After checking, there's a light patch in the center that looks like nothing is there at all with paste all near the edges...The paste seemed a bit dry...
What probably caused this was that I had my whole computer already setup(CPU/heatsink/paste applied with everything plugged and attached) since Friday but didn't turn it on until Yesterday when I recieved my second set of RAM sticks. I didn't want to take out the old one due to RAM clearance issues and having to reseat the heatsink so I use left the computer there for 4 days just sitting there without pushing the on button even once.
I re-applied the paste using the line method on Arctic Silver's website for i7 Quad core instead of the usual method of putting a pea sized in the middle and twisting the cooler around or spreading with a credit card. I just drew a line and slapped the cooler on.
The temps were at 29C before I started LinX, but now they're sitting at 33C idle.
It's nice to see my Typhoons controlling themselves without the need for me to buy a stupid manual fan controller that you have to turn the knobs when the system can do this for me.
I honestly didn't expect what I did for the fans to work, but it did with interesting modification.
A few questions...
1.) The +12v shows 4.03v and reguarly drops to around 4 or 5v. Is that PWM at work or is that an inaccurate reading due to Corsair HX750 PSU having "multiple" 12v rails?(I don't know if it does or not, just speculation)
2.) The Typhoons are the 1850RPM versions...While running LinX, the max they got to as you can see was 1436RPM. Is that PWM at work again even with the CPU at 100% load? Only way to test is to overclock to 4GHz and test running LinX again I assume which I haven't done yet? PWM works based on temps, right? If so, what are the thresholds? such as: If 30C, then 50% fan speed; If 50C, then 80% fan speed; etc...
At idle(32-33C), fan is spinning at 1226RPM which shows something is working at least.
3.) At idle, the multiplier is 22x which is wierd. It should either be the default 21x or even less since all the power saving settings are enabled. Everything in BIOS is on auto or default. The only thing changed was enabling XMP and PCIe graphics. All the power savings stuff were enabled when I checked. Gigabyte mobo.
4.) Does the idle temps still seem high? Keep in mind the case is still open with the side panels off. There is an intake fan on the left side panels that blows directly to the CPU heatsink which is on but not facing the case because the panels are off. Also, keep in mind the multiplier issue above meaning it's technically not running at stock.
5.) The hardest part of all now might be cable management. Too much wires sticking around. I think instead of plugging my case fans all to one cable, I'll just plug them into different cables. That would increase the number of wires, but reduce clutter because each wire will now be at the bottom rather than a single wire dangling left and right all over the place. I also have an IDE BenQ DVD burner with a Nexperia chipset but I can't get rid of it because it seems most of the burners nowadays are either crap or meh...I wasn't one of the lucky people who got the SATA versions.
6.) I feel bold and want to touch the fins of my Mega heatsink to feel how hot it is however I don't want to be the next recipient of the Darwin award...Can I get electrocuted from doing this? :tongue;
Tomorrow is a long day for me (9am-9pm shift) and I work Friday morning again so I may not have time to tinker with things. I should be in bed now actually if I don't want to end up looking like a zombie tomorrow.
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