ooops , accidentally applied 2 big lines.. and it.. um while installing it , i had to press too hard on the fins , some of them got bent.
but according to the manual and review sites, it was supposed to be installed in a way that the fan was facing RAM slots.
but this way , my northbridge heatsink was blocking the fan. cuz its huge.
i have intel dg31pr board.
so, i removed it, the thermal paste got spreaded all over the heatsink base and cpu i had to use a cloth to remove the paste outside the cpu boundries ( i used a bit too much paste)
well , i messed things up, fitted the cooler with board out of the casing , and when i was putting the board back in the case , cooler was blocked by cooler master extreme power PSU
so i had to remove cooler again and remove its "black fitter " from the board ( i dont know how to take it off , so i had to remove the board , turn it over , remove the clips.
so.. i rotated it 90* (according to the suggestion of a user here ) . and made the fan face north bridge , it was still blocking it , and i said,.. my god what am i gonna do now.. so i pull the fan up a bit and it got fitted nicely
but the thermal paste was a big mess.. it got spreaded all over the heatsink base.. anyways, i tested it !
win xp : speedfan : high speed (from the fan controller ).
also, i didnt know where to insert the 3 pin wire from cooler's fan , so i used the Case fan slot and put fan controller's pin in it , and cpu fan pin in the fan controller's femail connector .. is it right ??
i set it on high speed via fan controller.
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i live in pakistan , and its damn hot here during summer, even in winter , it isnt much cold here..
i have my ceiling fan at full speed and still i am sweating ( now u can imagine the heat of day here)
my stock cooler at max speed :
idle at 58 - 63c
at prime95 max load : 120c (just after a minute, i stopped it incase it got fried)
now with this cooler:
first cpu boot : idle
2 of the cores : 35 - 38c
2 of the cores : 40 - 42
cpu temp : about 40 - 43
that was AWESOME ! i was shocked by its performance !!!
I DO NOT HAVE ANY CASE FAN OR ANY OTHER EXTRA FAN IN MY CASING and still my temperatures are awesome !
it works without any ventilated casing.. WOW
i ran prime95 for like 40 mins now :
at load :
58 - 65c
thats way too awesome !! i love this cooler.. i can believe it..
and can someone please tell me why 2 of the cores are too cool , and other 2 are a bit hotter?
core 0 . core1 : 42 - 43
core 2 . core3 : 38 - 39
whats the problem ?? please do tell me..