CPU temperature high?

brunoxyz said:
thanks, I'll keep that in mind,, but why is it better than AS5 ?.. I'm just curious. I'll do some research on that.. thanks for the recomendation.
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It's a thinner paste, thin enough to have to be applied with a brush..... It's a better lubricant and transfers more heat....

Think of AS5 like grease and zalman's stuff like oil.... Oil is a helluva better lubricant than grease.....
 
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bumblebee_tuna said:
Zalman has a better thermal paste than AS5
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are you talking about the zalman paste that comes with the coolers? my zalman came with some white paste that i learned was a silicon based thermal compound with no silver in it. the silver had way more conductivity.

or does zalman also make a silver compound?
 
wow, pretty cool stuff. i always thought it had to be thick. thanks for the link, i might get some.
 
I don't think it has the same performance of AS, but it's close and with a bottle as big as they give you plus the price who cares :)
 
Im getting it today already... I noticed on some other posts that the Grease that comes with the Zalman 9500 isnt good.. ( idle temp is 46* on my Processor). to later on when i'm home ill know a bit more about how good the stuff is.. At least im trained to use a nail polish brush already.. so i'm having a huge advantage putting this stuff up i think :D
 
would you mind telling me your results.. ? this way I wont have to waste money,, time, an most important,, I wont have to unmount my motherboard.. :)
 
cool (literairy)... i applied the ZM-STG1 now :)

I cleaned my CPU and Heatsink first using ArctiClean
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100010
now most of you will say its bullshit (sorry if thats rude language. :o ) to use something like that to clean the CPU and heatsink,.. but it was really clean afterwards... like there wasnt ever Thermal paste on it before :) and it was really easy too (the paste didnt stick anymore)

then i applied the Zalman ZM-STG1, wich was due to its brush really easy to apply.

and gues what the temps are now.. im atm at 36*C Idle... it went a full 10*C down by uting this stuff instead of the white grease that came with the 9500 heatsink.

Im officially amazed.. and ill continue using this Thermal compound, and Heatsink(and CPU) cleaner :)

I can only reccomend it,... and i do think its better then AC5
 
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I don't think you would have to unmount your mobo to apply thermal paste.....?

The cooler you have is fine, you just have to figure out whether the temps you're getting are normal or not..... Keep in mind, there's a huge temp spike before the thermal grease sets in......

I can give you tips on applying thermal grease.... For example, you actually would want to polish the surface of the heatsink WITH thermal grease before applying any..... Make sure before you do anything, that the suface is completely clean use isopropa-something alcohol or rubbing alcohol..... Spread the paste with you finger through a bag and smooth it out with a flat edge, ex. a playing card or credit card..... One think I personally do is right before apply the heatsink is to put the tiniest (i mean THE tiniest) little dot of thermal grease right in the center of the CPU and let the heatsink smooth it out (to avoid hotspots). And try to apply the heatsink as squarely as possible and try not to rotate or anything so you don't create any hot spots..... (contrary to popular believe, you only rotate the heatsink if you did not smooth out the thermal grease before hand.....) After everything is set up, try to run the CPU as hot as possible (without damaging it) and run it for awhile, then turn it off and let it completely cool so it allows the paste to set in. (but it still take a whole week before you reach your base temps.....)

Edit: Didn't see archs post..... These tips only apply to AS5, not zalmans stuff.......
 
strange... with the Zahlman grease i didnt have a temp spike at all.. well.. a very small one... it started with 43*C (wich was already cooler than before..) and then it went down to 36*C idle
 
It really all depends on the compy..... Ex. I didn't get too bad of a temp spike with my new mobo because my fan gets a constant 12v, so it never really got too warm.....

And are you talking about the good, nail-polish zalman or the bad, white crap zalman, because it could depend on paste composition......
 
Because it's thinner, it may not need as long to set in....

Anyway, bruno, if you can spare it, get the zalman stuff, but note that application is going to be completely different than what you have been told......

Edit: Except by Arch.....
 
bumblebee_tuna said:
I don't think you would have to unmount your mobo to apply thermal paste.....?
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well ,, It is difficult to explain with my english,, but I had to unmount the mobo because when I tried to take out the last screw from the heatsink it would make the thing that goes behind the motherboard move, or spin.. you know,, that thing that holds the heatsink.. and it is not incredibly dificult to put it back in its place w/o taking the mobo out, but I would probably damage something doing it.. like I think I actually did.

this cooler is pretty difficult to install in my opinion,, you have to push it down and hold it and then tighten the screws,, otherwise the springs around the screws will make it move and jump.. and with the termal paste it would slip and all that.. so that's also why I preffer taking out the mobo.. though it is a pain in the neck.


thanks a lot Archangel and bumblebee_tuna for the help.. I still dont know which would be the right temperature for my CPU.. but If I can't find out,, I will probably buy the zalman stuff that Archangel talked about before. I'll share the results here too If I do it.
 
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brunoxyz said:
Hi,

I have an intel Pentium D 840 CPU with a Thermaltake cooler and the thermal paste that came with it. . and the idle temperature is around 53°C and the temperature when busy (rendering in 3D software and sometimes with some games) reaches 72-73°C.

I am monitoring the temperatures with the intel software... and it starts beeping when it goes over 70°C..

Anyone around with the same problem,? is it ok to go over 53°C when idle and 70°C when rendering?

thanks in advance.
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While 72C isn't good for your processor, it isn't going to blow up or anything. The most it will do is throttle, and also the higher temperatures will shorten the lifespan of the processor. For a while my D 820 was running at 85C full load, until I got my Zalman 9500 LED. What Thermaltake cooler do you have? Arctic Silver is good thermal paste, when you put it on, just put about the same as a rice grain on the center, then push down on the cooler and slightly turn it each way. Then secure it down.

Right now, my processor is max 63C load, so I wouldn't be supprised if yours was a little higher than that, because of it's enormous power consumption.
 
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