AMD Heat

[PolyPill]

I have an AMD 1.1ghz, on an Abit KT7A-Raid. It's 0 load temp is over 50 degrees C with a Globalwin WBK38. This is way too hot for my taste, and it's not even overclocked. I haven't even tried to run anything on it because I am afraid of over heating it. I would think a globalwin would keep this cooler. I threw in a 2nd large fan, but that doesn't help much. Should I start cutting holes and what not to lower my temps? Any suggestions?

[The Doors]

Hi PolyPill,
Your temps are really hot, on my TB1200@1400Mhz on the same Mobo and with a Fop32 @full load the temp is around 57-58 degree C, but the ambient here is really hot, 30-35C!
I'm sure that you've used a thin layer of thermal paste and the Hsf is seated properly?!

[William]

I am with Doors here. Do you have your paste applied correctly? Also is the Heatsink sitting level. Those are high temps for that heatsink.

*Edit* You should only be about 14 degrees C over ambient with that heatsink.

[The Doors]

Hi William, nice to meet you,
really nice this post's exchange ;-)

[The Coolest]

I got a 1.2 GHz T-Bird My ambient temp is as The-Door's but the CPU temp @ full load is 57C and 52 @ idle (like it is now). I got a Mini Super Orb, in the store they told me its the best he its different what should I really get?

[The Doors]

The best ways, for me, are the ThermalRight SK6 and the Swiftech MC462-A.
Forget Orb's, aren't good for OCing & TB chip (Note: a Gorb fried my dad's P/// 800EB!)

[Coolio]

Reminds me of when i first bought my P!!!. Now i know that pentiums aren't supposed to run hot but the temps on that thing used to get upto 65 C. I never realized because i never checked. Then i saw that the the supplier hadn't put any thermal grease on the heat sink. I bought a new heatsink and appliued some thermal grease and now teh temps are around 44 at full load. :)

Umm what ure room temp? when i turn my ac on in my house, my heat goes down by about 5 C. My houe is generally at 22C.

[PolyPill]

The case does have a rather poor air flow, but even with it open I get the same temps.

The heat sink is on level and firm. I haven't bough a new heat sink in a long time, and this one had a weird mushy substance on the bottom, so I assumed it was a factory thermal gease. Should I apply my own to it?

Also I had a much smaller hs/fan on it and I got pretty much the same readings, like the global win didn't even improve on anything.

I even put really big fan, like 20cm diamiter over the globalwin and still no difference. This confuses me.

*edit*

My house is rather hot because my cheap father doesn't like turning on the AC until you start yelling at him. My overclocked PIII's don't generate nearly as much heat as this thing does.

[The Doors]

Probably you must take off your cooler and all the old thermal grease (too much?), reapply a very thin layer of Artic Silver II or Radio Shack TC and after reseat your cooler, so check your temps (I suggest you MotherBoardMonitor is a must).
If not enought try installing some fans into the case, but remember the air of the intake must be the same of the exhaust (comparing total fans Cfm in/out).

I hope it helps you :-)

[PolyPill]

So that copper looking square on the bottom of the HS protected by that tab is garbage. Why would the manufacturor even put that on? I'd think it's save them money if they just gave you a small package of cheap thermal grease to apply yourself.

[William]

Originally posted by PolyPill
So that copper looking square on the bottom of the HS protected by that tab is garbage. Why would the manufacturor even put that on? I'd think it's save them money if they just gave you a small package of cheap thermal grease to apply yourself.

ease of install. It works doesn't it? Just not well. The Shack goop is quite good and apply it as you would articsilver(www.articsilver.com has instructions) and you should see a nice temp drop. Keep the WBK38 there aren't too many heatsinks out there that are better and will be much better than an ORB which is total trash especially on high end AMD chips.

[The Doors]

Wait a moment, probably at the bottom of your Hsf there's a thermal adhesive (doesn't work fine) and not thermal paste or compound, take it off, clean the base of the cooler with aceton, and apply the TC.
Another suggestion can be a light lapping of the cooler base with wet/dry sandpaper (grain 600, 800 and 1500) on a flat surface, like a picture glass.