zalman flower temps - athlon xp 2200

[shamble]

hello,

i've got an athlonxp 2200 cpu cooled by a zalman flower with artic silver paste (3 i think). when idle i get temps of around 53 degrees with the fan on full speed and 2 slow moving case fans.

when on full load however it shoots up despite having a powerful case fan blowing air over it. when playing the new football manager demo its not lasting more than a minute before asus probe shuts the pc down because its hit 80.

i've asked on newsgroups and they have suggested that the heatsink may be on wrong, the zalman instructions do not state which way the hsf has to face... anyone got an idea how i can improve this situation? or should i get a new cooler.. i've being looking at the cooler master jet.. will i get better performance with this?

thanks in advance

 

[folken]

How much thermal paste are you using? Putting too much on could possibly cause something like that though I don't think it would cause the temps to raise that much.
When you pull the heatsink off does the arctic silver have a nice even rectangular smear left? If not that means it is not sitting properly. That heatsink is pretty big, make sure nothing is blocking it from sitting properly.
You might as well try flipping it the other direction if it can be flipped.

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[Crashman]

Tom's said the flower sux, like 2 years ago.

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[El_Jefe_77]

The flower isnt the circle one right?
its the fanned out one? yes?

Cuz the circle shaped one is an awesome cooler, it can cool down very hot prescotts with ease.

 

[Crashman]

The flower is the fan shaped one, designed to be passive, but including a fan and bracket just in case passive doesn't do it.

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[El_Jefe_77]

ah yes, that one. good for old thingies that didnt need much at all, lacked in ability to push out the hot air though, the fan above system is not a standardized thing on anyones board.

the new guy pimp's though

 

[Cybercraig]

The main problem with that cooler is the fan that mounts above it. Too slow. I have an unlocked XP-2500+ running 10.5 X 200mhz on a NF7-S as my back-up PC. Never idles more than 48C and never sees 60C even after hours of Doom3. Get a 92mm Thermaltake fan and plug it straight into the CPU-FAN header. Make sure it is blowing down on the heatsink. The stock fan spins at 2200rpm and the Thermaltake spins at 2700rpm. You won't hear the difference. Don't use any speed control on this fan either. Not necessary as it is not noisy.

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[skinnyjoint]

hey can someoen post some pics of both different fans cirlce and fanned but sounds like there the same thing or somthing but ne pics?

 

[El_Jefe_77]

fan looks like a SCallop shell from the side

Circle is a big round circle from the top, huge, with a fan inside the fins area.