e4300 too hot with 9500led

[sammytheman]

Hey fellas I have Zalman 9500led on my e4300 and the here are the idle stock temps:

TAT: 46C and 43C

Core Temp: 39C and 38C

I have Thermaltake Armour case:

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/armor/va8000bws/va8000bws.htm

Now the 1st time I applied a thin layer of AC5 all over the CPU and the temps were a little higher but the 2nd time I used AC5's guide and applied only a thin layer of AC5 and the temps have dropped like 2 degrees. Someone suggested lapping the cpu and the heatsink because he said they are probably not flat enough. How can I measure the flatness? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[tweak]

thats not that hot are you ocing ¿¿¿¿

 

[sammytheman]

No these are idle stock temps. No OC

 

[oscaryu1]

its ok, but if it was me i'd think of getting better cooling

 

[Jet]

The idle temps aren't the big issue, it is the load temps.

 

[Cromewell]

To be honest I'm getting tired of talking about TAT readings. Here's another thread about it and there's at least 1 more. http://www.computerforum.com/83897-another-my-temps-too-high.html

 

[sammytheman]

Well currently I am running 2 instances of Prime95 Torture Test and I am getting very close temps of:

TAT: 50C and 48C
CoreTemp: 50C and 50C

Do you guys think lapping will help? Has anyone done lapping?

 

[Cromewell]

I'm going to link back to the same thread, but to specific posts this time
http://www.computerforum.com/652394-post10.html
http://www.computerforum.com/652429-post15.html
and http://www.computerforum.com/652931-post19.html

late edit: I should probably answer your lapping question too. Lapping wont make it that much cooler, it might get you 2 degrees cooler

 

[ETSA]

Isn't finding a link and posting here almost as time consuming as reiterating something. No offense, but why would someone get annoyed, people are new here and have questions. I am sure those who actually have jobs in computer related fields understand that the average computer user has only a limited working knowledge of computers. So searching for another thread to a problem they have never had before isn't always the first thought, it is normally, 'how can i fix the damn problem.' 'Oh yea, i'll post on a forum.'

Thats my piece for the day, good advice from those links none the less...

 

[Bradan]

tat reads my core2 as a pentium M

 

[Cromewell]

Isn't finding a link and posting here almost as time consuming as reiterating something.

No because I already linked to the thread, it was simply a matter of picking the individual posts instead of retyping it all in another way. The whole point of those posts is to say there isn't a problem. Although now it may become more time consuming...

tat reads my core2 as a pentium M

Yes, it will do that. The version that's floating around out there was designed for Yonah but I don't believe the processor ID strings were updated so it calls Yonah a pentium m instead of a core duo. Since the Core 2s are so similar to the Core the tool still works, it should behave funny on non-intel chipsets though.