theBLACKout
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can anyone recommend me an i7-930 cooler for under $30? i would prefer it to be around $20. Im not going to oc, is just that using the socket cooler, the idle core temp from cpuid is around 53C and i think it too hot.
i7-930 cooler?
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Hsv_Man
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Your machine is running a bit hot depends on your location and the temperature and humidity where you are. Currently now in Australia its winter and i'm sitting
core #1 41*C
core #2 37*C
core #3 40*C
core #4 36*C
whole cpu 30*-31*C
i am just running the stock cpu with arctic silver 5 which i purchased with the computer and removed the intel thermal compound off the heatsink with some rubbing alcohol. If you wanted try some proper thermal paste such as AS5 put it on as it says to do so on the AS5 website reseat the processor and see what kind of diference it makes.
theBLACKout
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Hsv_Man
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A weather website says its about 27*C in maryland sorry we talk in *Celsius here not much idea on *Fahrenheit which isn't too hot i think you may need to reseat your processor and buy some thermal paste to help cool your processor down. Or its possible your heatsink isn't clipped in properly with those clips intel supplies on their heatsinks.
jevery
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The Scythe SCKTN-3000, $31.68 w/Shipping, has good reviews, and a lot of people have gone with the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 , $35.98 w/Shipping which also has good reviews, but personaly I be inclined to pony up a little more for the XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V REV.W , $47.95 w/Shipping, with the larger 120mm fan.
theBLACKout
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i used ocz freeze, maybe ill remount my cooler tonight. what temperature should i get? when im playing bioshock 2, the hightest core temperature i got is 78C
theBLACKout
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no is not that, i also have evga e-leet tuning utility and it is reporting same temperature as cpuid. anyway, can i increase fan speed beside doing it in bios?