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Thermalright TRUE - Temp query

I have an E8400 @3.6Ghz 1.2v sitting idle @28 with a Thermalright TRUE Black 120 with NO fan.

Never seen it go above 40 to be honest.

That's in an Antec 300 drawing in air with two 120mm front end fans and two exhaust fans on low settings.
 
bobbydigital said:
Maybe he has it mounted horizontal so it sits like ----- in the case, and by underneath he means on the lower side. Which maybe along with this and the single fan is causing issues with the temperatures, but I don't know if mounted it vertically changes anything.
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Yeah I mounted it like this as the other way the TRUE was hitting some components on the board and couldnt quite fix it in place.

I will be ordering another fan in the next few days so I will reseat it.
 
Cesar67 said:
I have an E8400 @3.6Ghz 1.2v sitting idle @28 with a Thermalright TRUE Black 120 with NO fan.

Never seen it go above 40 to be honest.

That's in an Antec 300 drawing in air with two 120mm front end fans and two exhaust fans on low settings.
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Could I just ask how you applied the thermal paste. Did you do pea blob, line or thin covering?

I think the E chips run cooler anyway.

PS: And why arent you clocking higher???? I would lol
 
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Right I should be getting another fan for my TRUE today if the snow permits it. When I place the other one on, do I put it so that it goes in or out?

What i mean is do you have one blowing and one pulling, or both blowing?
 
To be fair i didnt notice a great deal of difference in temps going from the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler to the TRUE black! So i dont think another fan is going to change much at idel temps, for the record my temps atm with system temp at 27c are:

43c
38c
31c
31c

So yours seem about right
 
lettuce said:
To be fair i didnt notice a great deal of difference in temps going from the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler to the TRUE black! So i dont think another fan is going to change much at idel temps, for the record my temps atm with system temp at 27c are:

43c
38c
31c
31c

So yours seem about right
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Well I have ordered one now lol So cant do any harm. It doesnt make much sound so there isnt any down side. If it reduces by a few degrees then that is fine with me.
 
lettuce said:
To be fair i didnt notice a great deal of difference in temps going from the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler to the TRUE black! So i dont think another fan is going to change much at idel temps, for the record my temps atm with system temp at 27c are:

43c
38c
31c
31c

So yours seem about right
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Looks to me like you really need to lap that TRUE and your CPU, you have a rather large core temp spread there.
 
Well no not really, its only on my desktop so should mainly be using the 1 core, possibly core 2 abit aswell, and defo not cores 3 and 4, so the temps reflect this! As when i stress the cores there is only like 3-4c difference between them all
 
All TRUE's are different, mine was very concave, took a good couple of hours of lapping to get it flat. Lapped my Q6600 at the same time.

My Q6600 sits pretty much the same as yours idle, 36,36,32,32.

Under load the temps usually only have a 2C spread.

Before lapping I had a 8C spread between cores at idle, and a 5C spread under load.
 
I have the True for the past few months. Its a great cooler i have to say.
Clocked my Qx9650 to 4400mhz for benchmarks but had it at 4000mhz for 24/7 use.

Clocked the I7 920 to 4100mhz for benchmarks but left it at 3800mhz for 24/7 use.

All this in an antec 900 case and i dont have any fans on the True, my True is fanless. But i have to say my Chips run hot cause i push them but i don't care :)

Also like others my first 2 cores are about 4c higher then core 3 & 4.
 
HeX said:
All TRUE's are different, mine was very concave, took a good couple of hours of lapping to get it flat. Lapped my Q6600 at the same time.

My Q6600 sits pretty much the same as yours idle, 36,36,32,32.

Under load the temps usually only have a 2C spread.

Before lapping I had a 8C spread between cores at idle, and a 5C spread under load.
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I have a Q9650 and a True Black. My Cores were similar to yours with the first 2 running hotter than the other two idle @ 4GHZ. The gap closed under load but still too different for my liking. Lapped the True last night which took me hours as it was very concave. Blood, sweat and tears later (and all the skin scraped from my fingers) Temps are still very similar at idle but under load the cores are virtually identical and it runs a good few degrees cooler. Not spectacularly cooler but every degree helps! Ive read that to get the very best out of the True you have to lap the CPU as well but as my Q9650 is only a few days old I decided against lapping it...... for now.
 
Forgot to say mine is fitted with Scythe S-Flex 1600 RPM fans in a push pull configuration. While I had the True out for lapping I fitted the washer mod to try and stop the poor clamp fit (I can twist the True pretty easily even though it is screwed right down) Washer was just over an inch in diameter and around 3mm thick. The stupid things still seems to twist far too easily! Im still not happy with temps to be honest. Im hitting 58c under 100% load after a few hours of Prime small fft's. The case seems cool inside (Lian Li V2010) as there is loads of space. Fitted with 140mm intake, 120 exhaust, 120mm PCI blower and 120mm chipset fans. Looks like because I have the worst CPU Vid on my Q9650 (1.2500v) I may of reached the ceiling @ 4 GHZ without things getting too toasty on air for 24/7 use. VCore is only Set to 1.288V (CPU-Z) PLL 1.54, VTT 1.28 and NB 1.26. Ive seen others with much better temps than im getting at higher clocks :(

Sorry for Highjacking of the thread!
 
bloodline76 said:
Could I just ask how you applied the thermal paste. Did you do pea blob, line or thin covering?

I think the E chips run cooler anyway.

PS: And why arent you clocking higher???? I would lol
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I put a layer on the chip spreading it out with a credit card, Seems to have worked.

Had 58C at full load after 12Hrs orthos testing @3.8GHz, That was the heating on and the windows shut, Before that the highest was 52C.

I might stick a couple of fans on it before pushing for over 4GHz.
 
Cesar67 said:
I put a layer on the chip spreading it out with a credit card, Seems to have worked.

Had 58C at full load after 12Hrs orthos testing @3.8GHz, That was the heating on and the windows shut, Before that the highest was 52C.

I might stick a couple of fans on it before pushing for over 4GHz.
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Scratch that, 4GHz sitting idle @28 - 37C :D


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i took one of my noctuas of my true and now have it as an extra case fan,you dont need 2 fans on the true,1 is enough
 
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