44-46C Idle x2 4600.
Your-Amish-Daddy
The heart of Texas
I'd say it's about 25C ambient right now in my room, maybe cooler, and I'm just sitting here, doing nothing to a 44C idle temp. Wow. It's bad enough my motherboard set the chip to 1.28V instead of 1.25, where it's supposed to be, now it's trying to cook itself. I'd change the paste if I thought it'd help, but now that I reflect back, this thing's always ran a little warm, even compared to my old 939 FX-55, but when my FX got hot, the fan sped up to take care of that. Never saw it over 43C, and it didn't stay that high for very long.
Do you guys have any ideas, other than dunking it in oil, or any recommendations for cooling?
I've got the Xclio A-CS380 case, which has a 25CM fan blowing down on everything, keeping my chipset nice and cool at a balmy 33C, which I think is kinda high for a northbridge...
EDIT:\\And whilst playing Firearms, a HL1 mod, I hit 54C.
Do you guys have any ideas, other than dunking it in oil, or any recommendations for cooling?
I've got the Xclio A-CS380 case, which has a 25CM fan blowing down on everything, keeping my chipset nice and cool at a balmy 33C, which I think is kinda high for a northbridge...
EDIT:\\And whilst playing Firearms, a HL1 mod, I hit 54C.
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I'm guessing your PC looks like this...
As a rule of thumb I never count my PSU as a true fan...
I wished I could find a decent copper heatsink for under 40 bucks.
Edit:// A flip of two fans, fabrication of four screws, and 30 minutes work, I'm now down to a very acceptable 38C. I'm still gonna get a new heatsink, but this is something for now. I guess flow through is over-rated?
Edit:// And my 60% max temp is 50C. I'm almost scared to see 100.
Get some good compound (AS5) and dismount the HS, clean it off, make sure that it is flat, and remount with new compound.
Also make sure that your HSF is not running slow. It needs to kick to high speed at any temp over about 40C.
It would not surprise me if that was indeed the case. I've seen sensors way off. One of my old NF3 boards even displayed CPU temps way below ambient.
Assuming the readings are correct, even with the stock heatsink and thermal pad, those idle temperature readings are too high. My 4200+ and XP90 Al runs in the high 20s at idle. As mentioned above, I'd definitely clean it up and apply some new thermal interface material. Also, ensure that the heatsink bottom is flat and not convex/convace. I had a major problem with an old Barton heatsink back in the day due to an uneven surface.
EDIT://Also, this just started happening like a month ago.
Edit:// I'm also still seeing a fairly high 60% load temp of 47.
Edit:// I'm wondering if an FX-55 heatsink for a 939 would work, since I think the clamps are the same from the appearance.
And if want to upgrade to a better hsf, then look around and see if you can find a Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX, Thermalright U-120 or U-90, Tuniq Tower 120 or even a Thermalright XP90-C on sale in various forums classifieds/trading posts. All those I mentioned will do well cooling an A64 system.
But no comment on the heatsink pulling up the processor?
As for the Gemini heatsink I think you will see better performance than the stock unit, especially with those 2 high cfm fans but your ears will hate you. Plan on buying a fanbus in the near future to save your hearing.
Before you pull up on the Heat sinc rotate it to break loose the compound.
Edit:// If Core Temp is accurate, it takes me ten seconds to go from 50C to 35C.