- Jan 23, 2007
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If you remember my old thread about high idle temps with the stock heatsink, then welcome to the update!
pasted from another forum I posted this ****** on:
I am still within newegg's 30 day return. Backstory:
I bought an E6600 and planned to use stock cooling for a mild overclock. I consistantly was idling at 51-52c(according to tat and other programs) with the stock heatsink. Reseated it several times and applied AS5 to see NO improvements... and I knew what I was doing.
Fast forward a bit... I get a new case (Thermaltake armor with 25cm fan on the side) and a Tuniq 120 to make sure I get the best cooling possible. Now for my current temps:
Ambient is always around 30c/29c idle, ive never seen it go above 35(after HOURS of gaming).
I idle at 33c with stock voltages and clocks (2.4/1.27 or something) and TAT will bring my PC to 55C with the little stress it does. Not too bad... but consider I am using a Tuniq 120 with AS5 seated (I assume...) properly.
Overlocked? I run at 1.4v 1600fsb (3.6ghz) and unlinked the memory and left it at 800mhz. I idle at 40c in this setup and TAT can bring my temps to the high 60s/low 70s after running a while!! Orthos will bring them to 65 or so... and fails after about an hour with a rounding error.
Gaming (WoW only, havent had time to install anything else) after af ew hours I seem to hit 61c max or so.
Here is my dilemma: should I RMA this chip? Does it sound like it's slightly concave? I have read about -much- better temps with the tuniq, and I've even heard stock coolers at stock settings reaching the temps my Tuniq does at stock, which is unacceptable considering how much I paid for it. This combined with the high idle temps I received with the stock cooler only makes me thing that the surface of the IHS is not flat, and after digging around the net a LOT, it seems this is rather common.
So, I'm asking what you guys think. Does it sound like a faulty IHS? Should I RMA it to newegg while I can? The problem is I do NOT want to lap the sucker if I don't have to. I have no qualms about lapping the tuniq's base which I plan on doing regardless, but if you consider all the high temps it seems unlikely that the rough buttom of the tuniq is the ONLY culprit here.
NOTE: I have NOT done the razor test to determine if the surface is absolutely flat, I don't have a razor on hand.
Thanks for reading this and I hope lots of people give me input because I'm kind of in a hurry and on a time frame.
pasted from another forum I posted this ****** on:
I am still within newegg's 30 day return. Backstory:
I bought an E6600 and planned to use stock cooling for a mild overclock. I consistantly was idling at 51-52c(according to tat and other programs) with the stock heatsink. Reseated it several times and applied AS5 to see NO improvements... and I knew what I was doing.
Fast forward a bit... I get a new case (Thermaltake armor with 25cm fan on the side) and a Tuniq 120 to make sure I get the best cooling possible. Now for my current temps:
Ambient is always around 30c/29c idle, ive never seen it go above 35(after HOURS of gaming).
I idle at 33c with stock voltages and clocks (2.4/1.27 or something) and TAT will bring my PC to 55C with the little stress it does. Not too bad... but consider I am using a Tuniq 120 with AS5 seated (I assume...) properly.
Overlocked? I run at 1.4v 1600fsb (3.6ghz) and unlinked the memory and left it at 800mhz. I idle at 40c in this setup and TAT can bring my temps to the high 60s/low 70s after running a while!! Orthos will bring them to 65 or so... and fails after about an hour with a rounding error.
Gaming (WoW only, havent had time to install anything else) after af ew hours I seem to hit 61c max or so.
Here is my dilemma: should I RMA this chip? Does it sound like it's slightly concave? I have read about -much- better temps with the tuniq, and I've even heard stock coolers at stock settings reaching the temps my Tuniq does at stock, which is unacceptable considering how much I paid for it. This combined with the high idle temps I received with the stock cooler only makes me thing that the surface of the IHS is not flat, and after digging around the net a LOT, it seems this is rather common.
So, I'm asking what you guys think. Does it sound like a faulty IHS? Should I RMA it to newegg while I can? The problem is I do NOT want to lap the sucker if I don't have to. I have no qualms about lapping the tuniq's base which I plan on doing regardless, but if you consider all the high temps it seems unlikely that the rough buttom of the tuniq is the ONLY culprit here.
NOTE: I have NOT done the razor test to determine if the surface is absolutely flat, I don't have a razor on hand.
Thanks for reading this and I hope lots of people give me input because I'm kind of in a hurry and on a time frame.