stress!!!! test, opinions???

[deankenny]

i have a E6600 overclocked on my stock fan to 2.81ghz

i been stress testing on prime 95 for about 10 mins now

on idle my temp is 29c and on 100% load its 55c

whats the max SAFE! temp i can rach for 100% load before i should stop overclocking ?

 

[tidyboy21]

Just keep it under 65c and you'll be fine. I'd recommend getting a 3rd party cooler anyway to further lower temperatures.

 

[deankenny]

ive upped it now to 2.91ghz overclock, and stress test brings it to 57c so going pretty well but i want 3 or 3.1 hence my zalman 9500 in the other post

 

[tidyboy21]

Ideal, good choice. You should be able to hit 3.3/ 3.4 with that.

 

[deankenny]

does the zalman pro come with thermal paste pre applied or do i have to apply it to the heatsink myself if so, is there any tutorial for this?

 

[Kornowski]

It should come with some already applied. If not, just grab some TP and apply a small dot in the middle.

 

[tidyboy21]

does the zalman pro come with thermal paste pre applied or do i have to apply it to the heatsink myself if so, is there any tutorial for this?

It will come with tp, but not pre applied. Just my opinion, I would not use the stuff that comes with it, get some MX2 or AS5. I'm sure a lot of people on here will agree with that. When it comes to applying it, this roughly explains how. Although there are several ways of applying it.

 

[deankenny]

cool thanks, and do i apply thermal paste to both cpu and heatsink??

or one or the other?

 

[Kornowski]

You apply it to the CPU only, when you put the HSF on, it squashes the TP and spreads it around.

 

[deankenny]

but in most videos i view to apply it, they have used a credit card of some sort to smooth it out on the cpu first, so how do i do it?

a blob in the middle or smooth it with a credit card

 

[Mez]

put a little dab in the middle then put the HSF on lol! The flat surface of the HSF will spread the AS5, mx2, etc. when the pressure is applied while putting it on.

 

[Kornowski]

but in most videos i view to apply it, they have used a credit card of some sort to smooth it out on the cpu first, so how do i do it?

a blob in the middle or smooth it with a credit card

Yeah, like Mezna said, the Thermal Paste will smooth itself out when you put the pressure of the HSF on it. Plus, it'll do it a lot more evenly that you'll be able to do with a credit card. I've tried both methods and it's best to let it sort itself out.