Was running a Q9650 under a Titan Fenrir. Very pleased with low temps.
All housed in a 'substantial' (fortunately) Haf 932 case ; which I decided needed a clean.
Placed on top of desk and cleaned then in an 'inspirational'
moment decided to clean the case wheels , did ,turned my back to the case to speak to better half and it then fell (wheeled?) itself off the desk and nosedived onto the floor.
Lots of swear words , lump out of carpet , blame better half ,later - checked to find that the case was slightly bent (pushed back into shape very easily
) but otherwise all 'looked' o'k.
Got it up and running again and checked temps - now running at 75c at idle rather than the usual 29c
.
Dismantled and realised that the fall had caused the cooler to move/slip - not a problem , just reinstall I thought but then noticed that one of the heatpipes (to the back of the cpu - nearest to rear case fan) was now indented/creased in two places (towards the corners of the cpu) and between the two indents there was a scratch.
On reinstall added a little xtra thermal paste at the points if indent/scratch and it's running pretty well again - 30c at idle.
Just concerned that the indents etc might 'fail' at some indeterminate point so have decided to get a new cooler .
Rushed a bit and have gone ahead and ordered a Megahalems but am now wondering if I'd have been better served being a bit more paitent and waiting for the corsair h50 to come back in stock or going for a different air cooler?
As it's the weekend would hope that if I decided to change and contacted OcUk first thing monday then hopefully 'no problem' if I wished to change.
So summary ?'s from 'idiot' of the week here are :-
1. Am I right 'not' to trust the 'indented' Titan ?
2. Is the Megahalems the 'best' air cooler (intention would be to use push/pull config) ?
3. Does the Megahalems outperform the Corsair - Am looking for 'quiet' but very good cooling ?
4. Best fans - Apache ?
5. Anyone know if I would have any problems fitting either to an asus P5Q-E motherboard ?
Better half has just reminded me that it is essential that I point out that the case falling of the desk had nothing to do with her !! - For myself the jury's still out on that one
All housed in a 'substantial' (fortunately) Haf 932 case ; which I decided needed a clean.
Placed on top of desk and cleaned then in an 'inspirational'
moment decided to clean the case wheels , did ,turned my back to the case to speak to better half and it then fell (wheeled?) itself off the desk and nosedived onto the floor. Lots of swear words , lump out of carpet , blame better half ,later - checked to find that the case was slightly bent (pushed back into shape very easily
) but otherwise all 'looked' o'k.Got it up and running again and checked temps - now running at 75c at idle rather than the usual 29c
. Dismantled and realised that the fall had caused the cooler to move/slip - not a problem , just reinstall I thought but then noticed that one of the heatpipes (to the back of the cpu - nearest to rear case fan) was now indented/creased in two places (towards the corners of the cpu) and between the two indents there was a scratch.
On reinstall added a little xtra thermal paste at the points if indent/scratch and it's running pretty well again - 30c at idle.
Just concerned that the indents etc might 'fail' at some indeterminate point so have decided to get a new cooler .
Rushed a bit and have gone ahead and ordered a Megahalems but am now wondering if I'd have been better served being a bit more paitent and waiting for the corsair h50 to come back in stock or going for a different air cooler?
As it's the weekend would hope that if I decided to change and contacted OcUk first thing monday then hopefully 'no problem' if I wished to change.
So summary ?'s from 'idiot' of the week here are :-
1. Am I right 'not' to trust the 'indented' Titan ?
2. Is the Megahalems the 'best' air cooler (intention would be to use push/pull config) ?
3. Does the Megahalems outperform the Corsair - Am looking for 'quiet' but very good cooling ?
4. Best fans - Apache ?
5. Anyone know if I would have any problems fitting either to an asus P5Q-E motherboard ?
Better half has just reminded me that it is essential that I point out that the case falling of the desk had nothing to do with her !! - For myself the jury's still out on that one
