Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/ 2008-11-22T17:37:32-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2007-10-01T05:00:20-05:00 Tam the Bam http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512395 <br /> You really need to get some fans in the front or ur case. You're extracting<br /> heat at the back, but you're not getting any cool air in at the front. So all you're doing<br /> is swirling warm air around the case. Your temps will go down when you sort that out.<br /> text/html 2007-10-01T04:39:05-05:00 john doe http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512392 I dusted the HSF, and applied new Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. The temperature now never goes above 56C.<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot everyone! text/html 2007-09-28T05:20:48-05:00 Kieran Blenkarne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512076 Dollop means drop, or something text/html 2007-09-28T03:58:04-05:00 varun rao http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512066 lol ! .... hehe a tiny drop will do . text/html 2007-09-28T03:51:18-05:00 john doe http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512064 Dollop of Arctic Silver? text/html 2007-09-28T03:30:22-05:00 Kieran Blenkarne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512060 For your heatsink/cpu, apply a dollop about the size of a grain of rice in the centre of the cpu. text/html 2007-09-28T03:23:58-05:00 john doe http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512055 Thanks guys,<br /> <br /> I'll try all of those methods out after I buy some Arctic 5 and you guys know how it goes in a few days. text/html 2007-09-27T19:53:04-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512041 If you end up going to all the trouble of removing the heatsink,then you should give some thought to upgrading the processor as well...<b>if</b> your hardware, mobo firmware, and OS will support the change without &quot;breaking&quot; any functionality. (e.g. some OEMs are <b>very</b> restrictive in CPU changes) Make sure the heatsink can handle any increased power, but sometimes replacing with a different process CPU can actually reduce the power/cooling requirement.<br /> <br /> You also want to inspect the CPU and heatsink heat-transfer surfaces to ensure they are not deformed, have flaws, etc. that would only cause trouble later.<br /> <br /> edit to add- If you plan to disassemble/reassemble the CPU/HS assembly, a mistake some people often make is to apply too much heatsink compound. Follow the manufacturer's instructions. You may also want to research &quot;how-to&quot; on-line articles. text/html 2007-09-27T17:09:17-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512023 I've been meaning to give mine a good cleaning anyway (just for the hell of it mostly). I've got some IPA and some Arctic Silver 5 ... and somewhere I may have a can of compressed air, but I probably wasted it freezing stuff. ^_^ text/html 2007-09-27T16:38:41-05:00 Locusart http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512022 Have you tried cleaning the dust off the fans and the heatsink? I would first dust-off the entire pc and add a 120mm fan in the case to move more air out of the box.<br /> <br /> <br /> AMD Athlon 64 X3 3800+ (2.0GHz) running @ 2.75GHz<br /> ASUS A8N-SLI Premium <br /> Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2PT 2GB DDR400 (2-3-3-6)<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://www.locusart.com" target="_blank">http://www.locusart.com</a><br /> <br /> text/html 2007-09-27T16:23:33-05:00 G. G. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512020 Yup.... I go for taking it out... give it a good cleaning both sink and proc.... reapply thermal paste and remount.... recheck to make sure you have the sink mounted correctly... you got either one heck of a clogged dust bunnies heat sink or that sink is not seated correctly. text/html 2007-09-27T16:05:51-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512017 I have the same CPU (Venice) and when my heatsink, a Thermalright XP-90C, gets dusty, it does get warmer, but not that much ... atm it's fairly idle at 30°C. Compressed air would be a good start. text/html 2007-09-27T14:17:56-05:00 Beavis Khan http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512002 Had it been performing OK with the same heatsink/fan/case fan in the past? If so, job #1 is to make sure there isn't a bunch of dust and other crud clogging up the heatsink. If that's relatively clean, job #2 is to follow Stein's advice. Thermal paste (especially cheap/stock stuff) is prone to drying out over time. When that happens, it's pretty well useless.<br /> text/html 2007-09-27T13:32:44-05:00 john doe http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#512000 My normal room temperature is around 20-28C on average.<br /> <br /> My casing only has one fan which removes the air from inside the tower.<br /> <br /> Could the problem just be with the CPU itself? The computer is quite old, around 3 years now.<br /> text/html 2007-09-27T04:54:40-05:00 varun rao http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68848/#511954 thats terrible, make sure the HSF direction is correct, the casing has adequate fans, no obstruction in exit path (from front inlet to the rear exhaust) and cool and quiet is enabled.<br />