Choose another heatsink. The Rosewill isn't as good as the stock HSF that came with the chip. Unfortunatly for you there are many more good heatsinks for the 775 than the AM2 but you can still find a better unit than the Rosewill. Something like this would be good http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/ [...] f1000.html
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cpu pefromance takes a noticeble drop as temps increase
70-75c is high
65c is better as a top end temp after equilbrium is reached, endless ramping temps is bad!
65-70c is the max i use for the hottest chips at high oc, thats after days of running and stable temps are reached. systems that ramp up and up are trouble waiting
i.e. quad at 3.6-4ghz on air
chipsets run hot when the fsb is raised higher then standard, nvidia run hotter then intel for most part, newer chipsets tend to run cooler
60c is normal for a mobo and safe
the chip is silicon which melts a 1700c the wire is copper that melts over 1000c - but you can damage resine or plastic thats sometimes used at 85c
Message edited by dragonsprayer on 04-21-2008 at 04:20:44 AM
OK I started thinking I may not have done such a good job attaching the heat sink and fan. So I took it off, cleaned everything up and carefully re-attached it using Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease.
Now my idle temp is around 45C.
Playing F.E.A.R. on high settings for about 45mins brings it up to 61-65C
This is much more acceptable but I'd still like to see it lower, unless I'm silly to expect to get it any lower than that. I'm awaiting another heat sink\fan, the forth one I've tried.
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