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- Nov 11, 2010
SO who has one of the Corsair watercooling kits and used the TIM that came already applied to the heatsink? How were your temps? Did you go back later and replace it with aftermarket stuff like AS?
When I installed the H70 onto my previous build I scraped it all off and applied AS5, which has done a "good-to-very-good" job over the last 10 months or so, but...
When I completed a new HTPC/backup gaming rig build last night (specs below), as I was installing the H80 I couldn't remember where I put my AS5, (haha that looks like I said I couldn't remember where I put my ***) so I just used the OEM Corsair TIM already on the heatsink.
I'm just wondering if it will be better to rip the system back apart before I power it up to apply AS5 (once I find it, lol) or continue using the OEM stuff unless my temps suck.
The computer was previously running at 4.7GHz at 47°C (realtemp) at idle on an open bench with only the single Xigmatek heatsink fan, which is why I upgraded to the H80...
Specs for those who care about these things:
Corsair Carbide 400R
Corsair TX650
MSI Z68A-GD55
i5 2500K
XFX Radeon HD 6850
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
Crucial M4 128GB OS Drive
(4) 2TB WD Caviar Black
Asus DVD+-RW
Akasa FC.6
(7) Cougar CF-V12HP fans
Hauppauge HVR-1800
Win7HP 64bit
When I installed the H70 onto my previous build I scraped it all off and applied AS5, which has done a "good-to-very-good" job over the last 10 months or so, but...
When I completed a new HTPC/backup gaming rig build last night (specs below), as I was installing the H80 I couldn't remember where I put my AS5, (haha that looks like I said I couldn't remember where I put my ***) so I just used the OEM Corsair TIM already on the heatsink.
I'm just wondering if it will be better to rip the system back apart before I power it up to apply AS5 (once I find it, lol) or continue using the OEM stuff unless my temps suck.
The computer was previously running at 4.7GHz at 47°C (realtemp) at idle on an open bench with only the single Xigmatek heatsink fan, which is why I upgraded to the H80...
Specs for those who care about these things:
Corsair Carbide 400R
Corsair TX650
MSI Z68A-GD55
i5 2500K
XFX Radeon HD 6850
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
Crucial M4 128GB OS Drive
(4) 2TB WD Caviar Black
Asus DVD+-RW
Akasa FC.6
(7) Cougar CF-V12HP fans
Hauppauge HVR-1800
Win7HP 64bit