Thermalright True Black 120

Deleted User 234324 · 11 Jun 2009 at 21:31

Got this heatsink last year for my Q6600, all is good but im looking to put another 120mm fan on it (2 fans instead of just 1 currently) but i seem to have lost the fan retention bracket.spring thingies that were supplied for it.

Anyone know where i can replacements as an elastic band wont last forever

setter · 11 Jun 2009 at 21:50

Cable ties do a good cheap job of holding the fan in place.

Deleted User 234324 · 11 Jun 2009 at 22:39

While im here actually, is 75-80c too hot for a Q6600 at 3.6Ghz stock volts ? Using the above cooler

setter · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:02

A bit on the hot side, are you using auto voltage when overclocking? I have the same cooler and on my previous q6600 at 3.8ghz i was hitting 68-68-62-62, 2 x 2000 rpm fans in push/pull, ideally you want to avoid auto voltage as it can give to much juice therefore creating more heat, also ensure the cooler is mounted properly.

deusexlumina · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:04

MadMossy said:
While im here actually, is 75-80c too hot for a Q6600 at 3.6Ghz stock volts ? Using the above cooler

if thats at stock volts then theres something very wrong

Deleted User 234324 · 12 Jun 2009 at 09:51

Yeah it is stock volts, coretemp reads it as 1.25 or something like that.

Will double check and make sure the HSF is seated properly late, did have a fiddle lastnight and there was a bit of play in it, could rotate it a few degrees each way.

Venares · 12 Jun 2009 at 10:12

Sounds like the washer mod may be needed in your case to give the cooler a bit more presure on the cpu.

deusexlumina · 12 Jun 2009 at 15:25

i suggest a reseat then and perhaps look into the washer mod, those temps are wayyy too high for a cooler like that

Deleted User 234324 · 12 Jun 2009 at 20:04

reseated it today and got temps down 10-12c, just need to source more fan retention clips as i appear to have lost the spares.

Deleted User 234324 · 13 Jun 2009 at 14:15

Found the cause of my high temps, had vcore set to auto in the bios so it was running at 1.55v, causing the cpu to get to temps of 80c+, dropped it down 1.375 and its rock stable at a load temp of 53c.

setter · 13 Jun 2009 at 14:19

Thats more like it mate

auto always gives far to much voltage than is required, nice drop in temps, you may be able to push that chip a bit further, 3.7-3.8 ghz may be possible.