Titan Goliath or I7 920 2.66 Temps

namsu55

namsu55

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Does anyone else have the Titan Goliath system http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-030-OE or an i7 920.

I want to know what temperatures you are getting on idle. Before we fixed our heating in the house, I was getting around 40 on idle, now that the heatings gone up I get 46 on idle even the gpu (gtx260) is up by 4/5 degrees.

I removed fans cleaned them put them back, even the heatsink. Do you think reapplying paste should help keep the temperature slightly lower?

I ran sp2004 (8 applications on one thread each 0-7) and 100% cpu usage uses from 70 up to 80. It seems as though 45 is a bit too high for idle but you people are more experienced than me, so please let me know.

By the way used OCCT and Speccy to get temps.
 
namsu55 said:
Before we fixed our heating in the house, I was getting around 40 on idle, now that the heatings gone up I get 46 on idle even the gpu (gtx260) is up by 4/5 degrees.
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If by fixed our heating you mean that the ambient temperature of the room is now higher than it was beforehand then it is inevitable that your temps will rise with it.

Idle temp info is fairly useless when being used in comparison to others because as I have tried to point out above - it is directly related to the ambient temp of the air that surrounds the PC. Obviously if you can find someone who has exactly the same equipment, exactly the same BIOS settings, and exactly the same ambient temp you could then start to make some sort of semi-meaningful comparisons. I'll be impressed if you can be bothered to even start looking for such a match tbh.

You should be far more concerned with your load temps as these are the ones that you want to monitor and strive to keep as low as possible to avoid/prevent unnecessary damage to your CPU.

To recap: I am 100% sure that the increased CPU temps you have noticed can be attributed to the heating of your house increasing - Absolutely no doubt about it.

Sidenote: Of course you could also try re-applying the thermal paste - You might shave a degree or 2 off? Exercise caution though because if you mess it up you could end up adding a few degrees to it. Who did it originally and what paste was used?

EDIT: Just realised you have stated that it is a pre-built Titan Goliath. Hmmm, I wouldn't have thought OcUK would have done a bad job of applying thermal paste. However, nothing in life is guaranteed so the only way to find out for sure would be to open it up and have a look. According to the specs they use Arctic Silver 5 and while not regarded as the absolute best (last time I looked, Arctic Cooling MX-3 was regarded as the best) it is right up there and certainly not bad. Again, I would strongly advise that you exercise caution if you decide to reapply it - only do so if you are comfortable doing so. More importantly, make sure that doing so would not void any warranty you may have. Personally I would leave it and have faith in OcUK - your temps (assuming the heating in your house is fairly average) are nothing to worry about.
 
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Whats your room temp though? If its quite high then that explains everything :p I've got a H50 and i've had room temps of 26c to 27c and its been idle at around 40c to 44c so fairly high in my opinion. Normally though its below about 39c with 20c room temp.

You could try setting your cpu fan to max if its only on standard in the bios, this should help with idle temps a bit. To improve your load temps though its going to be a case of reseating (or even lapping, but i'd try and avoid this and do eveything else you can first), improving air flow- so better case, increase case fans speed or buy better ones, etc or you could buy a better cooler. I'd call ocuk and see what they have to say about your temps, but i think load temps below 80 are generally deemed as acceptable for the i7 although i know a few people who would disagree.
 
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