Recent content by Mizled

OK as an update I re-applied thermal grease and just used a little bit and only put a strip in the middle like the instructions. My temps are much lower now. At idle it's at about 33C and I'm running a stress test now which has been going for over 5min now and it hasn't gotten above 44-45C...

I will re-apply the thermal grease here soon and see if that helps it. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I used too much.

Well why would my Motherboard beep? Intel says about that temp is too high for the E6700 it definitely shouldn't get that hot. I do have a 120mm exhaust fan behind it.

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm positive it's reading it correctly cause Orthos stopped once it got up to 58C and the Motherboard started beeping. When I added thermal compound I applied some to the center and then used an old credit card and spread it as much as I could over the top and...

Hi! I'm using an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 CPU (2.66Ghz) and a Intel BOXD975XBX2KR (Bad Axe 2) Motherboard. I have a Vigor Gaming CPU cooler (here's a link http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835702001 ). I have everything on default settings and my computer runs fine but when I run...

Call me a noob but I'm not sure where to set the vNB on this board...These are the options I have... http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/395/badaxe2_5.jpg

Hi! I have a recent build. I'm running Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66Ghz and a Intel D975X2 (Bad Axe 2) Mobo (also have 2 gigs of Corsair DDR2 PC5400 Ram) and I'm looking to OC it. I was reading this guide here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1947261 and I have...