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too hot

vcore is generally 1.35V for phenoms, but i know going lower than that is perfectly fine for most chips

i really ought to overclock my PC soon, as my sig has been sat at stock speeds with a massive cooler for ages

what cooler do you have mate?

care to share a link :)

ive decided to buy a new case and unsure what cooling soloution to go for
 
I had exactly the same problem with the stock fan - it sounded about as loud as a hoover on the other side of a door :(

I went with a Zalman 9700 cooler, which on lowest speed keeps my 955 BE just under 60 degrees at load, at 3.4GHz and 1.35 vcore. Prolonged stress testing in summer with the case closed gets hairy, but I really don't do any full on quad-crunching tasks and normal usage temps are fine :)

You might also like a utility called k10stat, which lets you adjust the voltage frequency of every p-state. Default idle voltage is 1.0, whereas mine will happily tick over at 0.75 and shave 5 degrees off. Made a post about it last year, over this way: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18124194&highlight=k10stat#5 Also has the benefit of being able to POST at stock speeds, then all adjustments get applied in windows, so you never get a failed boot due to tweaking :)
 
the stock AMD fans are well known for thier err... >insert asterix's here< -ness...
google it, "hoover" "cyclone" "hurricaine" "typhoon" "deafening" its all being said :p

sounds like what you want is a cpu cooler upgrade :D
 
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