IC7-G 2.4 C hot at stock speed

[soboyle]

recently built this system and its running at about 50c (speedfan temp) just burning DVDs with processor at about 17%.
Whats the deal Howie, the heat sink had what looked like a piece of lead on it, supposed to help heat transfer?? I thought it was a piece of tape at first.
Suggestions for cooling this system down so I can start overclocking? scrape lead off heatsink, use glue or paste?

 

[Peter D]

You mean the black thermal pad thing Intel puts on their stock coolers? Take that off, clean it up with some Isopropyl Alcohol (As high of a % as you can) and apply a thin, fresh layer of some thermal paste. Arctic Silver Ceramique is good stuff. Also, try updating the BIOS

 

[Slammy1]

It is thermal transfer tape you're talking about. The IC7's calc temp diff from mosr, 5-10C high from what I've read. Your temp actually seems right. You'll prob need to clean off the TT, rather than scrape, since it's melted by now. Simply applying paste instead should net 2-5C reduction. For ca $30-40 you can get a nicer HSF that will net more cooling.

 

[fdisk2003]

1. abits are known to report high temps. link follows:
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?s=d09b3f70f85f1842dc7c573f7b3c9f4f&threadid=11496

2. the thermal pad is made of parrafin wax so its been melted onto the microscopic valleys of both your cpu heat spreader and the HS itself. you'll need to clean it off with 99% isopropyl alchohol or a xylene based cleaner (some carburetor cleaners) then reapply a new thermal paste. i have ceramique on order myself..first for price, 2nd for all the reviews ive read about it. it looks to be better then artic silver 3, yet costs a quarter as much, and is non conductive so it won't accidentally short out any of your components if you smudge a little extra. link to AS's thermal pad removal instructions here:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique_instructions.htm

3. you might want to try "lapping" your HSF. you basically start with 400 grit wet/dry silicon sandpaper, move up to 600 then 800, etc until you get a nice smooth reflective surface. this helps conduct heat better and lower temps overall. link about how to "lap" here:
http://mojo.servehttp.com:8282/guides/power_lapping_101/power_lapping_101.asp

 

[Slogun]

arctic silver linkified

lap linky

 

[eastvillager]

abit's almost always report higher for some reason, least mine do.

motherboard swap asus->abit, everything else exactly the same, ambient temperature the same... proc shows up much hotter on the abit than the asus.

I guess the real question would is abit reporting falsely high temps, or is everybody else reporting falsely low temps? lol.

 

[fdisk2003]

btw, just tried some brasso on my intel stock hsf after lapping with 800 grit paper. got a nice mirror like finish after only a few minutes. could have gotten a really nice one, but i wanted to finish it up before i hit the sack tonight. brasso=teh bomb.