What temps would you expect of my new rig?

Stildawn

Stildawn

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What temps would you expect for my below CPU with the Cooler Master v8?

Just asking cause the dump techs at the place I got to install (kinda regret it now lol) 1. put the HSF upside down and 2. didnt use ThermalFusion 400 paste supplied which means I have no idea what stuff they actually used...

So what should I expect?

It idle's at the moment around mid 30's each core...

Just asking... Cause was at my brothers on the weekend... and he just brought 6 computers running AMD Athlon x2 5200+ with stock HSF and his cores in Speedfan (or whatever its called) is 21 degrees???? How can they be cooler than my expensive as hell HSF?
 
Mids 30s is not that bad, what about under load? What do you mean upside down, blowing up or down and not toward your back case fan.
 
Dual-cores will always run cooler compared to quads just because of the fact that there is more heat and often more voltage than a dual-core. So don't be upset that your expensive HSF doesn't cool below what a crappy HSF can do on a dual-core. And 30C is actually very good.
 
What do you mean upside down, blowing up or down and not toward your back case fan.
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See the pics in this thread... http://www.computerforum.com/152120-new-computer-thanks-everyones-help.html...the 3rd n 4th pic.. The HSF is upside down which means the fan is blowing towards the front of the case... conflicting with the rear case fan which is blowing out.....


Dual-cores will always run cooler compared to quads just because of the fact that there is more heat and often more voltage than a dual-core. So don't be upset that your expensive HSF doesn't cool below what a crappy HSF can do on a dual-core. And 30C is actually very good.
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Yeah I thought that haha. Was just checking lol.
 
Under load.. I think (if I can remember) it didnt get hotter than 50.5 degrees.. But I was planning on Overclocking and I think the temp limit for OCing is around 50 degrees.
 
If thats the case, it really needs to be turned around. Not only bad air flow, but its fighting with the back case fan for air. Dont know if its possible or not, it would still look upside down. But can you just take the fan out and turn it around.
 
But can you just take the fan out and turn it around.
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I think you can... but I believe there are bottom screws that would be a B**** to get at when its attached... Plus since they didnt use the proper thermal paste and the fact that its upside down... I think I might have to do it proper...

Never done a aftermarket HSF before (nor applied thermal paste as stock HSF come with it pre applied) thats why I got a shop to do it... how hard it is? Can I really screw it up? How do you remove the old paste?
 
If it was me I would turn it around. Looks better too. Finger in a old T shirt, wipe off the cpu and heatsink. If its hard to get off use alcohol. Put a amount of compound thats the size of a grain of rice in the middle of the cpu, then spread it out over the shield as even as possible, reattach the heatsink/fan.
 
I just use plain old rubbing alcohol, you can get the higher % stuff if you want. Yeah a credit card or any small enough hard plastic. If you use a conductive paste just dont get it anywhere but on the shield. I use TX-2 non conductive on just about everything anymore.
 
you would think that high doller cooler would do better. but i would take it out and put it in right.start from there :D
 
My Q9550 with a lower end after market h/s and fan idles at around 35 to 40 C depending on ambient temperature of my apartment. If I turn the AC off it will run a bit higher. Motherboard seems to be a steady 35C though.

Not sure on video card, haven't logged that one in a while. I have alarms set with my Asus monitoring software so if the core temp of the CPU every goes over 60C it sets an alarm off. Granted the things are spec'd to run over 80C with out failures.
 
For thermal paste, you dont really need to spread it yourself... you can just put a small drop about the size of a grain of rice in the middle, put the heatsink on top of it, and clamp the heatsink onto it, it will spread itself from the pressure.(But you still need to clean the old stuff off with rubbing alcohol+qtips)
 
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