Tuniq HSF fitting

[downhiller80]

OK so I've just got all my new bits, including the 120-LFB cooler. I knew it was going to be big but hahaha, it's ridiculous

Any tips on fitting it, or is it a case of just follow the instructions and I'll be fine? I want to make sure I do it right cos obviously it's pretty weighty, and I've never fitted a heatsink as big as my head before

 

[trOver]

probably already know this, but make sure you tighten the bolts in a star-type configuration. (in otherwords, dont tighten them in a circle, criss-cross instead)

I tighten the bolts until I can no longer see threads at the topside of the motherboard.

 

[downhiller80]

I didn't know that, but it makes complete sense and I think I did that without even really thinking about it.

Computer seems to be up and working, which is good enough for me - temps seem ok at the moment (or they did in the bios, not installed any windows stuff yet, just about to put vista sp1 rc on).

 

[DerwenArtos12]

What TIM did you use? What processor is under it? How are your temps?

 

[downhiller80]

Tuniq TX-2. E6750. Temps, I don't know, what software should I use? I only saw them in the BIOS and they didn't go skyhigh immediately so I figured I was ok. I put an alarm of 70deg on and I've been using the PC a few hours now and no problems. That cooler is mental, not even vaguely warm to the touch

So yeah, what SW should I use to determine my temps? I have a GA-P35-DS4 mobo if that makes any difference?

 

[Idontcare]

Core Temp FTW

 

[downhiller80]

Hmm, just found out about vista64 needing digitally signed drivers for kernel stuff - quite annoying, have to reboot and disable it on bootup to get CoreTemp to work. No matter.

My idle temps were about 30°, and I've been running Orthos for 10 mins or so now and the temps seem to have levelled out at 47C. They sound about right? Running normal voltage/not overclocked.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

yeah, sounds pretty good depending on your ambient.

 

[downhiller80]

Dunno, I've just been looking at some overclocked temps and there's people doing 3.2-3.6GHz at the same temps I'm doing 2.66

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2098641&enterthread=y

 

[trOver]

Thats not bad...

my e6600 at 3.2ghz idles at around 40C, which is a bit high imo for my tuniq

 

[downhiller80]

I'm not gonna overclock yet, this is my work PC and I've not done any work for a day already from building and installing it. Plus I'd rather make sure that everything's definitely stable for a few days/weeks before I start OCing, otherwise you start to notice problems and then you don't know whether they're a symptom of OCing or if they were there before etc...

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: trOver
Thats not bad...

my e6600 at 3.2ghz idles at around 40C, which is a bit high imo for my tuniq

You guys with your dual-cores that are running so hot even at idle with a Tuniq make me wonder what is going on. My quads idle no hotter than 36C and that is at 3.3GHz on Tuniq.

Are you certain the HSF and thermal paste are all setup properly?

Even at idle your dual-cores should be putting out only 1/2 the heat of my quads. There can't be anything too special about my chips, standard G0's with relatively high VID's even (1.2625 to 1.2875V).

 

[downhiller80]

Amazing how much difference the TIM curing can make, a week later and my idle temps have dropped to 25/28C (running at 3.2GHz) and load temps dropped to 48C

 

[Idontcare]

Curing is supposed to give you 2-3C, not 10-12C. Also I thought you mentioned above that you were using TX-2, to my knowledge this TIM does not "cure" like AS5 does.

Such a difference in a week makes me think maybe there was simply too much TX-2 on your IHS and it took ~1week for the downpressure from the Tuniq HSF to finally squeeze enough of the excess out from the interface.

I know I have done this before, when I took off my HSF to reseat for some reason I saw that I had applied way too much TIM as it was mostly squeezed out and pooled around the sides of the IHS at that point.

 

[downhiller80]

Dunno where you've got 10-12C from.

Before @ 3.2GHz: 30,33 / 54,54
Now @ 3.2GHz: 25,28 / 48,48

So 5-6C. I didn't put much on at all, and did the "blob" technique instead of smearing it over. Put a blob about the size of a black peppercorn I'd guess (a more consistent sizing reference than peas )