Quad core High temps using titan amanda

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Hi guys,

I got round to fitting my new quadcore cpu the other day and i'm running at stock for the moment...but i'm concerned by the high temps i am seeing while using TAT, i am using a titan amanda heatsink tec to cool it....but i'm seeing temps of around 44 c whilst in windows, after running spycheck it went upto 62c....after 15 mins playing dark messiah was around the same...and i've just run orthos and it has risen to over 70c :eek:
I know the quad cores run hotter...but surely not this high especially whilst using the titan amanda?
I've noticed that the tec light is always on ...and thats as soon as the computer is switched on...basically it never goes off, and was also the same when i was using a E6600 cpu, do you think the amanda may be defective??
Really need some input on this....and would appreciate any help you can give me.

The specs of my system

Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield @2.66GHz
Asus Commando Intel 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
2gb Team Xtream Ram @ 4/4/4/10
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI graphics card
Enermax 1000w galaxy psu
Titan Amanda tec / heatsink
Xfi extreme gamer sound card
Akasa Mirage 62 case / Scythe S-FLEX 1600RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fans - 3/4 pin
Samsung dvd re writer
Western Digital Raptor74gb
Samsung spinpoint 80gb

Thanks in adavnce.
 
My system spec is:

Asus P5N32 SLI Plus
QX6700
Titan Amanda
XFX 8800GTX Sli
2GB OCZ PC 6400
2 120mm Scythe 1600rpm(1 intake, one exhaust), 1 80mm Akasa fan directed at the Amanda intake. 2 Akasa Exhausts either side of the primary GPU.

CPU currently running at 3.3ghz (275 x 12)

The TEC light is always on on mine. With the fans set us as above, and in a well ventilated room, the CPU idles at 36-39C. Under load it will reach ~65C. Without the 80mm Akasa the idle and load temps raise about 5-7C taking load to over 70C. Before the Amanda my temps were 98+.

O/T but upping the GPU's fan speed to 100% in Rivatuner and sticking a £3 exhaust fan either side of 1 GPU dropped the temps on the them by 20C.

Going from 266 x 10, to 266 x 12 and then to 275 x 12 made no difference in temp's. VCore always set to 1.3375.

Your temps seem fine to me. :)
 
Hi mate...thanks for the reply :-) good to know...that the temps seem normal then...i think i have a spare 80mm akasa fan knocking around somewhere ...so i will do as you have done...do i just direct it..so it's blowing air straight into the fan on the amanda?
Are these the exhaust fans you mean....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-GE&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399

will have to order a couple.
May also re fit the amanda...and use arctic silver 5 instead.
 
I am using AS5 aswell, never tried the Nano paste so could'nt compare them.

I am thinking about lapping the CPU and the Amanda when I get a chance to see what kind of effect it has.

That is the blowers, yeah, I took a file to one pair of the plastic notches on one of them so I could mount it the other way round, in effect I have have an 8800GTX sandwiched between them. I will upload a pic tonight if I get a chance.

The case is lieing on its side at the minute, the akasa fan is just resting with one side on the top of Amanda intake fan and the other side resting on the 5.25" bays/some wires. Its a little makeshift at the minute untill I drill the holes in the side panel of the case for mounting. The 80mm fan doesnt line up with a case vent so it doesnt actually draw in any air, it just re-directs a better flow into the Amanda intake.
 
You're cooling 200w-ish (what core voltage?) of CPU generated heatload with 50w of TEC and a heatpipe... expect temps to be high basically. That's 250w of total heatload being cooled by a heatpipe'd sink with 2x fans. Anything you can do to increase the airflow over the heatsink will help... the more the better.

F@H, Seti and other "full-load" simulators only inflict 85% TDP load, which is the max load that CPU will ever put out when doing any real work.

TAT inflicts 100% TDP load, which is more than the CPU will ever put out than using any other piece of software. When running TAT-based, expect to see temps higher than when running any other piece of software. TAT is a literal Power-Virus for Intel CPUs. Intel ceased the public availability of the QuadCore specific version of TAT as it was causing too many RMAs on dead overheated CPUs.
 
Hiya....thanks for the information :-) never knew that about intel not making TAT public for the quadcore....so had i better stop using it?? would hate for a £600 cpu to die on me :eek:

Marci said:
You're cooling 200w-ish (what core voltage?) of CPU generated heatload with 50w of TEC and a heatpipe... expect temps to be high basically. That's 250w of total heatload being cooled by a heatpipe'd sink with 2x fans. Anything you can do to increase the airflow over the heatsink will help... the more the better.

F@H, Seti and other "full-load" simulators only inflict 85% TDP load, which is the max load that CPU will ever put out when doing any real work.

TAT inflicts 100% TDP load, which is more than the CPU will ever put out than using any other piece of software. When running TAT-based, expect to see temps higher than when running any other piece of software. TAT is a literal Power-Virus for Intel CPUs. Intel ceased the public availability of the QuadCore specific version of TAT as it was causing too many RMAs on dead overheated CPUs.
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Thanks for all your help mate much appreciated :-)


craig@etc said:
I am using AS5 aswell, never tried the Nano paste so could'nt compare them.

I am thinking about lapping the CPU and the Amanda when I get a chance to see what kind of effect it has.

That is the blowers, yeah, I took a file to one pair of the plastic notches on one of them so I could mount it the other way round, in effect I have have an 8800GTX sandwiched between them. I will upload a pic tonight if I get a chance.

The case is lieing on its side at the minute, the akasa fan is just resting with one side on the top of Amanda intake fan and the other side resting on the 5.25" bays/some wires. Its a little makeshift at the minute untill I drill the holes in the side panel of the case for mounting. The 80mm fan doesnt line up with a case vent so it doesnt actually draw in any air, it just re-directs a better flow into the Amanda intake.
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Is the TAT that you're using the QuadCore specific version? If so, you're the only person I know of that has a copy...
 
Here we go:

pc.JPG


Hope this helps.

Craig
 
Marci said:
Is the TAT that you're using the QuadCore specific version? If so, you're the only person I know of that has a copy...
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ahhhh ok most likely isn't then, the version i have is ...Intel Thermal Analysis Tool V 2.05.2006.427



Cheers for the pic craig@etc :-) placed an order for two exhaust blowers...so hopefully should be here tomorrow.
 
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