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Opteron 180/185 ?

I use MX-1 paste. My cooler is beautifully quiet, I'm very happy with it. Not sure what my idle tems are as my machine is never idle and I don't care about them anyway. The loads temps are what interests me, I'll post mine later
 
Should mention that mine is "only" a 180 running at stock. It's a retail pack, so it's the cooler that came with it, it seems a fairly substantial heat-pipe type and the paste was pre-applied. I know some people don't like these coolers and some always remove the pre-applied paste and use their own... but mine seems to run fine and cool using it.

Temps under stress (sp004-ORTHOS after an hour) show high 50's, highest I've seen is 58C. Mind you, it's never that hot up here in sunny Scotlandshire!
 
Using coretemp - my idle temps are about 37-40. I do not have cool and quiet activated.
Load temps actually quite high - 60C core 1 and 66C core 2. As I recall, I just fitted the Arctic cooler using the thermal grease that was already on it. I think I'll get rid of it all and re-apply new MX-1
 
I may have found the problem!

The Freezer64 Pro is fairly heavy and tall and uses the mobo retention clips to fit - It could be that it is bending slightly in the plastic mobo retention base causing the top surface contact area on the CPU to lose contact so heat isn't really transferring efficiently.

I think what I will do is buy a Zalman CNPS9500 cooler tomorrow on the way home from work and install that -it's going to mean I need to remove the mobo to fit the backplate but this also means no more bending and uneven contact!
 
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mrk said:
The Freezer64 Pro is fairly heavy and tall and uses the mobo retention clips to fit - It could be that it is bending slightly in the plastic mobo retention base causing the top surface contact area on the CPU to lose contact so heat isn't really transferring efficiently
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Let me stop you there . . . . . . . . . its simply the Arctic Freezer 64 Pro is a £13 heatsink that has no chance of living up to the hype.

Have a look at the Thermalright range of coolers, will cost you more but consider it an investment as you will be able to re-use it in the future.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Let me stop you there . . . . . . . . . its simply the Arctic Freezer 64 Pro is a £13 heatsink that has no chance of living up to the hype.

Have a look at the Thermalright range of coolers, will cost you more but consider it an investment as you will be able to re-use it in the future.
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What about the Zalman? I had a flower back in the Socket A days but never got a newer model!

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Looks interesting, what model is that?

Personally I like to choose my fan or indeed have the choice of running passive.

You would need to read some reviews or speak to other forum members who have used that heatsink.
 
Reviews all look good for it but I will post in the cpu section about anyone who might have one, unless someone reading this has one ?
 
Tuvoc said:
Using coretemp - my idle temps are about 37-40. I do not have cool and quiet activated.
Load temps actually quite high - 60C core 1 and 66C core 2. As I recall, I just fitted the Arctic cooler using the thermal grease that was already on it. I think I'll get rid of it all and re-apply new MX-1
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Actually using my normal apps under full load, both Cores are at 59-61C in coretemp, which is very acceptable. I'll leave mine just as it is. No need for any better cooler.
 
Well the Zalman is in, the base is a mirror finish and it is a nice cooler too - had to use Speedfan to limit the speed as it's very noisy just like the Freezer at full speed.

Anyway my temps are really no different but I will leave it a week for the thermal paste to settle in. The surrounding NBHS and heatpipe system gets VERY VERY hot though after touching it - I guess its is why it's a heatpipe as this board gets very hot by default even though remains stable.

The Zalman is able to cool the cpu down quicker than the Freezer though, from 57 it quickly drops to 50-52. It also does not go above 59 degrees under 3DMark06 testing which is also good.

I will just leave it like this I think the hdds are running cool which is the most important thing, they're idling at 25-27 degrees which is nice :)

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Shiny !
 
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Yours
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 8678 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 4052 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 4167 Marks

CPU Score 1847 Marks


Mine

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 9497 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 4176 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 4794 Marks

CPU Score 2035 Marks

I know I have a better Graphics card "now dont anyone flame this"
But You need to overclock that baby you should hit 3+ easy.
 
Clairvoyant said:
My RAM is @ 254 (DDR 508) which is underclocked should be DDR550. But my CPU score is still almost 200 point higher.

Clock it
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Cannot do that any more because:

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(yep this was taken before I turned off C1E and Speedstep in the bios ;))

*melts in awesome performancingness*

:p
 
mrk said:
Cannot do that any more because:

c2q_default.png

(yep this was taken before I turned off C1E and Speedstep in the bios ;))

*melts in awesome performancingness*

:p
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So you dont have the Opty 180 any more.

I thought you had one now you are showing a Quad.

Confussed

But will buy the 180 if you have it. :)
 
I never had a 180 :p I had a 185 !

The 185 already sold though, I did request to have access to MM again as I was denied it 3 years ago for having more than 3 open threads at any one time which was against the rules at the time but nobody has confirmed access to me on my latest request.

I didn't expect much response though as nobody ever responds with an answer anytime I do ask :/

I sold it on another popular forum for £100 with a mobo too :)
 
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