Heat problems

[kevinflames]

I bought a system with a 2500barton with overclocking it to 3200 in mind. i built it, with the standard heatsinkfan amd supplies. i had about 55C idle and like 63 load or somthing. now i installed a new heatsinkfan. a Arctic cooling copper silent 2l. im now 50 idle and 57 on load and temp decrease much faster load - to idle (dont know if this means anything).

I overclocked to 3200 and it went fine at about my old temps (54idle , didnt try load)

i have a 9800pro in there thats a hot graphics card.

i have two ideas of the heat problem. i got pictures to illustrate.

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firstly the previous heatsink has an uneaven distripution of gunk. this would mean the processor die wasnt parallel to the sink. so how to i make sure its even? the DIE had some at one area and none on the other

secondly i have 3 in fans, but the one that needs to take out doesnt do its job well because of the small holes in the grate thing.

whats your thoughts on this? these are the problems?



thank you

 

[kevinflames]

sorry guys bump

 

[pirred908]

You'll just have to eyeball the processor to make sure its even and not off-balance. Clean off all the thermal paste you've used on the processor and heatsink with asetone. Get a high quality heatsink like Thermalright or Zalman. Apply a thin layer of Artic Silver 5 to both the processor and heatsink. Try to get the heatsink on the processor without moving it around on top of it. Make sure the heatsink is pretty snug on the processor.

As far as the video card goes. Get the Artic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev.3 to replace the stock heatsink and fan. That will take all the hot video card air out of your system.

Get some powerful Vantec Tornado fans for your case. Put them everywhere you can.

That should keep things nice and cool.

Good luck.

 

[chocoruacal]

If you're not having stability problems, why do you think the temps are bad? Anyway, I'd bet you put too much thermal paste on. Classic mistake. THIN. Lets all say it together, THIN, layer of thermal paste on the core. Then a rub some onto the surface of the sink. Then a tiny drop on the core (1/2 the size of a grain of rice) and slap the HSF on.

The very simple solution to eliminating the case from the equation is to run the comp with the side panel off. See how that helps temps. If you're already at 30-35* case temp though, you're doing good.

 

[joecool]

i don't see the problem here .. your temps are good.

 

[kevinflames]

thanks guys. stability is fine, i havnt seen one bsod yet or a crash. im hoping temps would lower if i cut the fan grill out from the back, you think so?

as for thermal paste , i tried to put not alot on. i bet its about 1mm thick