- Nov 27, 2007
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basically i was fooling around with my pc today running prime95 small fft. i decided to take the side of the case off and feel the cpu heatsink. the fins on the heatsink were not hot to the touch nor were the heatpipes directly ontop of the cpu chip itself. it felt just a bit over body temperature. so i felt the northbridge heatsink and gpu cooler to compare....both were much hotter!!! i know the heatsink is properly seated at each of the four corners. i used as5 in a line as shown on their website. ive considered reapplying the TIM using the credit card technique or plastic-bag-over-finger technique. i havent bothered cause everything is stable but a not hot heatsink is bugging me
pc as follows:
e2140 @ 3.2ghz / bios vid 1.375 / under load vid 1.3
cooler master hyper tx2
gigabyte p35 ds3l
corsair vx450
2gig gskill ddr2 800
8800gt
antec solo case
running prime95 small fft for about 45 min (i have run it longer and is stable)
intel TAT: 60c
coretemp .97 (tj max 85c): 63c
(with tj max 100c): 78c
realtemp 2.1 (tj max 95c): 73c
these temps seem similar to others, although with people believing different tj max settings its difficult to compare temps when people dont state what tj max is at. so is any of this normal? should i be concerned? any help or advice is appreciated
pc as follows:
e2140 @ 3.2ghz / bios vid 1.375 / under load vid 1.3
cooler master hyper tx2
gigabyte p35 ds3l
corsair vx450
2gig gskill ddr2 800
8800gt
antec solo case
running prime95 small fft for about 45 min (i have run it longer and is stable)
intel TAT: 60c
coretemp .97 (tj max 85c): 63c
(with tj max 100c): 78c
realtemp 2.1 (tj max 95c): 73c
these temps seem similar to others, although with people believing different tj max settings its difficult to compare temps when people dont state what tj max is at. so is any of this normal? should i be concerned? any help or advice is appreciated