Tuniq tower concerns

So what would the ramifications be of just say scrapping as much as possible off with a credit card and then wiping anything remaining off with a cloth.

So there is still some left as a stain as no cleaning agent was used. Would this cause a significant impact on the cooling performance?



Also, for a quad chip, would you recomment a blob or a line for the new grease?
 
Spike560 said:
So what would the ramifications be of just say scrapping as much as possible off with a credit card and then wiping anything remaining off with a cloth.

So there is still some left as a stain as no cleaning agent was used. Would this cause a significant impact on the cooling performance?



Also, for a quad chip, would you recomment a blob or a line for the new grease?
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You shouldn't do that, you need to clean it off properly with acetone/isopropyl alcohol/etc and some kitchen roll and lint free cloth. Otherwise all the previous TIM is there still.
 
Ok guys I followed your advice and cleaned it properly. Once installation was complete I get quite high idle temps in windows, do you think the heatsink is not seated properly?


Worth having another go at seating it maybe? The fan control is on max

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What mobo you using Spike?

I've just bought an Abit IP35 Pro XE, and that seems to be running high (actually it's barely running at all, but that's another story lol!). From what i've read over the last couple of days, they have a BIOS problem that lies about temps; latest BIOS sorts it. May or maynot be relevent to you. ;)
 
Just completed my first build and have a feeling my temps are quite high - also using the Tuniq Tower. I'm using a maximus formula and q6600 and temps are reported as 45degrees in the BIOS. I think my next step is to try and re-seat it. Can anyone offer any advice on how much the thumb screws need to be screwed down. I got a bit apprehensive when installing it in case I crushed the socket :S atm there's about 2-3mm of thread left showing above the motherboard.
 
Originally I did mine to "comfort tight". Then I reseated it, put a load more TIM on (to partly compensate for the patheticly concave cooler baseplate.....not one for the credit card technique this one), and tightened it until they would tighten no more.....made a HUGE improvement.
 
i took the threads as a guideline, going all the way just to the edge of them, then a quarter turn more. so i'd know i have even pressure distributed across the heatsink
 
Thanks for the info guys, I tightened the screws up a few more turns. Installed windows and ran coretemp [33/31] and realtemp [28/26], what do I go with considering the tj.max of the two programs is 5 degrees apart - 100 in coretemp and 95 in realtemp?
 
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