More Japanese Iris

More Japanese iris plants are blooming.

Push-Pull

I added a second S-Flex fan for a push-pull configuration on the Ultra-120 eXtreme. This seems to have helped. Temps have dropped a few degrees. Another person who has the same heatsink has come up with a way to make it fit tighter. He placed a piece of cardboard under the X-bracket that holds the heatsink in place. I have not tried this yet since the clamp I'm using now seems to work okay.

New cooler

Here's a look at the Ultra-120 eXtreme installed. Hard to do a direct comparison with the Tuniq Tower because I'm using different fans. Attached to the heatsink is a Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan. Seems quieter than the Tuniq's internal fan. Temps are reasonable. In a hot room (temp probably around 90F), I was getting 57-58C temps with 100% load on my quad-core. Board is the Asus P5B Deluxe. I have a Jing-Ting chipset cooler on the northbridge. Have to move the graphics card to the second slot. But this is a folding rig, so I'm not too concerned about video quality.

The only real negative is the cooler can be wiggled around, even after the screws are tightened down. I have the board set up on my metal benching platform. A clamp puts downward pressure on the heatsink. I think this helps a little.

Iris

My Japanese irises are starting to bloom. I've had these plants for quite some time. As long as you water them regularly, they do fine. There used to be a flower farm in my area that specialized in Japanese irises. I believe it closed for good awhile back.

Ultra Extreme

Just got another heatsink, the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme. I heard it's supposed to be pretty good. Have not installed it yet. Will see if it's better than the Tuniq Tower.

Bloom

My pink peony plant is blooming.