Too Hot???

TechFly · Mar 30, 2004

I have an AthalonXP 3200+ not overclocked on a new motherboard. It is an Asus A7N8X-E Delux. I have a case fan in the front, and one in the back. They are the same (about 3000RPM). I also have a ThermalTake SilentBoost fan/sink (2500RPM). I am running at 51C under load, and 47-48 at idle. Is this normal? It seems a bit high to me.

dead_man311 · Mar 30, 2004

First off Welcome to the Forum

ok you said you got two case fan , which way are they blowing , i take it back is exhaust and front is a intake

also do your temps drop with your sdie of the case off ? if so that will mean you will need more air flow

TechFly · Mar 30, 2004

Front is blowing in, and the rear is blowing out. Side does not make a difference.

Thanks for the welcome.

N1vek215 · Mar 30, 2004

did you cut your fan grills out? do you have arctic silver on the cpu? is the heat sink lapped? is there a lot of cable cluttering? All that and more can make allt he difference in the world.

TechFly · Mar 30, 2004

I cut the grills out of the front. I have not done the back yet though. There is some paste between the CPU, and HS (Arctic Silver?). I have not lapped the sink. I just found that reference today. I didn't know it was something that could be done. Cables are ZipTied, and out of the way.

Is that temp high then? What should it be? I want to OC this processor, but I don't want to if I cannot keep it cool.

Thanks for all of the help guys.

dead_man311 · Mar 30, 2004

How much paste did you use on the CPU or was it a pad ?

Arctic Silver is a brand of paste , a very good one at that. i dropped 6'C using it

TechFly · Mar 30, 2004

Not much. Just enouph to cover the die without having it go everywhere when I put the heatsinc on it. I put on the stuff that came with the heatsinc.

What temp should this proc run at?

hafa · Mar 30, 2004

Given that your fan is running at 2500 RPM, 51C does not seem too far off the mark. As dead_man said, you should see a fair drop if you use AS5, but remember that it will take a while for the paste to "settle" before you will see optimum temps.

Read the "important reminder" section here:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Also, if you choose to overclock, ramp up the fan speed a bit. That should have a significant effect on your temps.

TechFly · Mar 30, 2004

Thanks for all of the great info guys. The page about the AS5 told me a few things I did not know. I will find a new fan for it that runs a bit faster. The speed it is at is the max speed of it. I think I will pick up a bit of the AS5 too. Any suggestions as to what kind of fan?

Dubbin1 · Mar 31, 2004

As big and as loud of one as you can stand :burn:

24Gordon · Mar 31, 2004

I have a 80mm Thermal Take Smart Case Fan 2 and am very happy with it. It can be had for under $10 here . It comes with a small reo so you can turn it up to the loudest you can stand or let it control the fan speed itself with the thermal sensor.

Dubbin1 · Mar 31, 2004

Never trust a Jeff Gordon fan

skitlets · Mar 31, 2004

lapping does a huge difference. on my brothers volcano 9, after lapping and some artic silver 5, he dropped his temps by 6 degrees.

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