First off, let me just say that I replaced my cooler about 2-3 months ago. I picked a Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283. I used MX-4 thermal paste. I've got dreadful dexterity and I'd be no good pulling out my mobo and tidying the cables up afterwards, hence I picked that cooler. I wouldn't trust myself doing the job.
I have an east to west orientation, now I have a vertical mounting. Antec 1200 case, so it blows out the top, 3 intake fans, 2 exhaust. You know how it is.
Temps are usually 6 degrees above ambient when Cool n Quiet is enabled. So when it's 22 in here (regularly) my CPU Tcase? sits at 28c. That's when the CPU is at 803Mhz. Simple stuffs perhaps 8 degrees when at 803Mhz per Core. My "Tcase" is currently 30c with ambient being about 22.5-23c. As the sun sets behind my house it gets quite warm. During the spring, like today for example, the ambient can easily rise to 24 or 26, with the monitor and PC/PS3 adding to the heat output. Summer time is the real killer. We'll see here if my CPU cooler change made any difference.
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Is the top one Tcase? Max Tcase for this CPU is 62c (Note this CPU is C2 Stepping - not C3). I'm unsure what Open Hardware Monitor is displaying at the top. Either way, it seems quite accurate judging by ambiet temps and the core temps. (Tested core temps via different programs they match)
When I'm at 3.2Ghz with AMD Cool n' Quiet off, I'm usually about 12-13 degrees above ambient when doing simple tasks on the PC. So 22c ambient will be normally be about 32-34 Tcase. I run AMD Cool n' Quiet anyway.
What do you think of the temps? Is this OK? I can't afford, nor do I want to change the cooler ever again. Vertical was my only option because I was able to put it on without taking anything off the mobo, an it uses the standard (on board) AMD retention module. Used MX-4, put the paste on, spread it with a card even though with the limited space made it a nightmare. in some areas the paste was thicker than others, but is that ok?
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That image was a OC I did on my Crosshair III Formula Mainboard. 3.6Ghz, not much but 3.8 was unstable in prime (not due to temps, but... just unstable). Not great I know, but this'll give you an idea as to how my temps are. The OC was done via CPU Level up lol because I'm a noob!
So, the main point of this thread was to ask is Open Hardware Monitor (at the top - in blue) displaying a CPU Tcase temp? Or something else?
Opinions on temps? (I am absolutely not buying another cooler. Fan orientation will have to remain the same because I am not taking the board out)
Thanks folks
I have an east to west orientation, now I have a vertical mounting. Antec 1200 case, so it blows out the top, 3 intake fans, 2 exhaust. You know how it is.
Temps are usually 6 degrees above ambient when Cool n Quiet is enabled. So when it's 22 in here (regularly) my CPU Tcase? sits at 28c. That's when the CPU is at 803Mhz. Simple stuffs perhaps 8 degrees when at 803Mhz per Core. My "Tcase" is currently 30c with ambient being about 22.5-23c. As the sun sets behind my house it gets quite warm. During the spring, like today for example, the ambient can easily rise to 24 or 26, with the monitor and PC/PS3 adding to the heat output. Summer time is the real killer. We'll see here if my CPU cooler change made any difference.
In this screenshot :
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Is the top one Tcase? Max Tcase for this CPU is 62c (Note this CPU is C2 Stepping - not C3). I'm unsure what Open Hardware Monitor is displaying at the top. Either way, it seems quite accurate judging by ambiet temps and the core temps. (Tested core temps via different programs they match)
When I'm at 3.2Ghz with AMD Cool n' Quiet off, I'm usually about 12-13 degrees above ambient when doing simple tasks on the PC. So 22c ambient will be normally be about 32-34 Tcase. I run AMD Cool n' Quiet anyway.
What do you think of the temps? Is this OK? I can't afford, nor do I want to change the cooler ever again. Vertical was my only option because I was able to put it on without taking anything off the mobo, an it uses the standard (on board) AMD retention module. Used MX-4, put the paste on, spread it with a card even though with the limited space made it a nightmare. in some areas the paste was thicker than others, but is that ok?
Here :
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
That image was a OC I did on my Crosshair III Formula Mainboard. 3.6Ghz, not much but 3.8 was unstable in prime (not due to temps, but... just unstable). Not great I know, but this'll give you an idea as to how my temps are. The OC was done via CPU Level up lol because I'm a noob!
So, the main point of this thread was to ask is Open Hardware Monitor (at the top - in blue) displaying a CPU Tcase temp? Or something else?
Opinions on temps? (I am absolutely not buying another cooler. Fan orientation will have to remain the same because I am not taking the board out)
Thanks folks
