Retail Heatsink/Fan for TBird

Bovinicus

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Maybe it's just something that I'm doing wrong, but I get pretty damned high temparatures for a 1GHz/266FSB Athlon mildly overclocked to 1072MHz. My mobo is the Asus ATV133. I'm using the retail heatsink/fan combination with an Enlight 7237 case. I have one fan blowing out. I have tried leaving my case open, moving around cables to improve airflow, changing my voltage, etc. My room is pretty hot, but my case temp never goes about 40c. However, my CPU temp has gone as high as 70c. Does this heatsink/fan combination just really suck or what? I am getting some new equipment for my case, 2 80mm fans (One faster than my current one to replace it), and PCI slot fan, and an OCZ Gladiator w/36CFM fan. Some AS2 as well. I was just wondering if someone might think I have done something wrong here? I just don't want to do it wrong again when I get my new equipment. I'm pretty sure I didn't, because this is not the first system I have built. However, I just want to double check. Thanks.
 

Echo42

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only "wrong" thing i see is using the stock HSF ;) its pretty cheesy.....did you up the voltage at all on your chip to OC it? voltage = MAD heat...good luck with the OCZ stuff :D
 

Thump553

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I used the retail heatsink on a 1.2 T-bird, but added thermal grease instead of the pad, and thought it was fine. Temps good and quiet. But I don't overclock.
 

NelsonMuntz

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What were you using for thermal interface material? The thermal pad isn't too good, but it should be okay for stock speeds. The last retail HSF I had access to was a 1.2 GHz and it seemed okay. It kept things cool enough with the thermal pad, but that was without any overclocking at all.
 

Bovinicus

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My VCore runs a little high, more like 1.8v as opposed to 1.75. I tried to set it to manual instead of default, but it still makes it run at 1.8 or a bit more. Also, I did just use the thermal pad. It's my case temp that really bothers me. Today it got up to 42c, I've never seen a case temp that high. Maybe my room is just a lot hotter than I think.
 

Echo42

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<< My VCore runs a little high, more like 1.8v as opposed to 1.75. I tried to set it to manual instead of default, but it still makes it run at 1.8 or a bit more. Also, I did just use the thermal pad. It's my case temp that really bothers me. Today it got up to 42c, I've never seen a case temp that high. Maybe my room is just a lot hotter than I think. >>



get a fan blowing cool air into the case (preferabl from the front or side, either way, towards the bottom, lower than the blowing out fan you have.

The thermal pad does suck ASS, so you might want to scrape it off and use some grease. even the cheap radio shack stuff will do wonders better.

without decent moving air in the case, the air blown off the processor just kinda stagnates in the case and will quickly run up the ambient and chip temps.