Hey guys,
I have found that searching the internet for cooling questions is a lot like searching the internet for questions about raising a baby - you find opposing answers a-plenty. So I've seen several similar posts but no specific ones like this:
I just built a HTPC using the following:
Case -Cooler Master Elite 130
CPU - I3 3225
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Seidon 120M
SSD - Samsung 840
HDD - WD Green 3tb
Ram - Cosair 8 gb ddr3
PSU - Silverstone Tek 450-Watts SFX
At the moment I am putting nothing on the dang thing but windows 7 and XBMC. I want to run it 24/7! My questions is - I've seen people reporting they get an idle temp of 17 C with the Seidon 120M! My idle temp is 35 C with the fans a-blowing. Sometimes it goes down to 32 C. My room temperature is 23C!
I did notice when I installed the Seidon that the weird spring screws didn't look like they were really going very far in the holes. (The only thing I could see that really changed was that most of the spring went down below the top portion - if that makes sense). I have also heard you aren't supposed to unscrew and re align your heatsink without first wiping all the thermal paste off with special cleaning stuff and reapplying it. So I just left it.
My question is first are those temps ok for my set up at idle (remember I want this sucker on 24/7)? And if not do I really need to clean off all the thermal paste just to readjust how it is screwed on?
Here is a pic of my heat sink (please ignore the huge PSU and wires all over - I have since installed a SFX modular and am very impressed with my wire/cable management. The build looks nothing like that, but the heatsink is the same - It gets plenty of air now. Can someone who knows what they are supposed to look at take a gander at the screws and let me know if they look normal. (I know you can't see them super well but I figure if they are horrific you could tell).
Thanks for your help guys!
I have found that searching the internet for cooling questions is a lot like searching the internet for questions about raising a baby - you find opposing answers a-plenty. So I've seen several similar posts but no specific ones like this:
I just built a HTPC using the following:
Case -Cooler Master Elite 130
CPU - I3 3225
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Seidon 120M
SSD - Samsung 840
HDD - WD Green 3tb
Ram - Cosair 8 gb ddr3
PSU - Silverstone Tek 450-Watts SFX
At the moment I am putting nothing on the dang thing but windows 7 and XBMC. I want to run it 24/7! My questions is - I've seen people reporting they get an idle temp of 17 C with the Seidon 120M! My idle temp is 35 C with the fans a-blowing. Sometimes it goes down to 32 C. My room temperature is 23C!
I did notice when I installed the Seidon that the weird spring screws didn't look like they were really going very far in the holes. (The only thing I could see that really changed was that most of the spring went down below the top portion - if that makes sense). I have also heard you aren't supposed to unscrew and re align your heatsink without first wiping all the thermal paste off with special cleaning stuff and reapplying it. So I just left it.
My question is first are those temps ok for my set up at idle (remember I want this sucker on 24/7)? And if not do I really need to clean off all the thermal paste just to readjust how it is screwed on?
Here is a pic of my heat sink (please ignore the huge PSU and wires all over - I have since installed a SFX modular and am very impressed with my wire/cable management. The build looks nothing like that, but the heatsink is the same - It gets plenty of air now. Can someone who knows what they are supposed to look at take a gander at the screws and let me know if they look normal. (I know you can't see them super well but I figure if they are horrific you could tell).
Thanks for your help guys!
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