So I recently picked up a brand new AC-68R, immediately put merlin on it and noticed right out of the box with no clock changes the CPU would hover around 78-80 degrees celcius. I don't remember what the two radios were at but I know they were in the 50s somewhere.
I really wanted to over clock the unit to 1200/800 but knew it would be toast if I was getting those Temps on stock speeds. So I went on amazon and bought a little 5 dollar USB powered cooling fan. It came in today so I plugged it in and just gently rested it on the back near the Lan ports, no cutting the case or anything just placed it right next to it.
WOW what a difference a little cheesy 5 dollar fan makes!!
I was watching the Temps via line graph in merlin and before fan CPU was at 79* celcius, about 5 minutes after the fan the CPU is now at 56* Celcius and radios are at 40* down from the 50 something before
I couldn't believe how much of a HUGE difference it made, highly recommend anyone do this and it doesn't require mutilating your casing in order for it to work properly
Great buy! 1200/800 here I come!
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I really wanted to over clock the unit to 1200/800 but knew it would be toast if I was getting those Temps on stock speeds. So I went on amazon and bought a little 5 dollar USB powered cooling fan. It came in today so I plugged it in and just gently rested it on the back near the Lan ports, no cutting the case or anything just placed it right next to it.
WOW what a difference a little cheesy 5 dollar fan makes!!
I was watching the Temps via line graph in merlin and before fan CPU was at 79* celcius, about 5 minutes after the fan the CPU is now at 56* Celcius and radios are at 40* down from the 50 something before
I couldn't believe how much of a HUGE difference it made, highly recommend anyone do this and it doesn't require mutilating your casing in order for it to work properly
Great buy! 1200/800 here I come!
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