Q9450 high temps....

FarleyUK · 22 Aug 2008 at 00:22

Hi all,

Am running a Q9450 with a Noctua NH-U12P cooler (dual fan setup) in a P182 case, and my idle temps are around 48 degrees, and load is about 60. That seems bloody high to me.

I have 1 x 120mm fan intake, 2 120mm fans on the CPU, 1 120mm in the lower part and 2 exhaust 120mm fans. Any ideas what else I can do??? Was looking at another case...

msaunders · 22 Aug 2008 at 01:19

Hi Farley

What are you using to measure the temps ? Is it your own build ? Is the Q9450 running at stock speeds ?

FarleyUK · 22 Aug 2008 at 09:25

Hi,

I'm using Core Temp, and yes it's my own build. It's all running at stock speeds as well....

Cheers!

FarleyUK · 22 Aug 2008 at 12:36

Well, just ordered a Lian Li PC-A70B and some articlean to re-do the thermal application. Am I right in saying just a blob in the middle should suffice?

TechMeh · 23 Aug 2008 at 00:32

i Small Blob will be ok, but i recommend doing a small line of paste horizontally about this long: --------

Should spread out evenly then when you apply the cooler, ir you can get a credit card or something that can act as a spatula and spread it out thinly.

Hope this Helps
Callum

TechMeh · 23 Aug 2008 at 00:36

Also, forgot to mention, i have a Q9450 and when i had the Freezer 7 pro, it idled around 60, which i know for a fact was a lie, trust your BIOS temp more then softwre

WJA96 · 23 Aug 2008 at 08:09

Several of the core temperature reporting applications don't show the temperatures properly on the Q9xx0 series as they have the wrong TJunction figure programmed in. It's all a bit irrelevant anyway as 60C is still fine, but it's probably closer to 45-50C.