omg im sick of this...
i had a zalman 9500 mounted on a p5b deluxe and 6600 o/ced to 2800 mhertz at 1.3500v in bios was at 55 degre celsius under dual orthos..so i bought the upgrade of this zalman and just installed zalman 9700, i took my time, first cleaned the cpu with artic cleaner 1 & 2 using coffee filter..then i put a thick line of as5 as artic silver recommands to do, then i put zalman on it and let it spread the past...i mount everything and turn comp on and what ?!?! 41 degre at idle at 2400 1.28v ?! WTF not even better than with zalman 9500 grrrrrrrrr, zalman heatsinks are pieces of shit or im just too stupid to make good use of them.. plus its already a bit scratched and i dont even touched it !!
i had a zalman 9500 mounted on a p5b deluxe and 6600 o/ced to 2800 mhertz at 1.3500v in bios was at 55 degre celsius under dual orthos..so i bought the upgrade of this zalman and just installed zalman 9700, i took my time, first cleaned the cpu with artic cleaner 1 & 2 using coffee filter..then i put a thick line of as5 as artic silver recommands to do, then i put zalman on it and let it spread the past...i mount everything and turn comp on and what ?!?! 41 degre at idle at 2400 1.28v ?! WTF not even better than with zalman 9500 grrrrrrrrr, zalman heatsinks are pieces of shit or im just too stupid to make good use of them.. plus its already a bit scratched and i dont even touched it !!