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Whats the trick to the tuniq tower 120?

I have a P35 DS4 and a Tuniq, it was a real pain to fit, but whe i got all the screws in tight, its been fine, never had any temp problems.
 
Ok I have removed the MB, removed the Tuniq, relapped the Tuniq, reseated the Tuniq, reinstalled the MB.

Now my temps goes from 67 - 71.

And my heat pipes are still cold to the touch.

What temps are other people getting.
 
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Ok I ran prime95 (25.5) and stopped the fan in the tuniq (so passive cooling) the temps went up to 83c (now both core are 1c most of the time the same). And the fins stated to get hot, but the pipes were no really difference to touch.

Fan on back to 72c max (max fan)


So are other peoples pipe hot to touch, could I have a faulty tuniq.
 
If everything else is alright, the trick is to spread the TIM not do what AS say on website.

helmutcheese said:
I lost count of how many peep on XS had to do multiple remounts on there Tuniqs (funny it all seems to be Tuniqs) to get decent temps, they all ended up spreading and temps were better.
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helmutcheese said:
If everything else is alright, the trick is to spread the TIM not do what AS say on website.
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Well another reseat with the spread way and no change, if I would have used any less there would be none on the Chip.

(I also get no temp drop with the side of the case off, it just just up and down a bit more)


Could my Tuniq be duff.

Any chance you could post a link to the XS thread. I cant seem to find it.
 
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Doubt it, as they dont keep archives, its only a few pages at a time there.

In luck they have 20 pages in the Air Cooling section, but out of luck with finding the thread.
 
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is it possible to spread the TIM too thin? i just wonder if ive not put enough on as i always put on literally just enough that a lot of spreading is able to paint the whole heatspreader

also these temps ive got now are the best ones ive had so far, and this time i didnt just spread the TIM on the cpu but i put a very mi-nute amount on the bottom of the HSF
 
@ Stock 2.2 200x11 1.325v temps 52c/54c.

So 18-20c jump in temps on and extra 0.14v seems a lot to me. Wonders if he will save up and try a TRUE.
 
I had a Tuniq for a year before my watercooling and I've got to say, I had much better temps than that.

I ran at [email protected](BIOS, 1.44v real) and loaded at 50C with idle anything between 25-30C. Ambient of ~18-20C.

The most important factor is the ambient temp - what is it?

Generally I apply with a rice grain sized blob in the middle and then wiggle the Tuniq about a bit after lining it up, then use the pressure of the screws to spread it out - got consistent temps that way. I got better temps once when i spread the TIM out thinly using my finger covered in a plastic bag, but other times I had worse.

I'd say this is down to the contact between the chip and the base of the heatsink. A tip that I've found is either using a standing knife or sharp flat blade, make a 90 degree angle to the CPU or heatsink and then raise it to a light - You'll be able to see the light coming through where it's not level.

Alternative is to put a tiny drop of water on the centre of the cpu, then put a piece of glass on top - and see how the drop spreads.

It is a great heatsink, I'd be surprised if you found something that cooled a lot better.
 
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I have just had to remount my Tuniq. When I removed it it looked suspicously like there was very little contact near the centre of the CPU, so I am guessing that the base of my heat sink is slightly concave. I used the Artic Silver method with the TIM (thin line down the centre of a dual core e2180). I also marked the top of screws with a permanent marker to make it easier to tighten them evenly, and tightened them down until there was just a slight of compression left in the springs. Load temps dropped 10-12° - I am now getting 55°C under load on a e2180 @3.2GHz and ~1.36Vcore.
 
So you didnt do the screws up fully. I have done mine full till they wil not go any more.

Silly question but how did you tell it was not making contact in the middle.
 
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mrbios said:
is it possible to spread the TIM too thin? i just wonder if ive not put enough on as i always put on literally just enough that a lot of spreading is able to paint the whole heatspreader

also these temps ive got now are the best ones ive had so far, and this time i didnt just spread the TIM on the cpu but i put a very mi-nute amount on the bottom of the HSF
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What are you getting now?

I stress tested my system last night to see what it was like and it hit 65 degrees after 8 hours of prime 95. I'm happy its stable, and not hitting 70, but as I mentioned yesterday, given all the good reports, I was expecting a little more from this cooler; my friend's Q6600 is running cooler at load with a Zalman thats not even on max fan level. :/

Perhaps some coolers have better bases in general, or are better at cooling concave cpu heatspreaders for whatever reason, whereas the Tuniq is a great cooler...when its working to its potential and has decent contact.
 
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Yeh seems like a lot of silly temperatures. My tuniq on an [email protected] idles ~35 and full load at 57c.
I've got to say though....now i have it on i dont ever want to take it off. Nearly lost a finger putting that damn thing on (well not really, but far too many cuts).

I guess all you can do is keep trying, tighten things more is all id say.
 
Am half wondering whether to pick up a Zalman CNPS 9500 (not the best one but decent) from work, for about £35 from work, just to see whether its my chip or my tuniq which is giving me relatively high load temps.

Normally I'd guess it'd give me worse temperatures unless my Tuniq really is that bad, but given I've heard Zalman usually have excellent quality control (so should have a good flat base, not needing any lapping) and that as it's shorter I'd be able to fit my 23cm fan back into my case for better airflow inside the case, and over the cpu fan and mobo. Even at low RPM a 23cm fan should have some major airflow, so I'm more tempted than I usually would be.

I mean partially I'm chasing the idea/dream of getting a 3.6Ghz clock, but also I'm thinking of temps, as ideally I'd like my cpu to run at 3.2Ghz at less than 65-67 degrees load (using TX-1 thermal paste which is apparently only about 4 degrees worse than AS5 and TX-2).

Perhaps I'm expecting/hoping for too much, or have just got unlucky and have a hot chip, but dunno.
 
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