Looking for some help

Is it hard to do, remount cooler. I have not did this before total newbie here. Do I remove just the heat sink to clean or remove the chip as well?

I am hoping now that what's been posting about my CPU being to hot that it does not blow up or something.
 
It won't blow up but I wouldn't recommend stressing it until you remount the heat sink.

You will not need to remove the chip. You will remove the heat sink, clean the excess thermal paste from the chip (in place) and the cooler and then re-apply thermal paste and re-seat it.

I had a similar temp issue once when I forgot to remove the plastic backing from the base of my heatsink... you may want to check this as well when you remove yours. In my experience there can be a 6 degree or so variance between cores on a q6600 but temps shouldn't be anywhere near as high as they are for you.

Orcvader has already linked the mounting instructions for your cooler so you can follow those. When applying thermal paste just put a small pea sized blob in the center of your cpu and push down with the cooler - letting the pressure of the mount spread the paste. Never spread the paste manually or remove the cooler to check it has spread evenly as this will introduce air which will adversly affect temps.

Cleaning the old thermal paste can be done using either a specific TIM remover such as arctic cooling arcticlean or just some isopropyl alcohol. I have tried both and find that the former is easier / quicker but both work fine. Regarding new paste the one Stulid linked to is very good.

Overall remounting is not a difficult task, just don't rush it. It is possible you will have to remove the motherboard from your case if your cooler has a backplate and your case does not have an access hole.

Lots of info in drips and drabs but hope it is useful to you
 
Hi all, My PC will be back from the computer shop tomorrow as I was not confidence doing it myself. Once I get it home I will post some more screenies to see how the temp looks.

I am looking to upgrade my hard drive, as Orcvader posted I don't have much space. I am looking to get 1TB. Could someone point me at a hard drive which they recommend. Also does the P5K3 Deluxe motherboard support SATA 2 if so would that be a better option.

Thank you overclockers
 
BobtheBaldy said:
Sorry for all the questions, but looking at the 2 posted above which is best and whats the difference between 64MB/32MB Cache?

I just want to be sure. Thanks all for replying I appreciate so much.
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In real world terms not a lot :p, Personally either drive will be fine.
 
Good afternoon overclockers. I took your advice, cleaned the excess thermal paste from the chip and the cooler and then re-apply thermal paste and re-seat it.

Temps Before
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Temps After
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I am very happy with the results. :)

I am now ordering the 'HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card' and 'Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA'.

Thank you for all your help, I was lost until I found these forums....I cannot thank you all enough -Big Smiles- :)
 
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Temps Before
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Temps After:
-Removing CPU cooler and heatsink and refitting with arctic silver thermal paste
- 2x chassis fans 2600RPM
- CPU fan 1300RPM
- 2x rear fans 1300RPM
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Temps Today after:
- Adding a Cooler Master 200mm Fan on the side of the case.
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The frequency in the screenie above is jumping between 2004.55MHz/1870.86MHz/2138.13MHz. < Is that OK?
 
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