Still having cooling problems...

[Iconizer]

If you have the pink compound, then use only this one. This thin layer optimizes the heat
flow to the sink. Coolermaster isn't a bad company, but AMD has certified some coolers with different manuf. AMD CPU's do get fairly hot. So I think you probebly have the wrong cooler ?
The Aopen case HQ-45 is not a bad case but the PSU does speed up the fan a little to late to my judgement.

Better is to look to certified fan's and place and extra fan under in the case.
CPU temperture should stay in the 50 degrees celcius, mine a 1 GHz AMD stays about 42-47 degrees celcius. Also not forget if you have a TNT2 chipset card to cool this one extra, the normal fan placed by manuf. are too weak. card temp rises to 80 degrees under playing games.

Bring on the eggs and bacon.

 

[monotone]

Thanks for your replies, i feel i need to clarify a few things...

The Enlight tower had a AOpen 300w psu (atx 2.01)
The fan inside the psu was all i used.

The AOpen tower has a AOpen 300w psu (atx 2.03)
Again the fan in the psu is all i use.

The only things i changed was the case, and i replaced 2x64mb pc100 with 1x256mb pc133 at the same time.

Adding a second fan didn't help. If i put it in the front the temp is not affected, not even the mobo temp.
If i put it above the psu it just blows out cold air from the top of the case. There is no mounting option under the psu, like i have seen in other cases.

It seems my computer is somewhat unstable at 900mhz now, i slowed down the ram timings, but it still freezes about every 2 hours.

What exactly is the difference between atx 2.01 and 2.03? Maybe P4 support?

 

[Mikewarrior2]

I believe 2.01 still used the old "power supply fan blows in" if I remember correctly, while 2.03 "exhausts' air...


Mike

P.S. has air temp changed in the room where the computer is?

 

[monotone]

2.00 sucked air in instead of out. The 300w 2.01 that was replaced was "ahtlon ready" so the new one must be for the P4.
The ambient temp is the same.
I just installed a second fan in the 3.5 drive bay blowing across the dimm slots to the cpu. mobo/cpu is now 36/49. I noticed the psu fan blowing both in and out! the lower right corner is sucking air in, the lower left and upper right blows air out, and the upper left blows alot of air out. STRANGE!? It seems the fan cant get enough air out of the bottom of the psu, could it be the cpu-fan?
Maybe i should remove some of the metal obstructing the air flow, but that would void my varanty
I'll think about it some more before deciding.