I feel like such a loser....

My via aqua is dead. I went to the local parts store to get a quick hs/f to get me by till i get a new pump. All they have in this town are retails. El' chepo's...

Well this thing holds my temps in the mid 50's constantly. I was just curious, what others are getting with retail hs/f's ?

I ran this same type of hs/f on a 1600 pali once before and it also held in the 50's. And i have throttled down to stock settings in the bios. No overclocking. I feel like such a loser....

yea the retail, is meant to keep the temp at a optimal unoverclocked temp


its generally in the 50's

i have retail heatsink with white silicone gunk and i get 45 idle..
p4 2.4c, ic7, gig o ram

max

you guys are weird...i have retail hsf with crapola thermal pad.....on my 1800+ pally @ stock and i get 40c....unless it gets up to 27c down here (basement normally at 23C ambient)....then it jumps to 46c but mostly around 40.....maybe you need more case fans...lol...i think i have too many to justify the stock hsf.

guess the paste is settling. Down to 43c

Those low ambient temps really help... I'd be under 40 if it wasn't for my room being like 25-30C+ depending on what time of day it is..

i get high temps with my stock hs/f..low 50's sounds right...eats up thermal past and i have to re-past every 5 months...not bad but annoying...i am planning to get tornados and an slk-800 to drop them temps to the 30's or mid 20's..