Recomended Cooling for a VIA C3 933 Mhz (erza t)

vivian · 22nd March 2002, 7:24 PM

I have a linux box serving as a Internet Proxy and Fileserver. I had a celeron 733 Mhz running in the box until a few days ago. Then I bought myself the VIA C3 933 Mhz - the claims from VIA that it is very low in power comsumption and it doesn´t generate so much heat as a Celeron. For my Linux Box just the thing I was looking for - a quite Server! VIA claims that the thing doesn´t need to be active cooled. So Thats just the thing I´m trying to do. But the damn thing gets so hot that I´m not so sure about not active cooling the thing.

Does anybody have this cpu? And is passivly cooling the cpu and getting temps below 60 degrees Celsius?? The cooler I´m using is a globalwin without the fan. Using the Fan I get temps around room temperature. But the Globalwin Fans are not exactly what I had in mind of "quite"...

For Show: my setup
Board: Asus CUSI-M
384 MB Ram
40 GB HDD silentdrive from Fujitsu Siemens
VIA C3 933 Mhz

JunFan · 23rd March 2002, 11:42 AM

I have the 800mhz C3 and am using an all copper Zalman CNPS3100 to passively cool it.

StratosFear · 23rd March 2002, 5:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vivian
I have a linux box serving as a Internet Proxy and Fileserver. I had a celeron 733 Mhz running in the box until a few days ago. Then I bought myself the VIA C3 933 Mhz - the claims from VIA that it is very low in power comsumption and it doesn´t generate so much heat as a Celeron. For my Linux Box just the thing I was looking for - a quite Server! VIA claims that the thing doesn´t need to be active cooled. So Thats just the thing I´m trying to do. But the damn thing gets so hot that I´m not so sure about not active cooling the thing.

Does anybody have this cpu? And is passivly cooling the cpu and getting temps below 60 degrees Celsius?? The cooler I´m using is a globalwin without the fan. Using the Fan I get temps around room temperature. But the Globalwin Fans are not exactly what I had in mind of "quite"...

For Show: my setup
Board: Asus CUSI-M
384 MB Ram
40 GB HDD silentdrive from Fujitsu Siemens
VIA C3 933 Mhz

what i would do is get a good quality, quiet 80mm fan and run it at 7 volts. You won't here it and it will pass enough air over the heatsink to keep it at a reasonable tempreature.

That said maybe you should try this with the celeron. I reckon you could run the celeron like this without it overheating. And it would be faster than the c3.

Cheers.

Rod M · 23rd March 2002, 11:33 PM

hey vivian,

a zalman HSF will be more than sufficient to cool your P3,

I assume your in Germany, so you can get them at http://www.quietpc.de/de/index.asp

Myne_h · 25th March 2002, 7:12 PM

umm I saw on a clip a via c3 run q3 overnight without a HSF
I think is was the response to the conraversial tomshardware athlon and p4 burnout thing.

vivian · 25th March 2002, 8:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by StratosFear

what i would do is get a good quality, quiet 80mm fan and run it at 7 volts. You won't here it and it will pass enough air over the heatsink to keep it at a reasonable tempreature.

That said maybe you should try this with the celeron. I reckon you could run the celeron like this without it overheating. And it would be faster than the c3.

Cheers.

Well, yes I had the Celeron running with the stock fan with 7 volts - but the fan caused vibrations and hummed all night long.. If I ran a kernel compile or something else processor heavy, the temps wenn up fast right above 72 degrees.. Then I heard that the VIA C3 can be colded passivly.. well, it also gets very hot without a fan!

Myne_h · 25th March 2002, 8:15 PM

k, so its a proxy/file server - not very demanding
I had a 333 @1.3v once (on a bp6) I'm pretty sure it'd stay cool if you could find one and do the same.
my 433@570@2.3v however with a fop32 ran for 3 hrs @ full load @ 65 deg b4 I got bored and plugged the fan back in.

littlee · 2nd April 2002, 2:16 PM

I have a 866mhz C3 and it has some crappy heatsink without a fan on it. The only fan is in the PSU..

Running F@H it gets upto 50c, Idling @ about 30c

leperMessiah · 4th April 2002, 12:52 AM

Apparently if you just blow on the C3 once every three weeks it works fine!

Sean@QCS · 4th April 2002, 8:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by littlee
I have a 866mhz C3 and it has some crappy heatsink without a fan on it. The only fan is in the PSU..

Running F@H it gets upto 50c, Idling @ about 30c

This has just appeared on Zalman's website

"Officially recommended by VIA, CNPS6100 does not use a fan on the CPU heatsink, resulting in perfectly noiseless operation. "

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/intro.htm

littlee · 4th April 2002, 9:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sean@QCS

"resulting in perfectly noiseless operation. "

Only if they discount HDD noise and the PSU fan

elvis · 4th April 2002, 1:56 PM

as has been already mentioned, have a look at http://www.quietpc.com/ if you are really serious about noisless machines. their quiet PSUs and hard-driver "mufflers" get rave reviews all around the world.

i don't know if they have a distributer in australia or not. maybe someone will start importing their products one day.

