955 BE running hot

What are your load temps? (you generally don't see a huge difference in idle temps stock to 212)..

Also, are you running high or low speed on your fan?

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=241...


My Phenom II idles about 40C and hits 70C running Prime95 with the stock cooler. It's fine but I really can't overclock beyond 3.2Ghz.

SOOO, if your load temp is lower than this then you have things right with the install of your 212....(and the 212 is far quieter than the stock cooler for sure..)

the first time I tried applying the thermal paste with the line method (two lines). I removed the cooler and tried it again but this time I applied the thermal compound directly on the heat sink of the cooler master hyper 212 plus instead of the cpu (wiped thin line with a credit card).

But it seemed to not make any difference. I tried running prime 95 for 30 minutes and the temps goes to 50 degrees.

Is there any problem or is this normal. I checked the heat sink (its tight)

The fan speed is set to 49% when the temps rises to 41 degrees. Should I change it.

A temp of 50C after 30mins of Prime95 is a great! Your just need to stay under 70C, so, you have plenty of head room for some more overclocking speed if you wish...


Recall, my chip hits 70C with the Stock cooler which is marginal...