- Apr 2, 2012
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I just installed an AMD FX 8350, and since the supplied fan was smaller than the fan I was currently using, I stuck with my current fan. I use the carbon-based Arctic Cooling MX-4 thermal paste, I cleared out the dust that had accumulated in the heatsink, I use the Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case with a 200mm fan installed on top, and the new cpu currently sits at a nice 15 C at idle. When I played Dishonored on full settings, the cpu sat at 65 C (max is 90). I'm not sure yet whether it will sit at 65 C for more demanding games like Skyrim or Bioshock Infinite. But when I tried to do h.264 encoding, which uses full load, my fan could not keep the 8-core cpu cool enough.
Ok, back to the topic. Before I plugged in the new cpu, I noticed that the supplied heatsink had heat pipes. I'm not sure whether the pipes are copper or bronze. I looked up another fan/heatsink which has heat pipes, and I read that the pipes help to keep a cpu cooler.
Now, I know most of you guys do not use the heatsink/fan which comes with the cpu, but should I have used it in this case?
P.S.: I can upload and post a pic of the heatsink/fan in question if anyone would like to see it and judge it
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Ok, back to the topic. Before I plugged in the new cpu, I noticed that the supplied heatsink had heat pipes. I'm not sure whether the pipes are copper or bronze. I looked up another fan/heatsink which has heat pipes, and I read that the pipes help to keep a cpu cooler.
Now, I know most of you guys do not use the heatsink/fan which comes with the cpu, but should I have used it in this case?
P.S.: I can upload and post a pic of the heatsink/fan in question if anyone would like to see it and judge it
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