new freezer 7 pro - weird, temps are same as before when idle

buachille

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i just upgraded from the stock lga 775 intel cooler to a freezer 7 pro.

the system runs at the same temp when idle as it did before - 50c.

please don't tell me to reseat the cooler. have just spent 4 hours reseating it about 15 times, both ways round, with different amounts of arctic silver, using slightly different techniques to get the pins down properly, and 50c idle is the best i am going to get.

when i first started in was getting 63 idle. after a few tries i got the feeling the plate that holds down an lga 775 cpu was causing some problem, so i removed it and now it is only the cooler that is holding the cpu in place, and this immediately dropped my idle temp to 50c. after numerous reseats i have not been able to better this.

on the plus side, it is quieter, and when i run prime 95 on all 4 cores, plus unrar a 500 meg rar file, i can't get the cpu temp above 59c, and full load with the stock cooler used to be 68c, so that is an improvement.

anyway, i think i am still running hot, which is strange as i have a coolermaster stacker with 4 120mm fans and good airflow, but not as hot as before.

i am posting this cos i would like to hear what you think of my temps now, whether anyone else has ever found problems with the cpu holding down plate and removed it as a result, and i would like to know if i could have maybe got a cooler with a convex/concave base, which would cause my temps to still be high - or maybe my cpu is convex or concave. who knows???? :confused:
 
Yeah im on stock.. not overclocked and im not sure what the temps areon full load ive not ran anything for full load yet... might make me scream and hide under the bed when i see what the temps are!

Not overclocking till i get a better cooler.. glad its not just me with these high temps :P
 
The reason it's gonna be the same idle temps is probably because the fan is running 2000 RPM slower than the stock cooler, but due to it being far superior can keep the same temps. Some motherboards I think have a target temperature for idle which is set in the BIOS, if you've got it set to 50c then it's gonna aim for 50c. However if you just make the fan run at full speed you'll probably drop 10c from idle temps and probably more from load :)
 
flibby said:
The reason it's gonna be the same idle temps is probably because the fan is running 2000 RPM slower than the stock cooler, but due to it being far superior can keep the same temps. Some motherboards I think have a target temperature for idle which is set in the BIOS, if you've got it set to 50c then it's gonna aim for 50c. However if you just make the fan run at full speed you'll probably drop 10c from idle temps and probably more from load :)
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you might be right. next time i am in the bios i will check that out.
 
Is coretemp accurate because i just been running Orthos Blend test for about 20 mins and my temps are now 33 - 40! is this possible?

Sorry for hijacking your thread btw ^^
 
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pc-modd said:
Is coretemp accurate because i just been running Orthos Blend test for about 20 mins and my temps are now 33 - 40! is this possible?

Sorry for hijacking your thread btw ^^
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yeah it is i think. i've read of good temps like that before.

anyway, i just ran a different test on prime 95 (seems i was not running the most stressful cpu test before) and temp went to 69c. so, apart from the lower noise with the freezer, i may as well (temp wise) have stayed with stock cooler. :mad:
 
What CPU do you have? I have a Freezer 7 Pro and an E6600 Core 2 Duo and I get 25-30 degrees idle and 38 full load on prime95 at stock speed, and at 3ghz I get 30-35 degress idle and 52 degrees full load.
 
buachille said:
when i first started in was getting 63 idle. after a few tries i got the feeling the plate that holds down an lga 775 cpu was causing some problem, so i removed it and now it is only the cooler that is holding the cpu in place, and this immediately dropped my idle temp to 50c. after numerous reseats i have not been able to better this
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You did what? :D
 
buachille said:
anyway, i think i am still running hot, which is strange as i have a coolermaster stacker with 4 120mm fans and good airflow, but not as hot as before
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You've got front intake & back outtake, right? Airflow matters especially for 'upright' type coolers.

Also, how much AS5 did you apply? Supposed to be very little, see here.

But I feel its not seating right :(
 
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hp7909 said:
You've got front intake & back outtake, right? Airflow matters especially for 'upright' type coolers.

Also, how much AS5 did you apply? Supposed to be very little, see here.

But I feel its not seating right :(
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yep, air comes in at front and goes out at the back.

i applied very little, as outlined in all the guides i've ever seen. also, tried varying amounts of very little multiple times.

this cpu has been built into 2 cases, and same temps in both. if the cpu is not seating right, and i also believe this is the case, then there is nothing more i can do as, in total, i must have reseated the cpu and cooler about 30 times.
 
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CPU-Zebra said:
What CPU do you have? I have a Freezer 7 Pro and an E6600 Core 2 Duo and I get 25-30 degrees idle and 38 full load on prime95 at stock speed, and at 3ghz I get 30-35 degress idle and 52 degrees full load.
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Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz

which are meant to run a bit hot, but not as hot as this i reckon.
 
I had a AC F7 pro on my E6300 @3.15Ghz and temps with tat were

Idle
Core 1 - 34-36
Core 2 - 32-35

Load
Core 1 - 57-58
Core 2 - 56-58

I just upgraded to a Scythe ninja and now I get

Idle
Core 1 - 29-33
Core 2 - 27-31

Load
Core 1 - 53-55
Core 2 - 46-48

So the AC isnt a bad cooler, although my Ninja is totally silent with the fan at 7v.
 
CPU-Zebra said:
What CPU do you have? I have a Freezer 7 Pro and an E6600 Core 2 Duo and I get 25-30 degrees idle and 38 full load on prime95 at stock speed, and at 3ghz I get 30-35 degress idle and 52 degrees full load.
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my e6600 at stock is 35 under water idle.

So i think it all depends on if you have a hot chip or not.

Warren
 
What do you expect from a budget cooler trying to cool 4 cores??

Guys I think you want too much from the AC7. It's a good little cooler for the price but demanding temps lower then 65C~ with a quad core is ridiculous. Get a decent cooler for the cpu that you spent so much money on then you'll see temps around 50-55C load.
 
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