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Bought the Krypton Intel Core i7 bundle
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-046-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1801
It arrived today.
I've applied the thermal paste that came with the cooler (Artic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound wasn't in the package) I used all of it and spread it evenly across the CPU using a credit card. I fitted the heatsink and fan, as per the instructions and then fitted everything into my case.
Everthing works ok and I installed Windows 7 64 bit, during a few restarts I checked the temps in the bios and they were being reported as around 65-68 degress C. I have since downloaded and installed Speedfan and Realtemp, both are reporting the same temps across all cores of between 64 and 66 degrees C when the PC is idle.
Surely this is much higher than I should expect, I would have though that this would be the temperature under load not idle.
Any help gratefully recieved.
Additional info.
The case is a Zalman GS 1000.
The Alkaska Venom cooler will once fitted only allows the fan to be fitted so is is facing the back of the case, but blowing into the cooler (as recommened in the instructions). There is a case fan there sucking hot air out, I have turned this fan off and the temps have dropped to around 60-64 now. There is also a fan in the top of the case extracting hot air.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-046-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1801
It arrived today.
I've applied the thermal paste that came with the cooler (Artic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound wasn't in the package) I used all of it and spread it evenly across the CPU using a credit card. I fitted the heatsink and fan, as per the instructions and then fitted everything into my case.
Everthing works ok and I installed Windows 7 64 bit, during a few restarts I checked the temps in the bios and they were being reported as around 65-68 degress C. I have since downloaded and installed Speedfan and Realtemp, both are reporting the same temps across all cores of between 64 and 66 degrees C when the PC is idle.
Surely this is much higher than I should expect, I would have though that this would be the temperature under load not idle.
Any help gratefully recieved.
Additional info.
The case is a Zalman GS 1000.
The Alkaska Venom cooler will once fitted only allows the fan to be fitted so is is facing the back of the case, but blowing into the cooler (as recommened in the instructions). There is a case fan there sucking hot air out, I have turned this fan off and the temps have dropped to around 60-64 now. There is also a fan in the top of the case extracting hot air.
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