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- Oct 14, 2007
Hey folks; could use a little community guidance here. My Google-foo isn't accomplishing much, so I come to you.
In order to test the upcoming 990X / Bulldozer platform, I had to swap my AMD stuff to the (water cooled) test bench and put the Sandy Bridge stuff in my 24/7 use system. As cool as they run, air cooling is quite fine so I put the VenomousX on it. Great heatsink, would buy another one in a heartbeat if I had a need. I've used it on SKT 1156 and AM3.
Unfortunately, it seems the pressure mounting system doesn't give very much pressure. I can move it back and forth with very little effort. This is compared to the AM3 and 1156 mounts that took considerable effort to move once fully tightened. It doesn't make much sense considering 1156 and 1155 are pretty much the same, but that's what's happening.
Temps seem ok, but the system is at stock right now. Idle temps jump around from 25°-31°C (small loads tick it up) and loaded temps are around 47°-49°C. I'll be testing to see what happens when I overclock it. Until then, any ideas on why the mount wouldn't be as tight on a socket with the same specifications as 1156? Anyone else have this happen?
It needs to be able to handle overclocked loads. This is my video card review platform, so I have to be able to crank to 5.3-5.4 GHz for short sessions to test cards' limits. The CPU has been benched as much as it needs to, it just needs to get through GPU testing occasionally, but I fear the HS mount isn't good enough.
In order to test the upcoming 990X / Bulldozer platform, I had to swap my AMD stuff to the (water cooled) test bench and put the Sandy Bridge stuff in my 24/7 use system. As cool as they run, air cooling is quite fine so I put the VenomousX on it. Great heatsink, would buy another one in a heartbeat if I had a need. I've used it on SKT 1156 and AM3.
Unfortunately, it seems the pressure mounting system doesn't give very much pressure. I can move it back and forth with very little effort. This is compared to the AM3 and 1156 mounts that took considerable effort to move once fully tightened. It doesn't make much sense considering 1156 and 1155 are pretty much the same, but that's what's happening.
Temps seem ok, but the system is at stock right now. Idle temps jump around from 25°-31°C (small loads tick it up) and loaded temps are around 47°-49°C. I'll be testing to see what happens when I overclock it. Until then, any ideas on why the mount wouldn't be as tight on a socket with the same specifications as 1156? Anyone else have this happen?
It needs to be able to handle overclocked loads. This is my video card review platform, so I have to be able to crank to 5.3-5.4 GHz for short sessions to test cards' limits. The CPU has been benched as much as it needs to, it just needs to get through GPU testing occasionally, but I fear the HS mount isn't good enough.