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My Q9550 is idling at 54 48 48 48, is that normal? it can even reach 67 degree when playing games

I' am using a CoolerMaster V8 heatsink with a Artic Cooling MX-2 thermal paste and a Lian-Li PC-7FW casing

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AdLi wrote :

Those temps sound really high to me. What is your room temp?

------------------------------ Q9550 EO currently @ 3.88Ghz, OCZ 2 X 2G 2000 DDR3, Asus Striker II Extreme,2 BFG 8800GTS(g92)512 SLI when needed, Creative SB X-fi Fatalitiy pro, Home built W/C'n
Reply to arthurh

i' am not sure how to find out my room temp, but i' am in a non-aircon room

Reply to AdLi

Well... I've built a Core2Duo E7400 (No OC) system probably about 3 weeks ago now. I was getting those sort of temps with the Intel stock HSF. So I swapped in an Akasa AK-955, taking the temps down to about 37-38C with one core fully maxed out. I used Akasa silver-oxide paste to mount it and everything is working a treat. I don't have air-con in this room and have two other machines that run 24/7. I can provide the specs for the AK-955 below...

http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_engli [...] ak_955.htm

Edit:: The only difference between the one I brought and the one pictured in the link above was the lack of thermal interface material, hence the use of the Akasa silver-oxide paste.

Message edited by reborne_33 on 04-26-2009 at 05:51:03 AM

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to hott

Reply to daship

so which method is good for a quad core processor? horizontal line method?

Reply to AdLi

When I was watching vids on how to apply thermal paste when I ws a newbie, I was told to apply two thin small lines on each side, because of the cores. I don't know if this works tho?

Reply to AKM880

No thermal paste is going to help that, it is more likely the heat sink is bady seated.

------------------------------ I'm a git, deal with it.

Antec 1200,PC Power & Cooling 750,Gigabyte DS4-x48,Intel Q9550@3.4 W/Xigmatek S1283,8GB OCZ DDR2 800,ATI 4870X2,X-FI>CA 640C amp>Tannoy R300/Senn 595's
Reply to strangestranger

hmm... the weird thing is when i touched my CM V8, it doesn' t feel hot at all

Reply to AdLi

Is the heat sensor right?

Are you measuring in Celsius or Fahrenheit?

Reply to amdfangirl

celsius

Reply to AdLi

seriously, its a ok temp.javascript:%20validform(this);

Reply to amdfangirl

The temps. are ok if its slightly OCed on stock HSF. No OC on a V8? You didn't install the HSF properly or not enough/too much paste.

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