis]

TMPIN2 is the northbridge I think and if so I suppose it would take longer to cool down as the cooling elements are not so efficient as on the CPU. (not 100% sure of location)