Temperatures

[Daneuk]

Finally got my AMD Phenom II X6 1090T yesterday and my H70 cooler.

I am wondering if it is worth fitting the H70, it would be rather a tight fit, but does fit.

On air at the moment with a thermal take Heat sink

Temps are as follows (taken these from AMD Over Drive) The room ambient is around 9 degrees! No heating in here, and its how i like it. Nice and cold.

Idle 12 - 15 degrees C

When under load it goes to between 22 and 30 degrees

The large difference is as during the day the room does get a little warmer, but it not broken 30 degrees under full load yet!

Would i really see a temperature change with the H70?

I have not yet over clocked this in any way. But i do intend to do a small over clock maybe.

The speed is just great, This cpu with 8gb Ram and an SSD is fast!

 

[SeraphX]

dont use amd overdrive, it's not the most accurate

use something like CPUID HW Monitor, and read the cpu temps off the TMPIN reading, you'll know which one is the cpu when it heats up

 

[Tealc]

I doubt if the H70 would improve temperatures all that much as the H50/H70 are basically on par with most mid to high end air coolers. If your Thermaltake cooler is a proper heatpiped tower cooler then you wont see dramatic changes, apart from maybe an increase in noise when you go H70 as it has 2x 2000rpm fans. If the Thermaltake cooler is some cheap affair that just sits on top of the CPU with a fan blowing directly downwards you may see some good improvements.

With those current temps and the desire to only lightly overclock I just don't see the point in a £70 cooler.

 

[Daneuk]

The H70 is sat behind me on the table, paid for and still boxed.

Under load, after house as warmed up slightly.

Room temperature is now 14 degrees C

Using CPUID Hardware Monitor, my TMPIN reading is 34 degrees C under load.

The cooler is a tower cooler, with heatpipes/copper plate etc, with a 12cm Fan on it also.

 

[bainbridge]

Why not get overclocking & see how your temps fare with the existing cooler?

This will let you know whether its worth fitting the H70 (& overclocking is fun).