ideal temps

[mattb2696]

im running an x6800 in a ga-965p-ds3 board with the Arcitc cooling freezer 7 pro link hs/fan and arctic silver paste. according to coretemp, im idling around 40 C, and full load running at 59-60 C. this doesnt seem normal. should i try remounting the hs and all, or is there something else going on here?

 

[Conky]

Well, you are within spec but I would doublecheck the temps with some other programs like Intel's "Thermal Analysis Tool" before I did anything drastic if I were you.

 

[Conky]

P.S. You shoulda used the MX-1 that came on that heatsink. It works really well. :thumbsup:

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Beachboy
P.S. You shoulda used the MX-1 that came on that heatsink. It works better than AS5. :thumbsup:

Corrected it for you.

 

[TBSN]

Hmmm, I didn't know that HSF came with thermal paste, I guess they all do tho... So it's not true that the thermal paste that comes with the hsf's suck? That would take about 7 bucks off my total price for my rig...

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Beachboy
P.S. You shoulda used the MX-1 that came on that heatsink. It works really well. :thumbsup:

He never said he didn't and never said he did. You're assuming he didn't. Plus... every damn TIM on the market is withion 1% of eachother. No use telling him to use one over the other. It's not going to change the temps.

 

[mattb2696]

thanks for all the input everyone. i thought i read people were idling in the 30s on air, but i guess im alright