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Whats the trick to the tuniq tower 120?

You just need to make sure you apply AS5 correctly and the correct amount. I see no end of HS attached with far too much applied. Screw those screws all the way down too.
 
Currently at 25c idle 6420 @3.2ghz stock voltages you sure it's not your voltages are causing the higher temps 35 idle sounds about right with 1.5 volts pumped through.
Have you used the stock cooler that came with the cpu what are the temps like with that ?
 
would you guys advise against getting one? Im either looking at this or a thermalright ultra 120 / extreme. Ah crud, ive need confimation these big coolers will fit on a p5k-e in a v1000. Judging by the some pics, it wont as it overhangs the top of the mobo by quite a bit? :/
 
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Clairvoyant said:
I didnt think MX2, had to settle in. My temps never changed on my optys.
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Ah right, ok not to worry then. I used the finger in plastic bag and smooth over the paste till there is a thin layer over the CPU.

When i placed the Tuniq on the CPU i then pulled it off again to check for flatness, as have lapped the cpu, and there seemed a good contact on the Tuniq. Reapplied the MX2 and screwed the Tuniq down tight, will have to see how i can go with overclocking it.

Hoping for an improvement over my Scythe Ninja as was getting over 75 degrees at 3.4GHz under full load, sometimes goin up to 80.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
Who said anything about not enough paste? Its fairly accepted its a good idea to twist the heatsink by a couple of degrees to ensure the paste fills all the small cracks between the heatsink base and IHS.

I was being sarcastic about the Tuniq having a flat base...it obviously doesnt due to the irregularity of the scratches on the IHS.

Also, I'm using a core2quad not a duo, some IHS may be concave but I doubt that is a design feature, as it makes good cooling harder; if this is regards the scratches I mentioned, the nicks are in various places on the cpu heatspreader, not just the middle or outsides as would be expected if it was due to curves in the heatspreader or heatsink base causing incorrect contact.

Thermalright 120s have also been commented as INCORRECTLY not having flat bases, where some do and some don't, so again I doubt that is a 'design' feature, as you shouldn't HAVE to lap a cpu or cooler, you should just be able to fit it, and if it is a design feature, its a shame that they can't decide whether they need it or not :P
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Everything you said agrees with my post...

If the Tuniq is able to 'nick/scratch/crack' then I'm saying you're not using enough AS5 for it to spread to the outer edges of the IHS and to act as a medium between the two bits of metal. If there was paste there, then it wouldn't scratch. I think there's too great an emphasis made on using 'a thin layer'. Even if you put a whole tube on the chip, as long as you screw it down and apply enough pressure, you'll be left with exactly the same thickness of AS5 as if you used the perfect amount, just with great big blobs on the outside edge.

Also, concave IHSs are not a design feature, I never said that, but I'd guess 9/10 of the current Core 2 chips have one. Because of this, I advised it's been speculated that the TRU120E has a slightly convex base to balance it out. Obviously I have no way of proving this, and as I said in my previous post, flat-flat is the best contact.

And yet again, i'll repeat what I said previously -
If your IHS is concave, live with the temps, splash the cash on a TRU120E, or lap it.
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If you don't want to buy a TR120E and don't want to lap it, that's fine, but you're fighting a loosing battle by blaming everything else.
 
You are correct, I did not do the screws up fully. They are still quite tight.
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I saw a video clip somewhere (I think it was on youtube) wher a guy used a small battery screwdriver w/ torque settings on to ensure each corner of the HSF had equal pressure, I guess it's the same as fitting a head on a car engine where it has to be spot on all the way round to sit flat or water would p**s out all over the place:eek:
 
I have dropped my vcore a bit to get to run prime at 3.2 and temps are still the same. vcore to 1.41 and still the same temps (unstable).

I have dropped the clock and vcore 3ghz @ 1.39 under load 67c at the mo (10 mins into prime)

I have just bit the bulet and ordered a TRUE. Will be here Tuesday. If it does not drop my temps on my 3.2 clock then I know I have just wasted £60 inc fan.
 
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Just a quick update, currently running Prime95 on my q6600 running at 3.0GHz on stock volts and currently sitting at 59 59 52 52.

Might have to try a reseat if they look a bit high.
 
well.... it looks like these core2duos really are dipping in the middle, just lapped both the HSF and the chip, knocked 7-9oC off my idle temp (ah the joy of living 30seconds from halfords lol)

now idling at:
36oC both cores and seeing temps as low as 34oC occasionally

max load temps of:
53oC both cores - pretty close to what i was idling at at the start!

did the line type application with the TIM too, did a few twists to make sure it spread out properly, i did notice while i was lapping the chip that as it all turns copper you definately see the edges go way before the center does

im much happier now :)
 
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prime on both cores for the max load temp

sort of overclocked, i was waiting till i got this sorted to overclock really so im only running at 2.8ghz at the moment (400x6 i think ive got it sat at - for some reason vista thinks im running at 3.6ghz :S)
 
Well just lapped my tuniq to a mirror finish just need the 780i evga to come in stock then i can put me order in then lap the q6600:cool:
 
Richie P said:
Everything you said agrees with my post...

If the Tuniq is able to 'nick/scratch/crack' then I'm saying you're not using enough AS5 for it to spread to the outer edges of the IHS and to act as a medium between the two bits of metal. If there was paste there, then it wouldn't scratch.
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There was paste over the entire surface of the chip, I only discovered them when I cleaned the layer of paste off, and there was a complete layer over the chip, no particularly thin sections, the scratches were in random locations.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
There was paste over the entire surface of the chip, I only discovered them when I cleaned the layer of paste off, and there was a complete layer over the chip, no particularly thin sections, the scratches were in random locations.
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my chip scratched the heatsink in all 4 corners (the highest point of the chip) when i lapped my chip i noticed the sides go copper way before the center, naughty intel and there failure @ flattening
 
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