I've just done a cheap upgrade of the Mobo, CPU, memory and PSU using hand me downs from my rich brother. Anyway it knocks the socks off my 4 year old Barton 3200.
I've used the 10% overclock profile in the ASUS Jumperfree Config page in the bios to get a stable 2653Mhz. This I think is the same as a stock FX60 which is pleasing considering the price difference.
I have an old Coolermaster tower case with an 80mm intake fan in the bottom front and an 80mm exhaust fan in top rear. When I built the original Barton system I fitted an 80mm fan on short legs (4 woodscrews) which sits 500mm above the base of the case to blow cool air upwards to assist cooling. With Cool n Quiet enabled this is the quietest system I've ever had.
Anyway I was going to buy an Artic Cooling Freezer Pro especially as OCUK have them in their sale. However I've just downloaded Core Temp monitor and my temps are between 23 to 26 degrees while I'm typing this. Playing Crysis flat out with everything at High setting I'm getting 37-41 degrees.
The heatsink and fan is the standard AMD copper and alluminium heatpipe unit supplied with top end AMD X2 CPUs. I've used Artic Silver compound.
I've checked the bios temps and they are about 5-7 degrees warmer at idle.
Asus Probe only shows one core I think and it's reading 32 degrees with a mobo temp of 42 degrees. If these temps are accurate I don't think I'm going to improve things using the AC Freezer Pro, am I?
Another thing is the boot up page shows the CPU running at 2.65Mhz as does Asus Probe. CPUID and Core Temp both show 1100.11 (220.02 x 5.0)??
Also I tried running CPUID and Core Temps together and after about 10 seconds the system shut straight down.
Can I trust the temps I'm seeing?
Any ideas on the weird CPU speeds in CPUID and Core Temp?
I know it's a bit long winded but I'd appreciate any views.
Cheers.
I've used the 10% overclock profile in the ASUS Jumperfree Config page in the bios to get a stable 2653Mhz. This I think is the same as a stock FX60 which is pleasing considering the price difference.
I have an old Coolermaster tower case with an 80mm intake fan in the bottom front and an 80mm exhaust fan in top rear. When I built the original Barton system I fitted an 80mm fan on short legs (4 woodscrews) which sits 500mm above the base of the case to blow cool air upwards to assist cooling. With Cool n Quiet enabled this is the quietest system I've ever had.
Anyway I was going to buy an Artic Cooling Freezer Pro especially as OCUK have them in their sale. However I've just downloaded Core Temp monitor and my temps are between 23 to 26 degrees while I'm typing this. Playing Crysis flat out with everything at High setting I'm getting 37-41 degrees.
The heatsink and fan is the standard AMD copper and alluminium heatpipe unit supplied with top end AMD X2 CPUs. I've used Artic Silver compound.
I've checked the bios temps and they are about 5-7 degrees warmer at idle.
Asus Probe only shows one core I think and it's reading 32 degrees with a mobo temp of 42 degrees. If these temps are accurate I don't think I'm going to improve things using the AC Freezer Pro, am I?
Another thing is the boot up page shows the CPU running at 2.65Mhz as does Asus Probe. CPUID and Core Temp both show 1100.11 (220.02 x 5.0)??
Also I tried running CPUID and Core Temps together and after about 10 seconds the system shut straight down.
Can I trust the temps I'm seeing?
Any ideas on the weird CPU speeds in CPUID and Core Temp?
I know it's a bit long winded but I'd appreciate any views.
Cheers.