E2140 - stock fan/thermal stuff OK?

[sluthy]

I've just assembled most of my kit for a new home storage/print server (RAID5 HDDs, Ubuntu etc) and I've just got to put the CPU in. As the topic says, it's an E2140, and I've just got the stock cooler for now.

This server will probably be running 24/7, headless and no KB/mouse in a spare bedroom administered by VNC. Still, since it's running all the time in a room that's not particularly cool during most of the day, as well as being close to the parent's room, I'd like it to be quiet as well as reasonably cool. I won't be overclocking it much if at all (doesn't need it).

From what I've read the stock HS/fan is fine for non-OC applications heatwise, how have your experiences been? And how noisy is it? I know there's much better solutions out there but I'm trying to keep costs down (the whole PC cost me less than AU$750, so not keen on dropping another $100 on a cooler).

And if I keep the stock cooler, how effective are the standard thermal pads on the bottom of the HS? Is cleaning the bottom, sanding and using thermal paste (I got Arctic Silver 5 JIC) worth the effort in my case, or should I just stop effing around and put it in as is already?

 

[Bigbassfrank]

if running at stock speeds the standard thermal tape supplied be fine..Under load there should not much heat..

 

[jjmIII]

Why buy AS-5 and NOT use it??

 

[lyssword]

Good question. Just 2 days ago I bought e2140/mobo/ram. I tried to even out the thermal stuff but it ended up getting loose and now mostly there is no thermal compound. I tried 3.2 it was way too hot (prolly 70+c underload) then 3.0 it was 66C under load. I am back to 2.71 ghz right now, getting ~54C max load, under 30 on idle The chip is SLA93 (M0) btw.

 

[Denithor]

The stock hsf is nice and quiet and works acceptably for overclocks up to ~3GHz. Just use Coretemp or Speedfan to keep an eye on your temps getting started so you don't burn it up.

And yeah, you already paid for the AS5, go ahead and use it. Clean off the old paste with an old sock or a coffee filter and use some rubbing alcohol to make sure the base is completely clean.

 

[cassy123]

only built my system yesterday and over clocked the 2140 with artic pro7 cooler and got it to 2.97 ghz with fan on continous 38/34 both cores idle and under load from prime 95 56-59/53-58 on both cores on average and hitting 61c on later tests . only got the one fan running right now aswell on the cpu !