Hot T'Bird 1.4

[irksome]

Hi,

Just parted with a bit of cash to build myself a brand spanking new system, have dabbled in O/C'ing before but this time I thought I'd take it seriously from the outset.

System Specs
CoolerMaster ATCS case (4 fans, 2 in on front, 2 out - 1 on back 1 on top)
Enermax EG465P-VE (2 fans 1 over CPU and 1 extraction on rear)
Epox 8K7A
Athlon AYHJA 1400 @ 200Mhz FSB (separate question follows re this).
Noise Control Silverado HSF running at max speed (2 fans @ 3400 rpm).
2 * Crucial PC2100 256Mb RAM's
Elsa Gladiac 511 (twinview)
Adaptec 19160 SCSI
2 * 18 gb U160 Cheetahs
2 * 20 gb IDE barracuda

All jumper settings are default - Bios is optimum defaults (1711)
OS fresh install Win2K nothing but MBM running in idle.

Ambient room temp 29°
Internal System temp 33°
CPU idle 61°
CPU 95% load (after 2 minutes before I chickened out!) 66°

IMO with this amount of cooling the temps are way to high, but I'd love to have some expert input <G>. Oh the HSF is well seated with ASII, the Heatsink is hot to the touch which would indicate a good thermal contact I think, anyway I've reseated it a few times and no change occurs.

Loads of thanks in advance for all replies ...

§irksome§

[Allan Nielsen]

Are you absolutely sure that the heatsink sits TOTALLY even on the CPU?

Only apply a paper thin layer of the ASII to the cpu... apply with the edge of a razor knife or something like that.

Your temps seem pretty high to me.

[irksome]

Allan,

I'm certain the HSF is level, cliped on correctly etc. I applied a small amount of ASII to the base of the silver, took a very small dab of that and drew it across the core with a razor blade. Rubbed the rest of the small blob over the entire base of the HSF and removed all excess.

Any other ideas?

[Patch]

Wow that is warm.... I am runnign seti and surfing multiple windows on the web, and min e never goes over 35@1400 37@1500 I havent bumped the speed up as I am trying to get the temps super stable before I move up.... I did hit 40 while running @ 1650, but I havent had the guts to let it run seti @ 1650 for a few days while I am away yet....... that is as hot as I have been.... Jim

[Allan Nielsen]

You should only apply the arctic silver to the CPU core - not to the heat sink itself. I don't think this is your problem however. Do you have another cooler to try out? What voltage are you running at? Try lowering this if you can, it should decrease your temps. (But it might cause instability)

[irksome]

OK so to tell the absolute truth <G> I actually bought 2 of everything (OK 4 Ram chips) - I promise one was for my brother not both for me <G>.

I've tried both Silverado's and no difference there ... The ASII instructions I got from their website (says smear the ASII over the HSF surface to fill the micro chasms and then remove excess so its invisible). The Vcore is default and showing as 1.85v (which seems high to me for default?)

Is it possible that I just have a chip that runs hot? The 2nd chip (and mobo) I got was DOA, but I am picking up a new one later today (a 1.33Gig as the 1.4 is on back order here now), so I never got to see what temp it would run at in exactly the same setup.

The guys I bought this stuff from want to please me to get more business and I am sure would swap this 1.4 if I insisted - but I want to be fair back to them :-)

[ZX-Tex]

Your temps are similar to mine.

My 1.2 T-Bird overclocked to 1.4 runs at 60C idle, 65C under load using a Volcano II heat sink. My vcore is also at 1.85. This is on an MSI K7T Turbo motherboard.

I have switched to watercooling which helps a lot. It runs about 10-15C cooler with my current setup, which is home made. I am working on better cooling for the water and for the CPU.