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pdc76

pdc76

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hi guys, i got a temp question. i installed an fx-60 cpu in my system last night. i got a zalman cnps 9500 doing the cooling. i used the zalman paste (white stuff) that came with the cooler 'cause i can't find my syringe o' the good stuff.

i'm currently oc'd from 2.6 to 2.86, and asus probe is reporting my cpu temp at 61c at idle. does that seem kind of high to you? it's not oc'd very much, and the cooler is huge.

should i wait to see if the zalman stuff breaks in, or should i find my ac5 and reseat it? will it make that big of a difference? i figured a good brand like zalman would give decent thermal paste with their product.
 
Back off the OCing! Get rid of the white garbage that you have on there now! That's the first advice here. When installing the same model Zalman here the cpu ran hot for more then a few hours until the overheat protection circuit did it's job and shut the system down. For the first few days at least you want to run stock until the AS5 starts bonding good and starting to settle.
 
i guess i'll have to go look for my as5. i guess in addition to what you recommend, i should probably turn on the cool & quiet technology too.

so the zalman paste is crap then? it did have a weird texture.........

thanks, i'm gonna turn it to stock right now.
 
pdc76 said:
i guess i'll have to go look for my as5. i guess in addition to what you recommend, i should probably turn on the cool & quiet technology too.

so the zalman paste is crap then? it did have a weird texture.........

thanks, i'm gonna turn it to stock right now.
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I wouldnt turn on the Cool and Quiet controller, it just slows your fan way down and brings temps up.
 
I'd re-apply the paste. Sometimes it does not get into all the microscopic hills and valleys on the die and on your heat sink if your parts are all new. I usually carefully use some scotch brite to polish up the surfaces and then use some alcohol on a lint free cotton cloth to finish the job. You have to be careful to clean any scotch brite material or grit away. Try not to get it inside your computer.
 
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i know the paste is on right. and the heatsink surface is like a mirror. i just went to stock speed and i'm down to 35c already. i can't freaking find my silver. i'll just buy some tomorrow. i can deal with 35c until then. thanks guys. i'll post my temps when it's reseated with the as5.
 
The best stuff out now besides AS5 is the new Liquid Pro supposedly rated better. But the price is up higher for it. AS5 has done quite well here. Just remember to shut it down after some many hours and let it cool for several afterwards. That cooling time after it gets good and warm will start the bonding. It takes an average of upto two weeks for it to settle in.
 
cool, thanks. i will go to my local pc shop and hope he has as5 or the other one. that guy has some off-the-wall no-name stuff in there, so i think i'll call first, lol.

i shut my pc down every night, and it doesn't get turned on until i get home from work after 8pm. that should be enough bonding time.
 
Do you have something to monitor the temps with while running in Windows? The latest version of SpeedFan just came out. I ran a comparison of that with the Asus Probe I + II alike and all three read the same temps on both cpu and board. You can download that free at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

Just look for the download link in the second paragraph where SpeedFan .4.30 is in blue letters. It goes right on without a need to restart the system.
 
thanks, i just downloaded it, and configured it with a profile for my motherboard. you're right, same temps as my asus probe.
 
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It's an excellent freeware to have onhand. You can use this one on just about any board regardless of make or model. The #1 temp is for the cpu with the board temp seen on #2 on the readings tab which is seen first. The last tab for charts allows you to see the temps there on a graph.

The info tab displays the memory installed on the system. There's an adjustment there for the cpu clock on the second tab with a readout on the hard drive on the fourth one. Right now you just need to watch the cpu and board temps however.
 
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