CPU Overheating HSF Questions

Hey guys i have a new system with a q9550 cpu. I bought this heat sink:

http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews [...] 9-amazing/

q9550 @ 2.83ghz
Vista 64
8gb ram
veloc HD
4870x2
Stacker 830 case with 8 Fans not including the one included in my Heatsink.
1 standard 120MM Fan
2 Delta 200CFM fans
5 Scythe 150ish CFM fans

So the Air is really pumping through this case at a high rate and its really loud.

Here is the problem: Cpu runs at about 60-65C idle.
If i run a game the system shuts off in about 1-5 minutes.
I installed Real Temp to monitor my temperatures and ran Prime95. The temperature immediately start going up from 65-130+ within 10 seconds of running prime95 then the system crashes.

I think the Heatsink is decent enough that this should def not be happening.
I applied thermal 5 in a small thin line across the middle of the cpu and then pushed the heat sink on top of that. Rotated it a bit then pushed down the locks. Did i install it incorrectly? Im guessing i need to redo it but i didnt think i did it wrong from the beggining.

The point of contact for the heatsink is black so i guess its painted and its also a bit rough. I would think this is not good for a heatsink so im thinking about trying to lap it but it will be my first time to do so.

Any tips or help with my current problem is appreciated.


thank you,

It's a flawed design. The fan in the middle design just doesn't work well. Try mounting the fan outside one of the heatsinks so that it blows through both, rather than pushes one and pulls the other.

From frostytech.com: http://www.frostytech.com/articlev [...] cleID=2291
"While the Triton 79 Amazing heatsink runs fairly quietly, it's unable to break out from the crowd. It offers good, but plainly average thermal performance for anywhere in the neighborhood of $70... far too expensive for this class of heatsink. By comparison the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 is half the price, runs 10°C cooler and just a bit louder. "

Also, almost everybody here says the pushpins are worthless. try using a backplate. i'd lay 10:1 odds that one of the pushpins popped out.

if you decide to return it, i wrote a little buyer's guide:
http://forums.amd.com/forum/messag [...] erthread=y

change the fan from stock see if it improves as 1300rpm is barely spinning when considering its between 2 bunch of fins!><

you can see tests with fan placement with that design with the thermalright ifx-14.

you can also check with push-pull multifan setups on the Silenx ixc-120ha2. pulling only affects it by 1c.

i want to see the silenx with push-push.

some square designs also allow side mounts...i wonder what that would do.

i'm sure that dual fans should give at least 10-20% better performance than single fans (akin to taking off a side panel and blowing air in with a desk fan or using a 30k rpm fan), but nobody's come up with a good mounting system yet.

but, the severe problems the OP posted are very likely to be caused by malfunctioning pushpins.

the thermalright ultra 120 extreme is also lacquered.

i don't think the lacquer affects performance that much (+30-50C.)

These are what I would consider "small effects" that affect performance by 1-2C:
direct touch heatpipes vs covered heatpipes
fin surface area
lacquering
2nd fan

These are medium, maybe 2-5C difference
TIM quality
90mm fan vs 120mm fan
perpendicular mounting vs parallel mounting
low cfm fan vs high cfm fan
lapping (huge variance here though, +3 to -10, so average ~5c)

Large, 5C+:
Size
Case airflow (probably one component's exhaust is another component's intake)
pressure
TIM quantity

Severe, 20C+ or thermal throttling/shutdowns:
Fan failure
Overvolting/Overclocking past hsf capabilities
MOSFET failure
improper installation
mounting failure
Blocked case venting (creating a closed loop, usually by putting the case too close to a wall or in an enclosed CPU desk.)

At 60C+, you're looking at no hsf installed or something melted.

yep you look like you are maxxed out for that cooler. i'm not too familiar with intel chips, but who is? (LOLOL) but you seem to have acceptable temps. wait a few days, the temps should lower as the paste cures.

did you check which direction the fan is blowing in? make sure the fan is blowing the same direction as your front case fans (blowing towards the back of the cpu.) The best way to tell is to get a small piece of a paper towel and hold it in front (or back, if the case fans get in the way) and see which direction it's sucked. tissue paper is lighter, but seems to be dusty. usually, it's hard to tell fan direction by holding your hand there.

with that many fans, you should get a lower temperature.

hopefully, somebody should chime in about intel chip temps. usually, for amd, there's only one temp reading for all cores. but, from what i've read, under 70C (without bsod/freeze/etc.) is fine.