Applying thermal paste to i7 920

Hey Sorry for the random question but THERMAL-REACTOR I got the same processor and mobo as you. And im looking to buy one of the corsair H series CPU water cooler. How cool does your CPU run with the corsair h60?
 
hankweed said:
Hey Sorry for the random question but THERMAL-REACTOR I got the same processor and mobo as you. And im looking to buy one of the corsair H series CPU water cooler. How cool does your CPU run with the corsair h60?
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Reasonably, honestly it's not the best cooler out there but with aftermarket fans it stays within a few degrees of my old Thermal Right IFX14 and that thing beat out Megahelams. I have been considering the new H100 or even the H80 I am just waiting for HardOCP to do a test on them before I buy.
 
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THERMAL-REACTOR said:
Reasonably, honestly it's not the best cooler out there but with aftermarket fans it stays within a few degrees of my old Thermal Right IFX14 and that thing beat out Megahelams. I have been considering the new H100 or even the H80 I am just waiting for HardOCP to do a test on them before I buy.
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ohhhh and what temps do u get right now? h7o any good? i heard the antec kuhler 620 is pretty good. oooo Can u send me the temps after geting the results of the h80 ha thanks (: mm one more thing. Out of these ram what is best. What would u get first then what would ur second choice be? oo and its for primarly for gaming the ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220518

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226194

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231405

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226186

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233146
 
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hankweed said:
ohhhh and what temps do u get right now? h7o any good? i heard the antec kuhler 620 is pretty good. oooo Can u send me the temps after geting the results of the h80 ha thanks (: mm one more thing. Out of these ram what is best. What would u get first then what would ur second choice be? oo and its for primarly for gaming the ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220518

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226194

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231405

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226186

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233146
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Thermal Right IFX-14
Idle 32oC Full load with HT on 74oC

H60 with 2 scythe's
Idle 37oC Full load with HT on 81oC


This order :

1.) CORSAIR Vengeance - 1.5v 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 - Increased voltage could yeild a nice OC. My ram is same timmings and MHZ but with more Voltage and I have hit 2000mhz with mine.
2.) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB 1.5v 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 - Timmings could be loosened to OC to 1600mhz. Great price (99.99) Only thing keeping it from being first in list is my bias towards Corsair.
3.) Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 12GB 1.6V 1600mhz 8-9-8-24 - Performance is less then #1 & #2 and the price is higher.

The other ram is not worth their price at all.
 
francischan35 said:
Since you have such a nice chip I would look at spending 50-80 on a nice heatsink. The stock Intel heatsinks really aren't very effective.
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yea but i HATE the regular air heatsinks. SUPER bulky and they take up the whole space in the Case. Cant stand them. xD. thats why im trying to get one of the H series
 
THERMAL-REACTOR said:
Thermal Right IFX-14
Idle 32oC Full load with HT on 74oC

H60 with 2 scythe's
Idle 37oC Full load with HT on 81oC


This order :

1.) CORSAIR Vengeance - 1.5v 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 - Increased voltage could yeild a nice OC. My ram is same timmings and MHZ but with more Voltage and I have hit 2000mhz with mine.
2.) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB 1.5v 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 - Timmings could be loosened to OC to 1600mhz. Great price (99.99) Only thing keeping it from being first in list is my bias towards Corsair.
3.) Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 12GB 1.6V 1600mhz 8-9-8-24 - Performance is less then #1 & #2 and the price is higher.

The other ram is not worth their price at all.
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hmm a lot of people said to go with the Patriot vipers xD...
 
No matter what the manufacturer states, I will always use the rice grain/dot method. On GPU's with an exposed die, less is more, you'll only need half a rice grain sized amount. For bigger dies with an oblong shaped heatspreader, a thin line parallel the longer side, in the centre, has worked for me.

