Background
I recently decided to buy a new Conroe system from a custom pc manufacturer. Whilst I realise many of you would frown on not building your own, and whilst I have upgraded many components (CPU Coolers, Graphics Card Coolers, Hard Disks, PSUs etc.) in my PCs over the years, I just didn't feel confident enough to try building for the first time, especially with expensive new equipment.
Anyway, the manufactuer allowed me to specify all the components so i plumped for the following:
e6600 Conroe
Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Scythe Ninja
2GB G.Skill HZ DDR2-800
The manufacturer offered to overclock the CPU, which I agreed to. The result being a frequency of 2.7Ghz, not a massive overclock, but the board is known to not be great for overclocking.
Problem
My PC finally arrived 2 days ago, and seemed to be very well built, however on loading up Speedfan i noticed that the CPU was idling at 60c under Windows. Figuring that Speedfan must be in error, I dropped back to the BIOS where the temperature was also reported as 60c. This seems way to high for such a small overclock, let alone with a Scythe Ninja cooler.
Fearing that under load the temperature would raise to even higher levels and possibly affect the longevity of the CPU i loaded the motherboard defaults. Whilst this did drop the temperature, it was only to an idle of 46c, going up to ~50c under load. Clearly to me something is wrong, for a e6600 under stock settings to be idling at 45c with a Scythe Ninja cooler.
The Ninja's fan is working, so I figured one of the following could be to blame:
1) Heatsink dislodged during transit
2) Heatsink never fitted properly
3) Poor application of thermal paste
I rang up the manufactuers who pretty much refused to accept anything was wrong. They argued that the system was stable during their load testing and that's all that mattered. It was suggested that the motherboard, being new, incorrectly reports the temperature, but i've not heard anyone else say that on the Asus or other forums. All in all, pretty unhelpful.
So, my questions to you guys are, is this story about the motherboard likely to be true? Or is it likely to be one of the other things? Am I right that 45c idle for stock settings with a Scythe Ninja is way too hot? What do you suggest I do? I could try resitting the heatsink, I have fitted a Freezer 64 Pro before, but i don't have the Ninja manual and am worried about getting it back - part of the reason I asked someone else to build it in the first place. This may also void my warranty.
I recently decided to buy a new Conroe system from a custom pc manufacturer. Whilst I realise many of you would frown on not building your own, and whilst I have upgraded many components (CPU Coolers, Graphics Card Coolers, Hard Disks, PSUs etc.) in my PCs over the years, I just didn't feel confident enough to try building for the first time, especially with expensive new equipment.
Anyway, the manufactuer allowed me to specify all the components so i plumped for the following:
e6600 Conroe
Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Scythe Ninja
2GB G.Skill HZ DDR2-800
The manufacturer offered to overclock the CPU, which I agreed to. The result being a frequency of 2.7Ghz, not a massive overclock, but the board is known to not be great for overclocking.
Problem
My PC finally arrived 2 days ago, and seemed to be very well built, however on loading up Speedfan i noticed that the CPU was idling at 60c under Windows. Figuring that Speedfan must be in error, I dropped back to the BIOS where the temperature was also reported as 60c. This seems way to high for such a small overclock, let alone with a Scythe Ninja cooler.
Fearing that under load the temperature would raise to even higher levels and possibly affect the longevity of the CPU i loaded the motherboard defaults. Whilst this did drop the temperature, it was only to an idle of 46c, going up to ~50c under load. Clearly to me something is wrong, for a e6600 under stock settings to be idling at 45c with a Scythe Ninja cooler.
The Ninja's fan is working, so I figured one of the following could be to blame:
1) Heatsink dislodged during transit
2) Heatsink never fitted properly
3) Poor application of thermal paste
I rang up the manufactuers who pretty much refused to accept anything was wrong. They argued that the system was stable during their load testing and that's all that mattered. It was suggested that the motherboard, being new, incorrectly reports the temperature, but i've not heard anyone else say that on the Asus or other forums. All in all, pretty unhelpful.
So, my questions to you guys are, is this story about the motherboard likely to be true? Or is it likely to be one of the other things? Am I right that 45c idle for stock settings with a Scythe Ninja is way too hot? What do you suggest I do? I could try resitting the heatsink, I have fitted a Freezer 64 Pro before, but i don't have the Ninja manual and am worried about getting it back - part of the reason I asked someone else to build it in the first place. This may also void my warranty.
