New toys :)

wilko49 · 22 Oct 2010 at 00:12

So, I just got my hands on a nice new Akasa Venom - finally kicked the stock cooler. I dismantled my machine, cleaned off the CPU with some TIM remover, and mounted the cooler. I rebuilt the machine, with a bit better cable management this time... and realised I left the plastic cover on the bottom of the heatsink

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Anyways, all sorted now, just wondering about how long TIM takes to cure?

Surveyor · 22 Oct 2010 at 01:14

If you used Arctic Silver 5 the curing time is 200 hours.

If you used something like Arctic Cooling MX-3 there's no curing time.

geoirv23 · 22 Oct 2010 at 02:12

You can use it straight away.

RJC · 22 Oct 2010 at 07:31

Go ahead and start overclocking

wilko49 · 23 Oct 2010 at 01:43

I'm actually using a tube of Akasa 455, think it came with the TIM remover? Anyway, I'm halfway through a 12-hour P95 test at 160x20 with turbo (so 160x21), 1.23750 Vcore and 1.200 Vtt (anything lower failed 5 runs of IBT on maximum). Current temps are 54, 50, 49, 49 - will probably use this mild OC for day-to-day, but I will see how far I can push the chip at some point.

Do you think I could drop the voltages a bit if I turned on LLC?

Tealc · 23 Oct 2010 at 09:21

It's worth having it on as the vcore will remain more constant as you load it. 1.23750 Vcore is quite high for a 160 x 21. Not sure if my chip is brilliant or anything but I can go to 1.1v at 170 x 21 without issues.

wilko49 · 23 Oct 2010 at 09:39

Finished the 12-hour test, it is perfectly stable at 160x21... unfortunately, turbo can take the CPU up to x23.5 when running only one thread, at which point BAM! - BSOD.

Oh, and you are very right Tealc. I only really played with Vcore and Vtt... does the rest look all right?

Vcore : 1.23750
Vtt : 1.200
PCH : 1.050
PLL : 1.800
DRAM Voltage : 1.600
Other Ram voltages: 0.800

Am going to try with LLC and lowered Vcore now... wish me luck.

EDIT: Ah - even with Level 1 LLC, the vdroop is 0.04 V (according to CPU-Z anyway). Should probably stick it on the highest setting...

kedge · 23 Oct 2010 at 11:36

wilko49 said:
I left the plastic cover on the bottom of the heatsink .

Lol, did you realise before you swithced the power on button on your case?.

WingZero30 · 23 Oct 2010 at 21:55

I am also looking towards akasa Venom as my new cpu cooler. Would be interesting to hear what temps you get as you overclock higher

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Jony27 · 23 Oct 2010 at 22:06

may i ask what does it mean for the TIM to cure?

NeoVo · 23 Oct 2010 at 22:09

Jony27 said:
may i ask what does it mean for the TIM to cure?

Time its takes for it to work at its peak performance.

wilko49 · 24 Oct 2010 at 23:40

Yes I did realise before I powered up, else the thread would probably have been titled "Cooked my CPU". Probably not going to have much opportunity to push the clocks higher for a couple of days at least, but will update when I have something new for you.

Metroid · 25 Oct 2010 at 07:27

Does anybody know how long will take to this thermal paste to cure?

Hagar · 25 Oct 2010 at 09:04

kedge said:
Lol, did you realise before you swithced the power on button on your case?.

Did that once with an AMD K6 400, it was a plastic pull off tab on the TIM not a cover, the machine did power up but ran hot so I quickly realised all was not well. No damage as cooling was not quite so critical then, but I have never done it since.

OLDPHART · 26 Oct 2010 at 15:45

G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz, try increasing memory voltage from 1.60v > 1.65v to help with stability, most modern thermal paste does not need to cure check your instructions.