Tbird 1300 @ 55c

[Bristolian]

Is 55c ok? am running it with a ThermoEngine Ultra topped by a Delta 45cfm fan. I only stuck this combo on last week, yet its only 2c cooler than the stock sink and fan.... I was expecting to get it down to at least 40/45c

[Zazuk]

Seems kinda hot to me I run about 38 to 43c

[Bristolian]

i have got my lian li alu case on order, but theres still no reason i can see that for the cpu to be that hot, epsecally that i have so much air blowing through this machine, about 200cfm

[Zazuk]

Are you using any kind of heat sink compound?

[balbert908]

Seems quite hot. I'm running a similar setup to you and I'm in the 40-42C range. Are you using Arctic Silver or similar?

[bobt17]

what motherboard are u useing? some motherboards report the temps wrong.. i know my asus a7m266 is about 10C cooler then what it says in the bios

[Cowboy X]

What also must be considered is whether your hs is sittting well it might need adjusting. Also if you recently put it on there is apparrently a period of time before you will see optimum cooling for that hs/fan combo(how long ... i dunno ).But your temps are quite hot.

I have a similar problem with a 52 c load temp with the case closed and 46-47 open. so i sent for a fan ,shim, and some Arctic silver 2 for the hs to replace the compound i have now.. Until then my overclocking is grounded.:(

[flounder43]

My 1.3@1.5 got up to 61 the other day...ouch :mad: I cleaned the HSF, it was really dirty, that helped a lot, plus I needed to turn on my case fans....
:rolleyes:

I don't have the same heatsink as you, but cleaning it might help. That HSF should be doing better than that, unless your case temps are super high...

[Bristolian]

Am using the Arctic Alumina Thermal compound, the hs is sitting really well, but it still hot to touch(52/54c)good heat transferance from the cpu. Motherboard is the gigabyte 7zxr, am really stumped on this one!