bkdiem,
lol you serious about the heatsink not mounting properly if you switch the chrome orb 'backwards' ? if so, i guess that accounts for my extremely high temperature readings. heh :Q just for the record, i'm using this in the meantime til i can get a taisol as otherwise, i'd use my fop38, but, try as i might, am unable to get the #*&$@ fop38 installed. for the love of god, how do you install the fop38?????!!!!
the temp for me usually fluctuates round 46-48.0C after playing diabloII for about an hour. otherwise at idle, its about 42-44.0C both instances are with the case off. i still need to figure out the best way to ventilate my case so i can have the case closed. if not, i guess i'll just run it w/ the case open like i've always done on my other systems.
also, just to test out the temp differences, i ran my system at default clock speed of 650mhz last night, and temp idle was about 37.0-39.0C and ran up to about 44-45.0C after playing diabloII for a while.