Temps too hot

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Running a 6300 @ 3.15Ghz and noticed recently my temps were quite hot under idle (around 55-65c) which I thought was too hot. So I re-applied some AS5 and re-seated the HSF, temps seemed ok at default (1.86Ghz) at around 40+c.

Just overclocked it back to 3.15Ghz and my temps are way too hot. BIOS seems to give the lowest but all of these programs give slightly different results.

Any chance of a dodgy sensor? Using Artic Freezer Pro 7

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EDIT = Another thought could be which way round I have seated the HSF. I think I had it facing the PSU many months ago and this time it is facing the back exhaust fan. This way round it looks like the copper heat sinks on my P5Q-E might be constricting it a little, any thoughts?

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EDIT 2 - Think i may have found the problem. One of the weird/annoying clips this HSF uses is in but looks slightly higher than the others - the reason been (I think) is one of the plastic thingymijigs (shown below by red arrow) has snapped off. The HSF seems fine though (when I lightly jig it about, seems firmly seated).

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Finally I notice on this picture the clips looks metal, my ones are crappy bits of plastic and no doubt bend/brake easily when trying to pop thought the mobo. Do news ones come with stronger/metal clips?
 
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Those temps do seem quite warm. The broken clip probably won't be helping as it won't be seated properly. I've purchased two of these in the past and the clips have been plastic. The other issue is that I think the heatsink is positioned the wrong way round. I've annotated one of your pics to show the airflow directions.

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Hopefully I've got the directions right (I'm sure someone will say if I haven't :p). As you can see the exhaust fan (I'm guessing it is the exhaust fan and not an intake?) and freezer fan are going to be fighting over the same air and probably creating a bit of a dead spot. If that is happening then I would suggest rotating the heastsink through 180 degrees. You would then have air going through the heatsink and out of the exhaust fan. Whether it would lower the temps a lot, I'm not sure, but its worth a try.
 
To the op, as jon20 has said, rotate your heatsink as it's currently facing the wrong direction. This should help drop your temps as the warm air will be pushed through the heatsink and out via the rear case fan. Ps the clips on the freezer have alays been plastic, bit fiddly to fit, but id suggest pushing one down first then doing the one diagonally opposite it.
 
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Swapped it around and the idle (BIOS) temp for stock speeds went down to 38 and 51 for 3.15Ghz. Second temp seems a bit high for idle but that is probably down to one of the clips been broken. Will get a new one tomorrow. Is the Artic Freezer Pro still the best <£20 HSF about?
 
Id suggest purchasing a thermalright bolt thru kit, this will replace the push pins on the freezer pro and offer a more secure fit, btw do the bottom fins of the heatsink clear the mobo copper heatsinks, as i remember when i used the freezer on my p5q deluxe i had to bend the 3 bottom fins downwards to get it to fit.
 
I don't think they do. What is this bolt through kit? Does it replace the pin system 775 HSFs use? Can't find it on OcUK :(
 
Its the same mounting system as my thermalright ultra 120 cooler, and i found it pretty easy to fit, id say the hardest part may be removing the push pins from the freezer pro without breaking them.
 
Hey dbappa,

If you want a cooler thats as good as the ACF7-Pro and fits nicely on the ASUS P5Q-E without snagging on the cooper heatpipes then this one is a good budget choice . . .

Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler


£13.98 inc

And then (as suggested already) replace the very average Push-Pins with a nice Thermalright Bolt Thru Kit and you will be fairly sorted! :cool:

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Bit of a bumpage but when on earth is the LGA775 Bolt-Thru-Kit going to be in stock in the UK. All online vendors say "ETA coming" or "Out of stock"
 
I have a spare lga 775 bolt thru assembly left over from when i switced to core i7, id be willing to part with it.
 
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