Artic silver

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 16:46

Is Artic silver 5 good as a replacment thermal paste for a Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, as i have just changed my cpu and lost a bit of the compound and now when runnig prime my processor is hitting 55oc ( ambient 30oc) this is not good.

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 16:54

Yeah will do, i just heard somw bad things re this cpu cooler and thermal combination, also is 55oc full load to hot for a opteron 146?

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 16:59

TaKeN said:
Hmm depends what its clocked to...

Currently my clocks are

Opty 146 @2.9ghz 1.45v

Currently at 53oc after 20mins of prime

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 17:04

TaKeN said:
Thats quite warm to be honest, but the weather is hot right now so your cpu wont be super cold

Did you use a rice sized grain of thermal compound ?

Because too much can be worse than not enough

My room is currently 30oc the cpu is hitting 56oc max, the thermal compound i used was the stuff that was left on the bottom of my cooler after removing the old cpu.

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 17:11

Jleo said:
If you have heat stroke your action's can be explained, otherwise take a w.u.p. LOL

w.u.p? WTF lol.

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 17:37

TaKeN said:
That temp should be ok tbh, just wind down the overclock if it gets towards 60,

I would order some Arctic Siliver 5 and reseat the cooler with this eventually

Yeah may try some tomorrow, but i have a nagging feeling that somwhere on this forum somoene mentioned that the Artic freezer and Artic Silver 5 are not good together.

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 18:53

TaKeN said:
Ive used them together before now, and i didn't have any problems

Did you get good temps?

Also what household item can i use to clean my processor and heatsink before applying fresh compound?

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 21:04

Cheers, it is my mission to get this chip running at 2.9ghz by tomorrow tea time.

cymatty · 20 Jul 2006 at 21:14

messiah khan said:
That would explain that temperature then. Clean all the thermal paste off ussing something like Isopropynol, and reapply a raice grain sized blob onto the cpu.

Yeah going to get some tomorrow and give this overclock another go.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 01:01

Cheers will keep you up to date.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 15:47

Got some AC5 still bloody warm, still reaching 55-57 and thats with cpu voltage @1.45 grrr fed up now.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 16:08

Jleo said:
It will take a few load and cooling cycles to cure the AS5 and it will take it longer if there isn't additional cooling in your case so be patient

If your room temp is still around that 30°C mark that will defo increase your temps considerably

My case has 4x 80mm fans all on and the side of the case is off. :eek:

The room is still around 30oc but the cpu is not going above 57 even after 40mins prime so i think it should get better soon when the compound cures.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 16:26

Jleo said:
To help your fans to create airflow through your case don't take the side of your case, it generally disrupts the airflow

Ah i thought taking the side of would let more cooler air in and help keep it cool.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 17:28

messiah khan said:
What CPU do you have? If its an AMD, then you are possibly getting poor contact with the HSF or poor contact with the IHS.

I have an opty 146, if the temps dont improve i will check the contacts.

cymatty · 21 Jul 2006 at 17:43

messiah khan said:
Temps will improve a bit when the AS settles in, but only by a few degrees, not 15-20 degrees or so that you are over by.

I thought 50-53oc would be ok for full prime load after an hour?

cymatty · 24 Jul 2006 at 18:54

***Update***

I am trying again i have lowered the cpu voltage the room temp is still around 30oc, still reaching temps of 55oc, this is really ******* me off. :mad:

cymatty · 24 Jul 2006 at 19:24

SiriusB said:
What motherboard are you using? Motherboards aren't the most accurate things in the world when it comes to temps. Perhaps your board is known to exaggerate the CPU temps.

I have a DFI lanparty nF4 Ultra-D mobo if i could get around 54-5oc max in these temps i would be happy however they are going to 58oc.

Even at idle it is running at 40oc, my old venice even in this heat with more volts the idle temp was much better.

I think i will leave it running whilst I go out, the artic silver has only been on for 1 hour computer use maybe leaving it on for a bit before priming may help?

cymatty · 24 Jul 2006 at 19:57

SiriusB said:
As for the AS5, I think it takes about 200 hours before it is fully burned in, so to speak. I believe it requires x-number of heating and cooling cycles. All this info can be found on Arctic Silver's website so I suggest you start reading.

SiriusB

Yeah i am runnig Sandra burn in now this should make the cpu temps go up and down so should be ok, tbh though even after 200 hours i cant see the temp dropping 5 oc.

Also need to find a temp probe me thinks although thiscould be costly.

cymatty · 25 Jul 2006 at 14:32

SiriusB said:
Temp probes aren't very expensive.

SiriusB

Well I forgot that I have some temp sensors on my fan control unit I will use one of them.

Hope this works ok.

cymatty · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:12

Will a temp sensor from a fan contol unit be accurate?