For cleaning surfaces, I find arcticlean works better for arctic silver over isopropyl alcohol, because the arctic silver is quite a thick paste and a bit of a pain to remove at times. Other pastes like IC Diamond 7 are really easy to remove with anything.
 
24 hours of prime is a bit excessive isn't it? I did 50 runs of IBT on maximum stress, that took a good few hours...
 
linkin said:
24 hours of prime is a bit excessive isn't it? I did 50 runs of IBT on maximum stress, that took a good few hours...
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I just want to see his true full load temps not some temperature he got from playin a game for 5 minutes. You are right, 24 is a bit excessive.
 
linkin said:
No matter what the manufacturer states, I will always use the rice grain/dot method. On GPU's with an exposed die, less is more, you'll only need half a rice grain sized amount. For bigger dies with an oblong shaped heatspreader, a thin line parallel the longer side, in the centre, has worked for me.

For cleaning surfaces, I find arcticlean works better for arctic silver over isopropyl alcohol, because the arctic silver is quite a thick paste and a bit of a pain to remove at times. Other pastes like IC Diamond 7 are really easy to remove with anything.
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I just picked up the Isopropyl Alcohol 91% so i'll clean it with that. Although i have the original thermal paste on the CPU at the moment, so it should not be a problem to remove it with that. Later on i might get the arctic product that removes paste. Thank you. I'll definitely go with the dot method. So far i see many people do the rice grain/dot method and they disregard the instructions on the thermal paste.
 
lubo4444 said:
I just picked up the Isopropyl Alcohol 91% so i'll clean it with that. Although i have the original thermal paste on the CPU at the moment, so it should not be a problem to remove it with that. Later on i might get the arctic product that removes paste. Thank you. I'll definitely go with the dot method. So far i see many people do the rice grain/dot method and they disregard the instructions on the thermal paste.
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Good Stuff.
yes the Arctic Clean works really well,I had not option but to get it since 91% alcohol is not available easily here.
I have also used 25% alcohol to clean the paste off,which I must tell you is a really difficult job,I had to scrub a lot.
Then I had been using Acetone,which is dangerous since it can also wipe off PCBs so using it with caution is advised.But acetone also worked like a charm.


But remember for the GPU chip the Rice Grain size droplet method will not work since the chip is a bigger than the CPU.
 
mihir said:
Good Stuff.
yes the Arctic Clean works really well,I had not option but to get it since 91% alcohol is not available easily here.
I have also used 25% alcohol to clean the paste off,which I must tell you is a really difficult job,I had to scrub a lot.
Then I had been using Acetone,which is dangerous since it can also wipe off PCBs so using it with caution is advised.But acetone also worked like a charm.


But remember for the GPU chip the Rice Grain size droplet method will not work since the chip is a bigger than the CPU.
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Why did linkin said to use only a half rice drop on GPU? Either way i decided not to change the TIM of the GPU because it holds good temps. I though it had high temps but i really did not pay attention to my room temps. But i would like to know how to do it though for later. :) Thank you.
 
linkin said:
You running intake or exhaust? How many fans? And what's your ambient?

My ambient is about 12c-14c, idle temps 24c, load temps 52c
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I modded it to have an additional fan in push-pull exhaust. Ambient temp is 24oC (climate controlled). Prime 95 on small fft for 2 hours, makes no difference.
 
lubo4444 said:
Why did linkin said to use only a half rice drop on GPU? Either way i decided not to change the TIM of the GPU because it holds good temps. I though it had high temps but i really did not pay attention to my room temps. But i would like to know how to do it though for later. :) Thank you.
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Linkin has it right. When I re applied the thermal paste to my 4850 it had a smaller chip. So you need less thermal compound. I think they had it backwards earlier.
 
salvage-this said:
Linkin has it right. When I re applied the thermal paste to my 4850 it had a smaller chip. So you need less thermal compound. I think they had it backwards earlier.
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I see. I'll definitely change it in the future but for now it seems to hold good temps. Thank you.
 
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