I got my shuttle a few months ago and have been toying around with different cooling methods, here's what I've found so far.
-I initially left everything the way it supposed to be with the stock sunon fan exhausting from the case with the smart fan speed deal set to spin up at 38C. It worked alright but I didn't like the auto fan speed change deal. It was obnoxious at the transistion points as it would vascilate between speeds as the temp rose and fell between 38-39C. Also, in this setup, my max temps were over 60C which I found unnacceptable.
-I then tried turning the fan around to have it blow into the case which I had heard would help with temps. My CPU temps dropped by a couple degrees but my case felt like a toaster. I'm not sure where my "case temp" sensor is, but it was idling at 50C and was more than warm to the touch. Also unacceptable.
-I am now using my thermaltake smart-case-fan 2 with a manual controller on it. It is blowing out of the case and does a much better job, though this comes at the expense of some noise. I can usually let it run at about 2000 RPMs which is fairly quiet, but not as whisper soft as the sunon fan. Really, the least amount of noise will cover it up, a little music and I can't here it at all. This keeps my CPU at about 38-40C. At full speed (about 5000 RPMs) the thing screams, but my CPU never goes above 55C and my case temps stay below 45C. And any time I need the added cooling I'm playing a game or something which will drown out the noise so I don't care anyway.
-OCing will be my next project.
What has anyone else found in their SFF tinkering, I'd like to do better if I can. Hope this is helpful.
-I initially left everything the way it supposed to be with the stock sunon fan exhausting from the case with the smart fan speed deal set to spin up at 38C. It worked alright but I didn't like the auto fan speed change deal. It was obnoxious at the transistion points as it would vascilate between speeds as the temp rose and fell between 38-39C. Also, in this setup, my max temps were over 60C which I found unnacceptable.
-I then tried turning the fan around to have it blow into the case which I had heard would help with temps. My CPU temps dropped by a couple degrees but my case felt like a toaster. I'm not sure where my "case temp" sensor is, but it was idling at 50C and was more than warm to the touch. Also unacceptable.
-I am now using my thermaltake smart-case-fan 2 with a manual controller on it. It is blowing out of the case and does a much better job, though this comes at the expense of some noise. I can usually let it run at about 2000 RPMs which is fairly quiet, but not as whisper soft as the sunon fan. Really, the least amount of noise will cover it up, a little music and I can't here it at all. This keeps my CPU at about 38-40C. At full speed (about 5000 RPMs) the thing screams, but my CPU never goes above 55C and my case temps stay below 45C. And any time I need the added cooling I'm playing a game or something which will drown out the noise so I don't care anyway.
-OCing will be my next project.
What has anyone else found in their SFF tinkering, I'd like to do better if I can. Hope this is helpful.