hmm is it time!?

honosuseri · 7 Jan 2013 at 13:14

If you have the antec 300 with the cut out in the mobo tray then it should be good for 160mm tall heatsinks.....like the TS120 I spec'd

Mp4 · 7 Jan 2013 at 14:02

Shall take a look when i fit in the 8GB i hope tomorrow

Gibbo3771 · 7 Jan 2013 at 16:10

The only problem with that rig, if you start to pour money into it you are going to eventually, if not soon hit a dead end. Wasted investment due to outdated CPU socket? Didn't notice it was DDR3 so perhaps not

Mp4 · 7 Jan 2013 at 21:11

Yeah i know eventually i will need to upgrade the cpu & psu

Mp4 · 8 Jan 2013 at 07:08

Does leaving a PSU on standby (it has its own power switch) prolong its life? As i never turn the power off at the wall. Just a random thought as everything would still be taking some power i guess?

Mp4 · 8 Jan 2013 at 17:46

Well 8GB in the system 12GB total, can't say i notice much difference

BuToNz · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:15

Mp4 said:
Does leaving a PSU on standby (it has its own power switch) prolong its life? As i never turn the power off at the wall. Just a random thought as everything would still be taking some power i guess?

Leave the switch on, saves wear.

Mp4 said:
Well 8GB in the system 12GB total, can't say i notice much difference

You won't I'd imagine, anything 4GB or above won't unless you do some serious photoshop work or run multiple instances.

Have you got your Q6600 overclocked yet? Makes a world of difference, the Mrs has my old Q6600 setup and it still holds it's own overclocked.

Mp4 · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:49

Saying that i'm noticing it in lotro just looked at performance tab and 5GB Ram is in use running it.

Not OC as of yet ill wait untill i get a decent cpu cooler and some new gel.

Mp4 · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:15

I've managed to pickup an Arctic 7 freezer pro (Heatsink) for £1

cleaned it n whatnot so will install tomorrow

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 09:42

HELP!

Well after hours of faffing I had to take the motherboard out to install this new heat sink. All fine connected all back up. And now I'm getting resets!
Was in the 90s when i turned on according to bios

I get as far as loading windows

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:49

Anyone?

I've gone back to stock again its fine idle , but playing game like Anno send it to a reset (overheat)

Just checked core-temp as soon as i booted again

Core:

0 104c
1 105c
2 107c
3 108c

I put a fair dolop of thermal paste

honosuseri · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:52

How much is a "fair dolop"?

You literally only need a dab of paste, roughly the size of a grain of rice if that.

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:57

honosuseri said:
How much is a "fair dolop"?

You literally only need a dab of paste, roughly the size of a grain of rice if that.

pea

Audigex · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:58

Possibly too much, or you may have just not seated it properly - try removing it, cleaning off the paste and trying again.

100 degrees plus is a problem with the heatsink not taking the heat away from the CPU - it can't be making proper contact. Is the fan on the heatsink running?

Alternatively, there may be a reason it was £1...

honosuseri · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:01

Check the fan is actually spinning, I recall that heatsink having faulty fans. If it is spinning you haven't mounted it right perhaps

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:01

Audigex said:
Possibly too much, or you may have just not seated it properly - try removing it, cleaning off the paste and trying again.

Alternatively, there may be a reason it was £1...

I have given up with the £1 jobbie and gone back to stock again. Sitting here with chrome open+core temp.

0 77
1 77
2 77
3 77

as soon as i go in Anno it goes above 100+ and comp resets

lee32uk · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:03

Mp4 said:
I have given up with the £1 jobbie and gone back to stock again. Sitting here with chrome open+core temp.

0 77
1 77
2 77
3 77

as soon as i go in Anno it goes above 100+ and comp resets

Maybe time to spend more than a £1 on a cooler

honosuseri · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:07

Are you cleaning off the old paste? Those temps are too high at stock!

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:13

honosuseri said:
Are you cleaning off the old paste? Those temps are too high at stock!

yeah cleaned both cpu and heatsink

No idea what else to do apart from get a new cpu/heatsink

Mp4 · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:38

re-gone in to bios to check temps agian 85c cpu / chassis 35c (all default settings)

Cant seem to find anything about adjusting fan on cpu at all only chassis

Atm cpu temp:

107
109
111
113

Gah why did i bloody touch this..

Are the newer Heat-Sinks easy to install as the push pins are VERY annoying?