Myne_h · 4th April 2002, 3:27 PM

or you could chuck a shit load of ram in it and set the hd to turn off after 10 mins

Fodder · 4th April 2002, 7:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Myne_h
or you could chuck a shit load of ram in it and set the hd to turn off after 10 mins

or you could do what Vivian is already doing, and use a silent fluid-born hard drive, as pioneered by Fujitsu, and offered by Fujitsu, Seagate and Maxtor

vivian · 4th April 2002, 7:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fodder

or you could do what Vivian is already doing, and use a silent fluid-born hard drive, as pioneered by Fujitsu, and offered by Fujitsu, Seagate and Maxtor

I can really recommend the Maxtor drives - for a system where performance isn´t really needed (100mbit Ethernet really doesn´t need 7200 rpm drives, really, believe me *G*) The Fujitsu drive, or the maxtor drives are very silent. The Box i am using, used to reside in the kitchen, where the sounds from the fridge were louder then the noise from my linux box. The folding is cranking along happily, the linux box is up and running for a week now, and the C3 prozessor is a mere 31 degrees warm - but with a fan running at 7 volts. I´´m thinking about getting that Zalman thingy.. sounds niffy!!! I´ve upgraded the Disk space. I bought a Quite Drive from Maxtor with another 80 gigs. Lets see how loud it gets with it installed.
The Shitload of ram is already installed.. I mean.. 384 Megs for a Gateway.. be real.. you don´t seriously need it.. When the RAM prices drop a bit, I´m going to install 1 gig (the max what the board can take..) into the thingy.. But, honestly.. do I REALLY need it?? No!! But what the heck.. *G*

Does anybody know if the VIA c3 is able to be used in Dual systems? Anybody know a MicroAtx Dual board?? *G*

22nd March 2002, 7:24 PM	#1
vivian Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Munich Posts: 299	Recomended Cooling for a VIA C3 933 Mhz (erza t) I have a linux box serving as a Internet Proxy and Fileserver. I had a celeron 733 Mhz running in the box until a few days ago. Then I bought myself the VIA C3 933 Mhz - the claims from VIA that it is very low in power comsumption and it doesn´t generate so much heat as a Celeron. For my Linux Box just the thing I was looking for - a quite Server! VIA claims that the thing doesn´t need to be active cooled. So Thats just the thing I´m trying to do. But the damn thing gets so hot that I´m not so sure about not active cooling the thing. Does anybody have this cpu? And is passivly cooling the cpu and getting temps below 60 degrees Celsius?? The cooler I´m using is a globalwin without the fan. Using the Fan I get temps around room temperature. But the Globalwin Fans are not exactly what I had in mind of "quite"... For Show: my setup Board: Asus CUSI-M 384 MB Ram 40 GB HDD silentdrive from Fujitsu Siemens VIA C3 933 Mhz

23rd March 2002, 11:33 PM	#4
Rod M Über Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Training Monkeys Posts: 3,104	hey vivian, a zalman HSF will be more than sufficient to cool your P3, I assume your in Germany, so you can get them at http://www.quietpc.de/de/index.asp __________________ AMD 550BE (4 cores @ 3700mhz) \| GA-MA785GT-UD3H \| XFX 5770 1gb \| ST UltraDrive GX 128GB SSD \| 4GB DDR3 \| Win7 Pro \| HX620

2nd April 2002, 2:16 PM	#8
littlee Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Crazed Knife Stabbing Central Posts: 2,053	I have a 866mhz C3 and it has some crappy heatsink without a fan on it. The only fan is in the PSU.. Running F@H it gets upto 50c, Idling @ about 30c __________________ Say hello to my little friend.

4th April 2002, 1:56 PM	#12
elvis Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 19,937	as has been already mentioned, have a look at http://www.quietpc.com/ if you are really serious about noisless machines. their quiet PSUs and hard-driver "mufflers" get rave reviews all around the world. i don't know if they have a distributer in australia or not. maybe someone will start importing their products one day. __________________ Child's Play Charity

23rd March 2002, 11:42 AM	#2
JunFan Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hopetoun, WA Posts: 234	I have the 800mhz C3 and am using an all copper Zalman CNPS3100 to passively cool it.

25th March 2002, 7:12 PM	#5
Myne_h Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,551	umm I saw on a clip a via c3 run q3 overnight without a HSF I think is was the response to the conraversial tomshardware athlon and p4 burnout thing.

25th March 2002, 8:15 PM	#7
Myne_h Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,551	k, so its a proxy/file server - not very demanding I had a 333 @1.3v once (on a bp6) I'm pretty sure it'd stay cool if you could find one and do the same. my 433@570@2.3v however with a fop32 ran for 3 hrs @ full load @ 65 deg b4 I got bored and plugged the fan back in.

4th April 2002, 12:52 AM	#9
leperMessiah Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,242	Apparently if you just blow on the C3 once every three weeks it works fine!

4th April 2002, 3:27 PM	#13
Myne_h Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,551	or you could chuck a shit load of ram in it and set the hd to turn off after 10 mins