FX-53 Temps with Hyper 6

[adamfwm]

I've searched the net trying to find typical temperatures for the FX-53 with a Cooler Master Hyper 6 heast sink but have not found anything, yet. I am wondering if anyone out there could give me their typical temps. I listed my specs in my signature, but the pertinent items are that I have two Vantec Stealth fans in a push-pull configuration and have used Arctic Silver 5. (I spread the compound instead of applying just the bead and letting the heat sink spread it. I didn't see the Arctic Silver directions until afterwards.) I have the FSB overclocked to 230 MHz (can't go much higher because of the stupid SATA 1/2 issue ) with a CPU multiplier of 11 to get 2.53 GHz. I use 1.55 volts to the core, and 2.8 volts to the memory. I am using MBM 5 to monitor the temps and I think that I have the latest "official" bios for my MB. My idle cpu temps have been around 42-44 degrees celsius. Full load temps running Prime95 climb to 56 degrees celsius. Last night, after running for a while and then playing HL2 for an hour, temps were 60 degrees celsius. System temps idle around 37-39 degrees celsius but I've seen them as high as 46 degrees celsius after loading. Case temp is usually a consistent 20-21 degrees celsius. The cpu and system temps seem too high to me considering the HS and fans. I have almost all cables sleeved and I tried to push them out of the way for maximum air flow. Does anyone have any similar experience or advice?

P.S. Now that I am getting addicted to overclocking, anyone out there think the Aquagate or Big Water cooling systems would do much better?

Thanks for your help.

 

[pplapeu]

my Prescott ran up in the sixties...i made a cooler box with a Rev, 3 innovatek waterblock I got used for like $20.......now I run at 49C running heavy DV processing hour after hour...i made it myself out of parts on the net with a healthy pump and set the box under the PC on a typing table...the sound is a low on versus the fans in a PC case and somewhat less

i felt bad about the high temps playing games too. i pulled a Zalman cu/al cooler off for a gigbyte aluminum rocket and when i pulled the zalman the artic silver 5 has turned into superglue practically....it was runing hot, no doubt

those gigbyte rockets are not much better than the zalman....don't waste the money you need to build a water cooler

 

[pplapeu]

me agin to post script

BTW i run a SANDRA multimedia test at a tad over 60,000 with the Prescott clocked at 3.74 a 220 freq
and the 9700 locked in low