Hello,
So I finally got one of the broken PC's in my home replaced (the 6 year old one) , and built a new system. (Thanks to those who helped me pick the parts; my original post seems to have disappeared..) Right now I'm trying to make sure the parts are working fine to find out if I have to RMA Newegg.
CPU: E5200 Intel
Heatsink: MASSCOOL 8WA741
MOBO: EP43-UD3L Gigabyte
RAM: 2x G.Skill 2gb DDR2 1066
GPU: 4830 Sapphire Radeon
Case: Antec 300 with 1 added 120mm fan in front (Blow air in)
HDD: WD6400AAKS 650GB
PSU: Earthwatts 430w
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
DVD ROM: LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model
Thermal Grease: MX-2
All stock settings, no overclock.
Average CPU temp with RealTemp is around 39-40 idle, which seems to be a little high since I read some users have gotten low 30 and high 20s with the same heatsink. First I applied it by making a small clump of the grease in the middle of CPU then placed heatsink. After checking the temp and thinking I might have improperly used the MX-2 , I cleaned and reapplied it by evenly distributing a thin layer of the grease first then placed heatsink, same temp readings.
So what else could be causing this?
And another thing, I tried running Prime95 via Realtemp to check what my temp would be at high loads, but it hangs up after a few minutes. No BSOD, just hang up (Mouse won't move and such). My first thought was dead RAM, so I used Vista Memory Diagnostics on both ram sticks individually: neither had any errors on the default tests. I'm pretty sure I downloaded the 64-bit version of Prime95.
Any ideas on this one too?
I'd appreciate any input, google isn't giving me enough information.
So I finally got one of the broken PC's in my home replaced (the 6 year old one) , and built a new system. (Thanks to those who helped me pick the parts; my original post seems to have disappeared..) Right now I'm trying to make sure the parts are working fine to find out if I have to RMA Newegg.
CPU: E5200 Intel
Heatsink: MASSCOOL 8WA741
MOBO: EP43-UD3L Gigabyte
RAM: 2x G.Skill 2gb DDR2 1066
GPU: 4830 Sapphire Radeon
Case: Antec 300 with 1 added 120mm fan in front (Blow air in)
HDD: WD6400AAKS 650GB
PSU: Earthwatts 430w
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
DVD ROM: LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model
Thermal Grease: MX-2
All stock settings, no overclock.
Average CPU temp with RealTemp is around 39-40 idle, which seems to be a little high since I read some users have gotten low 30 and high 20s with the same heatsink. First I applied it by making a small clump of the grease in the middle of CPU then placed heatsink. After checking the temp and thinking I might have improperly used the MX-2 , I cleaned and reapplied it by evenly distributing a thin layer of the grease first then placed heatsink, same temp readings.
So what else could be causing this?
And another thing, I tried running Prime95 via Realtemp to check what my temp would be at high loads, but it hangs up after a few minutes. No BSOD, just hang up (Mouse won't move and such). My first thought was dead RAM, so I used Vista Memory Diagnostics on both ram sticks individually: neither had any errors on the default tests. I'm pretty sure I downloaded the 64-bit version of Prime95.
Any ideas on this one too?
I'd appreciate any input, google isn't giving me enough information.