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Thermal Compound curing time?

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Claudius-07

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I recently build my most current system which consists of Intel i7 2700K and using a Corsair H80 for cooling.

Now on the day I built it which is now about 2 weeks ago, at idle the freaking thing was running STOCK at 38c across all 4 cores. I was a bit taken back since my earlier overclocked i7 860 on a different mobo of course, was idling way way lower using an "older" Corsair H70.

I then decided to take it appart and remove the thermal compound that comes with the H80 (which I then found out is actually pretty darn good stuff), and replaced it with Thermalright Chill Factor 3. Cleaned, applied, reset, restarted and bang.. still 38c. Figured I did it wrong, take it apart again, clean, reapply etc etc and 5 min later again 38c and same top temps when running prime. I gave up figuring maybe SB runs hotter, maybe the fact it's a 2700k just runs hotter, maybe my air flow is not so good, maybe I need better push pull fans other than the stock Corsair ones.

Now it's been almost 2 weeks, idle is down to 28 to 30c. Room temperature is always the same, nothing has changed. Can the curing time REALLY improve THAT MUCH?? I was actually going to take it apart again and or try different fans but now I am scratching my head. Is there really any point?

BTW: my wife keeps the temps in our house at tropical conditions. It's always and inferno in my office, so honestly to see temps idle in the 28-30 for me it's good -- considering i walk around with boxer shorts as it's so hot.
 
Most TIM does take some time to cure, AS5 takes something like a month. MX4 does not. Have you tested your load temps btw? Idle from one brand to another won't be much of a difference since delta T is low @ idle while it increases as temps increase.
 
Good point and well said. Yes I did a test 1 hour on prime95 on original setup and then just tried one again and the difference was marginal at best. Thus, yes, seems the idle got better but full on it's only marginal.
 
My first thought was your using too much but the first mount was pre-applied. "Curing" does not make a big difference, the most I have ever noticed was 2-3 degrees but I use AS-5 for the most part. I don't know about the Thermalright.
 
AS-5 applied to 5870 GPU in sig about 3 weeks ago. When first applied GPU temp would max in the low 70's during long Skyrim sessions. Last night I noticed it does not get above high 60's. I wouldn't have thought anything of it until your post today.....hmmm.
 
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