Noctua not lowering temps

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:08

Hi all, I have just fitted my new noctua cooler to my pc (in sig) and have't improved on temps at all.

I was running on stock HSF and ran core temp last night and measured at about 33-35c on idle. which i though was pretty reasonable. but my temps after fitting the new noctua haven't budged.

First question is there better temp monitoring software that i can use on vista64 to double check, and also are these reasonable temps for my rig?

There is no OC applied its all stock. (im worried i might have put to much paste on, but it seemed rather thick in comparison to other pastes ive used in the past, although i only put a REALLY thin layer on)

any ideas on this?

bremen1874 · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:31

Doesn't it really just matter if the load temperature has dropped or not?

When I changed from the stock cooler my idle temperatures actually went up a few degrees due to the PWM fans I'm using. The load temperatures dropped about 20 degrees C. (Q6600 @ 3Ghz).

Dantoshou · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:33

33-35 is v good idle, specially for high powered stuff like that! im running a amd dual core that saps energy and is 50 idle!

nubonamission · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:36

Hehe, I think many people underestimate how good some of the stock coolers actually are

And yes, like the guy above said, temps under load are important, not idle

ShaggyRS6 · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:40

Musty Pie said:
Hi all, I have just fitted my new noctua cooler to my pc (in sig) and have't improved on temps at all.

I was running on stock HSF and ran core temp last night and measured at about 33-35c on idle. which i though was pretty reasonable. but my temps after fitting the new noctua haven't budged.

First question is there better temp monitoring software that i can use on vista64 to double check, and also are these reasonable temps for my rig?

There is no OC applied its all stock. (im worried i might have put to much paste on, but it seemed rather thick in comparison to other pastes ive used in the past, although i only put a REALLY thin layer on)

any ideas on this?

Dont take this the wrong way. But make you you fitted it correctly. When i installed mine i did not

FWIW my i7 at stock on idle is the same temp as you have.

ro55o · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:43

Test the temps at load, also try a little overclock and see what the differences are. The noctua should show an improvement over the stock. Also is the heatsink seated properly?

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:47

Yeah its def seated properly. I know 30c is nothing to worry about just wondered how strange it was that the stock hsf cooled it so well (al be it a lot noisier) not tested under load yet whats the best method for doing so?

Any better temp mon softwares to use aswell?

OneTime · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:57

Idle temps for me are 29c and 33c using CoreTemp.
Speedfan gives 38c and 34c idle temps....lol.

Just to compare

liquidex · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:59

To test it under load try prime95 or IntelBurntest. The most important temps are the load ones.

jrodga2k5 · 25 Feb 2009 at 16:59

Well my Noctua is actually slightly too big for my case as its pressed against the acoustic panel on my NZXT Hush case....so it effects the temps!
If I take the side panel off it drops like 10 degrees!

So if your case is a tad cramped it will effect things due to the Noctua's size.

OneTime · 25 Feb 2009 at 17:02

jrodga2k5 said:
Well my Noctua is actually slightly too big for my case as its pressed against the acoustic panel on my NZXT Hush case....so it effects the temps!
If I take the side panel off it drops like 10 degrees!

lol that is crazy

Someone needs a new case

jrodga2k5 · 25 Feb 2009 at 17:04

OneTime said:
lol that is crazy
Someone needs a new case

Haha I know I know!

The Hush is brilliant its just a bit cramped inside

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 17:14

Yeah im finding my antec 900 a lil to small now ... to many cables to many HDDs to little space.

Thanks guys ill test when i get in and see what the temps are like.

jrodga2k5 · 25 Feb 2009 at 17:22

Musty Pie said:
Yeah im finding my antec 900 a lil to small now ... to many cables to many HDDs to little space.

Thanks guys ill test when i get in and see what the temps are like.

Do like I did as well and try taking the side panel off and see if thats it if it is indeed a bit close to the side panel

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 17:57

no no its not that i had the side off when first checked the temps. its not bad tbh ill run prime or burn and see what i get

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 19:04

Ok here are my temps while using prime (which i have never used before)

eveything looks ok right?

Musty Pie · 25 Feb 2009 at 20:15

anyone ...

p0ss3s3d · 25 Feb 2009 at 20:49

Temps Look okay to me there, perhaps you have a stuck temp sensor that only goes down to 33c?? My E8400 only goes down to 38 and it took me 3.6ghz to see 39c and 4ghz sees 47c... 40c load isn't terrible.

See what happens to your temps if you overclock...

setter · 25 Feb 2009 at 20:53

40'c is fine at 100% load, would have been a lot higher on the stock cooler.

EsaT · 25 Feb 2009 at 21:58

p0ss3s3d said:
Temps Look okay to me there, perhaps you have a stuck temp sensor that only goes down to 33c?

Very probable.

Wolfdales consume only few watts when idling so pretty much any cooler can keep it only few degrees higher than ambient/case temperature in that situation.