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Sin_Chase

Sin_Chase

Sin_Chase

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Been using my mine on the below CPU/Overlock in sig for some time and always said I would lap it, finally got around to being bothered to go buy the stuff I need as I am convinced the contact is, to be blunt, carp.

Hitting Between 54-60Deg C under load and while the Heatsink most certainly is big it never feels warm enough, infact more cool than anything.

Any of you others who use this have any observations on the amount of heat this thing sucks in and retains?

Lapping will help but wanted a grasp on just how bad my contact might be.

Also would be interesting to know if you lapped yours and how badly it was concaved/convexed. Admittedly the IHS on the Q6600 could be equally bad but 2 wrongs dont make a right :D
 
Enough of a difference, specifically Core 2. Excuse the naff MSpaint images, at work :P

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Are you planning in overclocking it further? Because despite the contact problem, the load temps are pretty decent for air.
 
OT slightly, but if you drop your multi to 8x and run 433Mhz you'll have the same clock and more bandwith.

Doubt you'll need more NB volts either, I run 438Mhz all day long on my Q6600 on a P5K-E and I havn't changed any of my board voltages from stock.
 
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OT slightly, but if you drop your multi to 8x and run 433Mhz you'll have the same clock and more bandwith.

Doubt you'll need more NB volts either, I run 438Mhz all day long on my Q6600 on a P5K-E and I havn't changed any of my board voltages from stock.
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I read an extensive guide on the C2Ds and the opinion of the somewhat seemingly knowledgeable author was that a lower multi with more fsb made no difference.
 
Sin_Chase said:
I am convinced the contact is, to be blunt, carp
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Your temps look pretty good to me? :)

The TRUE is one of the best aircooling products on the market although there has been some mummurings the past few months regading the convex base. The base on my TRUE is fully *convex* but it seems to be doing a grand job on my humble Core2 Duo, in fact I haven't even bothered attaching a fan to it yet as the P182 Chassis has two 120mm fans next to and above the heatsink.

The quality of airflow in the chassis makes quite a difference to the performance of the TRUE, as good a cooler as it is sadly it will still struggle a tad if running in a hot or cramped case with little airflow.

I will be swapping my chip out this week so will have a good chance to inspect the thermal paste and see what the contact was like, I may lap the heatsink if need be.
 
The TRU base was really bad and even after a full lapping it was not flat enough to prevent a slight "rocking" of the IHS against its base.

However, IHS/TRU both fully lapped I have brought my temps down and pushed for the 400x9, something that before pushed my temps way too high with the voltage required to keep it from instant rebooting.

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Its only 6 or so minutes of Prime BUT previously I could not even get this, instant lockup/reboot hell. An 8 hour jobby will be ran over night to satisfy stability and I will keep an eye on the temps as the AS5 burns in a little.

So far, one happy chappy and the hours spent slaving over 5 grits of sandpaper was worth it.

Will either start to drop the voltage or might push a bit more on the core to get my memory up to its rated 1066 (1000 at the moment).
 
I haven't got any screenies of mine, but there's 3 degrees difference between the cored. Load temps if I remember are about 60-63 on all cores.
 
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