Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

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DaedalCipher

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Ok, have to have either mounted the bastard wrong, or something else is going on. I know the fan is spinning, because the manual speed control dial works. I bought this heat sink during my last upgrade 2 years ago. Recently, my 7950GT burnt out, so I'm paranoid about heat.

-Case temps under load for an hour and a half are at 40C. Idle ~30C
-Core temps, using Speedfan and TAT, are at 80C under load for 1.5 hours, idle in low 70s
-Radeon 4850 runs at 60C under load, and idles in low 50s C (much better than the 7950GT, which ran in low 70s C idle and 80C under load)

System:
Case= Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black 0.8mm SECC Chassis, ATX Mid Tower
MoBo= GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX
CPU= Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W
Heatsink= Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan
RAM= G.SKILL 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
GPU= HQIce4 ATI Radeon 4850 512mb
Power Supply= Antec Neo HE550
HDDs= Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"and Seagate Barracude 320gb
OS= XP Pro
Also, 3 cold-cathode 12" lights. They aren't really all that cold.

I used the thermal grease the Tuniq Tower came with upon installation. My case currently has one 120mm rear exhaust fan, a 120mm front fan sucking in, an 80mm side window exhaust (though the Tuniq occludes much ((70%)) of this one--I had to mount it on the outside, given the size of the Tuniq), and the PCI slot blower.

I bought the Tuniq Tower because I was going to OC, but never needed to. In any case, it should be doing a better job of cooling my cpu, shouldn't it? Do I have too much shit in my case and not enough fans? Should I replace the stock 120's that came with the case and get better ones? Should I lose the cold cathodes? Should I cut a big hole in the side and stick some more fans there? Should I just kill myself for being such an idiot?

Thanks for the help guys and gals.
 
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Originally posted by: DaedalCipher
Ok, have to have either mounted the bastard wrong, or something else is going on. I know the fan is spinning, because the manual speed control dial works. I bought this heat sink during my last upgrade 2 years ago. Recently, my 7950GT burnt out, so I'm paranoid about heat.

-Case temps under load for an hour and a half are at 40C. Idle ~30C
-Core temps, using Speedfan and TAT, are at 80C under load for 1.5 hours, idle in low 70s
-Radeon 4850 runs at 60C under load, and idles in low 50s C (much better than the 7950GT, which ran in low 70s C idle and 80C under load)

System:
Case= Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black 0.8mm SECC Chassis, ATX Mid Tower
MoBo= GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX
CPU= Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W
Heatsink= Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan
RAM= G.SKILL 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
GPU= HQIce4 ATI Radeon 4850 512mb
Power Supply= Antec Neo HE550
HDDs= Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"and Seagate Barracude 320gb
OS= XP Pro
Also, 3 cold-cathode 12" lights. They aren't really all that cold.

I used the thermal grease the Tuniq Tower came with upon installation. My case currently has one 120mm rear exhaust fan, a 120mm front fan sucking in, an 80mm side window exhaust (though the Tuniq occludes much ((70%)) of this one--I had to mount it on the outside, given the size of the Tuniq), and the PCI slot blower.

I bought the Tuniq Tower because I was going to OC, but never needed to. In any case, it should be doing a better job of cooling my cpu, shouldn't it? Do I have too much shit in my case and not enough fans? Should I replace the stock 120's that came with the case and get better ones? Should I lose the cold cathodes? Should I cut a big hole in the side and stick some more fans there? Should I just kill myself for being such an idiot?

Thanks for the help guys and gals.
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If I am correct that is Tcase your talking about. I would have a look at you Tjunction first before raising alarm. It's a bios translated sensor and it wont be the the first that goes nuts for no reason.

Use RealTemp or CoreTemp and check what the temps are then.

EDIT: Speedfan does display coretemps but on my system they are way off. So check it out anyway with coretemp or realtemp.
 
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DaedalCipher

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If I reseat the heatsink, do I need to get some new thermal grease, or will the stuff that came with it two years ago still be effective/viable?
 
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Tullphan

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Originally posted by: DaedalCipher
If I reseat the heatsink, do I need to get some new thermal grease, or will the stuff that came with it two years ago still be effective/viable?
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I'd clean it all off & start fresh, personally.
 
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nataku00

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That's much higher than when I had an e6300 under my Tuniq Tower. With a mild overclock to 2.8 ghz, temps never exceeded 45°C under load.

Definitely uninstall, clean off the thermal paste before applying some new paste, and reinstall to make sure the Tuniq is seated evenly on your cpu.
 
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DaedalCipher

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Realtemp lists them as 88C and 86C. I'm gonna try to reseat it once someone tells me if I can use the same thermal grease or if I have to get new stuff.
 
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If you're talking about the thermal grease that's already on the cpu/heatsink, then yes you will have to get some new TG. Be sure to clean the cpu and heatsink (where they meet) with alcohol and make sure to get all the old stuff off.
 
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DaedalCipher

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I'm talking about the stuff they originally sent me, of which I have some left from the original install. It's two years old by now, so I don't know if it is still effective.
 
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I would take a good look at the stuff you have. If it looks ok and not all gummed up, then I personally would use it. I would also get some new stuff on order though.
 
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Cheex

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I had that same mobo, cpu, ram and cooler :D
I still have the cooler and the Tuniq is excellent.

You need to do a fresh install of the heatsink....clean of everything and do it all over.
Use some AS5 or TX-2 (rice grain size down the middle) and seat the tower carefully...don't let it shift.

You should then be fine!!

:p
 
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