Well... this is a long story... so i'll get to the bottom line quickly.
My rig is:
E6300 on stock HS and fan
Asus P5b
EVGA 8800GTS
OCZ Gold 5400 1024x2
Antec Basiq 500w
When i initially built this rig... i needed to remove the HS as the DVD drive wasn't fitting in easily ( got it after i assembled the othr parts). I work long hours so i decided to run the machine in the weekend after i got the thermal compound (as the stores are really far off). But there was an emergency (another long story) and i HAD to use my machine.... so i installled the HS without the compound. I braced myself and booted the comp and watched as temps climbed to 76 idle and touching 81 max once or twice before coming down to around 77. I ran the comp like this for 4 hours each for 3 days straight before i got Arctic Silver 5. Now idle is around 45 and full load is around 50 (not cured yet). Tested for 3+ hours with Prime95 and hav run oblivion on almost full settings with no issues.
Yesterday i decided to try some minor overclocking and set the FSB to 285 (from 266) to get 2.0 GHz. When i rebooted there was a HUGE "TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" noise as though a cable had gotten inside th HS fan blades..... i immediately switched off the power and turned it back on... the bios reported an OC fail and i rebooted fine with no issues at all. I tried this once more and isolated the sound to be "near" the processor before chickening out and switching off...
Anybody have an explanation for this... coz I've trawled forums and ain't seen nothing like this....
My rig is:
E6300 on stock HS and fan
Asus P5b
EVGA 8800GTS
OCZ Gold 5400 1024x2
Antec Basiq 500w
When i initially built this rig... i needed to remove the HS as the DVD drive wasn't fitting in easily ( got it after i assembled the othr parts). I work long hours so i decided to run the machine in the weekend after i got the thermal compound (as the stores are really far off). But there was an emergency (another long story) and i HAD to use my machine.... so i installled the HS without the compound. I braced myself and booted the comp and watched as temps climbed to 76 idle and touching 81 max once or twice before coming down to around 77. I ran the comp like this for 4 hours each for 3 days straight before i got Arctic Silver 5. Now idle is around 45 and full load is around 50 (not cured yet). Tested for 3+ hours with Prime95 and hav run oblivion on almost full settings with no issues.
Yesterday i decided to try some minor overclocking and set the FSB to 285 (from 266) to get 2.0 GHz. When i rebooted there was a HUGE "TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" noise as though a cable had gotten inside th HS fan blades..... i immediately switched off the power and turned it back on... the bios reported an OC fail and i rebooted fine with no issues at all. I tried this once more and isolated the sound to be "near" the processor before chickening out and switching off...
Anybody have an explanation for this... coz I've trawled forums and ain't seen nothing like this....
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