Temps didnt change much after Big Typhoon and AS5

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r3dh3adkid

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Alright well my temps before with stock compound and Heatsink and fan were around 52C and now after installing my big typhoon and AS5 i get temps around 49C after running on full load for a few hours. I have a game running in the background now and it is using 100% CPU but the temp is only 47C.


I was expecting more of a change after installing BT and AS5. Was I hoping too much or is this normal?

(I have an AMD 3200+ Venice core @ 2.35)
 
You should wait a week or so for the AS5 to cure/settle/whatever term you want to use. After about a week you may see your temps a little lower. What's your room temp?
 
When was the new cooler installed and how long did you initially run afterwards? Upon installing a Zalman cooler with a 92mm fan the system was run for hours until the oveheat protection on the board shut everything down. With two 80mm fans in the case at the time the board temps were found higher around 48C then the 46C cpu temp after a few days of use when loaded or ran for over 16hrs. straight.

Upon moving everything into a new case with three 120mm fans and a 140mm front intake the board just makes 38C when running multimedia with a cpu max temp of 40C. At idle the board is seen at 31-32C with the cpu temp at 33C. It sounds like you have a lack of much needed air flow and heat exhaust.
 
The case i have has pretty poor air flow actually.

1 120mm fan (which i replaced with a better one today)
1 80mm fan

I installed the AS5 and the BT today. And it has ran non-stop sence which was around 3 EST and its 12 EST now. So my comp has ran at 100% non-stop for about 9 hours now.
 
The best advice when first applying a fresh application of AS5 is to let the system run for so many hours and then shut it down. This heats up enough to start to see the bonding process as it cools begin. On your first run expect the temps to be high. Once you run the system for a few days you will see those drop. It generally takes a few weeks of normal use to see the final bond take place.
 
Also, you need to make sure that the new heatsink is getting enough cool air. It will need a lot more than your old heatsink needed, as the typhoon is simply a lot bigger. If it isn't getting enough air to transfer the heat, you are NOT going to see any improvement.

EDIT: Just read ur second post. You need more airflow.
 
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I found that one out fast when putting the new board in the old case. It won't matter what you put on for a cpu cooler if the board temps are up. When I first saw 48C for temp there I was watching to see if the board had a fault. Once the Socket 939 board was moved into the present case with the improved air flow all temps dropped.
 
There are plenty of gaming cases with the room for additional fans that don't cost as much. Is this the model you are talking about seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...TT=11-133-021&CMP=KNC-overturesmx&ATT=product

If so you can mount two 80mm fans or a single 120mm fan on the side cover plus it looks as if the top has room there behind the panel for audio and usb inputs for another 90mm there apparently included with the case. Two 120mm fans will work with one for the rear exhaust. Another place to go to look at cases for even lower prices if you are not set on that model is at http://www.xoxide.com/allcases.html

The ThermalTake models are seen at http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake2.html The model you picked out was there for the same price but shipping costs more. http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-armor-case-250mm-black.html

The 120mm front intake with the 90mm top and 120mm rear should work well with the 250mm side cover fan for the air flow there.
 
You should see any temps problems there. The newer boards seem to run warmer then the older models. When swapping out the old one for the Socket 939 model here the higher temps were seen right away.

The Aerocool model case has one thing I haven't seen on many other cases. Instead of solid plastic 5 1/4" bay panels they put screens there instead. These pull out the same way but are open for air flow there. The model you picked is another gaming case to look at.
 
I have the same CPU in a different machine and I am using AMD's stock HSF and my temps are never over 42C at load. I am also running at 2.6GHz
 
And what are you using for cooling there? What are you seeing for board temps? The AMD64 3500+ here ran at 42-44C while the board was 48C in the old case. The newer boards simply run warmer and need the increase in air flow. In the new case here the board sees 34C running all day and as low as 31C idle.

With a load from WMP the temps there climb faster then seen in games. If you had the same Zalman cpu cooler here used on it you would probably be seeing about the same cpu average of 35-38C when loaded.
 
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