Opinions please :)

niteflite01 · 5 Feb 2007 at 19:30

Interesting, so I should try to spread it out over the CPU?

melbourne720 · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:06

niteflite01 said:
Interesting, so I should try to spread it out over the CPU?

Yep, its really sticky. Try using a credit card with a sort of palette knife polly filla action

niteflite01 · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:09

Cheers - should be here anytime soon now so I can get cracking

melbourne720 · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:32

niteflite01 said:
Cheers - should be here anytime soon now so I can get cracking

Cool. Any problems, give us a shout.

niteflite01 · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:47

Will do mate, thanks so much

Just to clarify though, I'm looking to cover the CPU with thermal paste, and not just put a line down the centre?

melbourne720 · 6 Feb 2007 at 10:20

niteflite01 said:
Will do mate, thanks so much

Just to clarify though, I'm looking to cover the CPU with thermal paste, and not just put a line down the centre?

That's what I did, and I have my 6600 running at about 38 idle, 47 load. If you find the tuniq noisy, replace the fan with a better one (I did).

Deiwos · 6 Feb 2007 at 10:32

1 word of advice with the tuniq. Ignore the instructions for the most part. They're the most confusing things known to man!

melbourne720 · 6 Feb 2007 at 10:54

Deiwos said:
1 word of advice with the tuniq. Ignore the instructions for the most part. They're the most confusing things known to man!

2nd'd

niteflite01 · 6 Feb 2007 at 23:38

All done and installed and up and running. Had a bit of a 'mare with the Tuniq, and I see exactly what you mean about the thermal paste - bit gloopy. But, I think I got there in the end and so far so good, I'm stable at 2.8GHz with temps at full load touching 60 degrees.

Just something that I'd like your opinions on please?

Firstly, the temperatures for the two cores are different in both TAT and CoreTemp. CPU1 is usually about 2 degrees cooler than CPU0 after a long period of ORTHOS - for some reason?

Have I botched up the heatsink installation?

melbourne720 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:05

Is that with the fan on full wack, or so you can hear yourself think?

My CPU core temps usually differ slightly, I wouldn't worry (life's too short).

niteflite01 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:11

Hello mate, you're a godsend so you are

That's with the fan on about 50% - nice and quiet but still audible working away...

melbourne720 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:13

niteflite01 said:
Hello mate, you're a godsend so you are

That's with the fan on about 50% - nice and quiet but still audible working away...

No worries - swap the fan for a Nexus (google them, orange ones are good) when you have a free evening. Really worth it...

niteflite01 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:15

I'll look into that right now - cheers

My case, even though it's a P180, has bad airflow really and I've noticed that, since the Tuniq has gone in it, the rear exhaust fan is hardly pushing out any air at all which is odd.

Do those temps look ok to you?

melbourne720 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:31

That looks okay if the fans are on low. What you might find works better (I have a P180) is putting the back exhaust fan to medium and turn down the tuniq. I found it was quieter & cooler that way. Long term, put nexus fans in that case.

niteflite01 · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:40

I'll give that a go now, cheers. I'll purchase a couple of those orange fans tomorrow too, should do the trick nicely.

Thanks so much for your advice and help