Hot Temps, Difference in Thermal Paste?

Howitzer

Howitzer

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Hi All,

I have a Cogage Arrow (with 2 fans) on my i7 930 CPU - and my temps are really high!
36-40C on Idle and unclocked... Shoots to 50-55C while gaming.
I really wanted to OC but am worried about the temps.

I've tried orienting the exhaust out the top and out the rear of my case (it fits both ways) and I've tried different amounts of paste and layed in different ways (blob, line, 2lines, spread thin with card etc).
None of this make a difference.

Would a different Thermal Paste make a difference? (I use the one that cam with either the mobo or cooler - don't remember which).

Or can anyone suggest any other options?

Cheers!
Howie.
 
Those temps arent bad, at stock my i7 920 maxes out at mid 50's when gaming iirc. Back running it again at 4ghz now, after a very hectic couple of rounds on bfbc2, coretemp running in the background, load temps at. 65-60-63-60. My idles for 4ghz are. 41-36-41-36
 
Hmm, still, 2.8ghz at an average of 40-35-35-31 at Idle still seems high to me.

The paste is Thermalright 'The Chill Factor' lol. DUnno if that's any good or would make a difference.
TBH I was thinking the cooler might just be rubbish (but it was £35 so I expected better) or I'd seated it wong but I've tried everything. Should I try the stock cooler, to see if it makes a difference? I just installed the Cogage straight from newbuild.
 
Hi m8, just had a quick look at the guru3d review for your cooler agree the temp's are on the high side.

Whats your case cooling like? take the side panel off if the temp's drop. You need to improve your case air flow, better performing fan's, extra fan's, or both.

I use MX3 Thermal paste, it's very good.
 
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OLDPHART said:
Whats your case cooling like? take the side panel off if the temp's drop. You need to improve your case air flow, better performing fan's, extra fan's, or both.

I use MX3 Thermal paste, it's very good.
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Hmm, yeah I'll try with the side off.
It should be pretty good air flow. The front fans are coming in both above and below the GPU so that's not blocking too much and I've cleared the cables as much as poss behind the Mobo tray. The only thing stopping any air is the cooler itself haha, but as that has 2 fans going through it to the exhaust I thought that'd be ok.
Unfortunately can't fit a side fan as the cooler's a monster and demands all the space.

Thanks for the pasdte suggestion, I'll track some down :)
 
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Well: Results with the side removed showed an average difference of about 1C (flicked from same 1C cooler and once or twice to 2C down) both idle and load, so I don't think that's too much of a difference to bother about. It probably is cause it's a small case with BIG components haha. Oh well, guess I'll have to live with it and not over-OC.

Thanks for the help peeps.
 
Hi again, right so with the side panel off not a great improvement, you might still improve your temp's by fitting better fan's. Find out the make of the fan's you have now in your case and check their spec's.

Them have alook at the fan's OCUK have, see how they compare spec wise.

Example -

Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan
- High performance 12cm fan in killer VIPER yellow colour
- S-FLOW fan blade design delivers 30% higher airflow
- Super silent with PWM auto speed control
- Hydro Dynamic Bearing extends fan life up to 50,000 hours
- Dimension: 120 X 120 X 25mm
- Fan speed: 600 -1900 RPM
- **Max airflow: 83.63 CFM (141.75 m3/h) > is better than the Apache Max > airflow 57.53 CFM (97.74 m3/h) below, so would improve temp's in case.
- Max static air pressure: 2.98 mm H2O
- **Noise level: 6.9 -28.9 dB(A) > But are louder **
- Fan life expectancy: 50,000 hours
- Connector: 4pin PWM

Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan

- Super silent APACHE fans in Black Stealth colour
- S-FLOW fan blade design delivers 30% higher airflow
- IP-54 military standard moisture and dust protection
- Super silent with PWM auto speed control
- Hydro Dynamic Bearing extends fan life up to 50,000 hours
- Dimension 120 X 120 X 25mm
- Bearing HDB (Hydro Dynamic Bearing)
- Speed 600 -1300 RPM
- ** Max airflow 57.53 CFM (97.74 m3/h)**
- **Sound level 6.9 -16.05 dB(A)**
- Max static air pressure 26.40 mm-H2O
- Rated voltage 12V
- Connector PWM-4pin

Hope this help's. :)
 
that's not too high tbh. Try to OC is and see what happens.

I am using the same cooler but with two 38mm slowspeed yate loons and get around 62-65C at 4Ghz 1.344V on my i5 750
 
Your temps are very similair to mine at stock when gaming Howitzer, at 4ghz now i get an increase when gaming to 65-60-63-60, not high for an i7 under a TRUE with 2 x 1350 rpm fans, only time ive had it higher is with prime, ibt etc, 71-76c on highest core depending wether im using prime small fft or ibt.
 
Ah, so it seems that the i7 might just run hotter than I had come to believe...

Righto, well I'll check out some alternate paste when I get hold of some anyway; I'll OC as I am and then if temps start to worry me then I'll look into possibly some better fans.

Thanks everyone for your advice and patience :)
 
Don't bother with reseating just for a paste change. There's not a whole lot between thermal pastes.
 
They are pretty hot running cpus, as an example, my previous intel quads, q6600 @3.8ghz, q9550 @3.8ghz ran loaded at.

q6600: 68-62-68-62
q9550, 57-54-46-47

The 920 at 4ghz tops out at 76-71-72-70 under LinX/IBT. Definitely try clocking it and see how you get on, new thermal paste such as mx3 will give a drop of 2-3c at most.

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