Titan Fenrir CPU Problem

[Thermo Nuclear Penguin]

Hi,
I recently purchased an i7 and a Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir cooler to go with it as the reviews of it were very good. However the temperatures I was getting with it were not very good with the i7 getting up to 90'C during 100% load on all 4 cores.

I took the cooler off to make sure that it was seated properly and it appears that the base of the cooler is far from flat. I have pictures that I will upload tomorrow, but basically, of the 4 copper heat pipes that go into the base, only 2 of them are actually making contact with the CPU, and none of the aluminium base is touching either. This explains why the cooler its self was hardly warm!

I have seen guides around on how to produce a perfectly flat finish, just not sure I'm keen on doing this and potentially messing up the cooler. I will call Overclockers tomorrow and see what they say.

I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? And has anyone had any experience in making the base of coolers flat? Any good guides around?

Cheers,
Phil

 

[Thermo Nuclear Penguin]

Right, as promised here are some pictures...

From those hopefully you can clearly see what I mean?

Just read an interesting site Here That actually suggests lapping HDT Coolers in order to get the base even?

As for how the thermal paste was applied, I wasn't aware there was a specific way to apply it at the time, but I applied a thin even layer of arctic silver to the CPU.