i have a 1ghz t-bird in an asus a7v and within 2-5 min of booting up my cpu temp goes from 45 to 60+. i have 2 7500rpm fans, an alum heatsink, and gobs of thermal muck, whats wrong?

which heatsink? gobs of thermal muck or a fine layer?

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its an aluminium (alum) heatsink. theres enough thermal goo to connect the die to the heatsink

how big is the heatsink?

you should use just a little bit of goo

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its as wide as my socket and about 2in tall

do you know the model?
does it have many fins?
can you post photographs?
a 6x6x4cm heatsink?
+ 2x7500 rpm fans blowing on it?
unless the heatsink is a complety piece of sh¡t it should run cooler
is the sink seating properly on the cpu?

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its a generic heatsink. the 2 fans are both ~4500 but are stacked on top of each other to make the bottom one 7500. its installed correctly. i cant post a pic of mine but ill look for a similar pic on the web

mine look *very* similar to this one. (if not exactly)

<A HREF="http:// ocz.safeshopper.com/images/bz11urvr.jpg " target="_new">http:// ocz.safeshopper.com/images/bz11urvr.jpg </A>

Do you have any case fans? You should have at least one, an intake fan at the front of the case, but I also recommend an exhaust fan at the back of the case.

I do not know too much about aerodynamics, but I think those fans could work better if you put them side by side...

Just try, I think it's not difficult, if it's no better, put them like before.

Well, look at these here:

<A HREF="http://ocz.safeshopper.com/9/cat9.htm?292" target="_new">http://ocz.safeshopper.com/9/cat9.htm?292</A>

I read somewhere a review and the OCZ Twin Turbo Socket Cooler was better than the OCZ Quad Cool Socket A Cooler, so side by side they would work better.

It's also a great idea to have case fans. I've only got the exhaust fan of the power supply blowing out and a hard drive cooler with two fans blowing in, I noticed that when I installed the hard drive cooler there was a lot more air getting out of the PS and it was way cooler.

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these temperatures were taken while my computer was on its side with the side case off, but i also have 3 chassis fans (an exhaust, an intake, and one rigged up in the middle), a power suppply exhaust, a heatsink/fan on my video card, and a northbridge heatsink/fan.
im not an aerodynamics expert either, but putting an ancient 486 fan on top of a 4500rpm generic fan bumped it up to 7500rpm
ill try putting another fan or too next to it.

I found this yesterday

<A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com/tips336/index.asp" target="_new">http://www.overclockers.com/tips336/index.asp</A>

have you checked your CPUs voltage, maybe you changed it without noticing?

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the top fan is rotating counter-clockwise and the bottom one is rotating clockwise. w/o the top fan, my cpu temp jumps to 65+ (70+ w/ full load). the voltage settings are correct