Recent content by jawn

I lapped my CPU and my heatsink and my temps changed by like 2-3c. I'm out of ideas and I'm pissed off I voided my i7 warranty for such weak results.

Thanks for the input Zero. I'm still worried though, cause like I said, I'm reading that people did 3.6GHz OC's with this cooler and don't go past 60-65c. I did a 3.6GHz OC and I was hitting 80c during stressing. :(

I may have found the problem to my heat issue. I decided to reapply thermal paste, but instead of just a blob in the center, this time I opted to spread it out evenly with my credit card. After retesting and seeing the same temps, I decided to take off the heatsink and maybe put a tad more...

Hi, I recently bought a Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 heatsink to OC my i7. I think my Noctua heatsink may be faulty though... upon opening it the top fin was bent/crushed. I rebent into place, but maybe it doesn't work as well. If anyone has this combo of hardware, please post your temps...

I have the exact same problem. The fan has this ticking/rattling sound and it's really pissing me off! I tugged on the fan wire but it seems to have restarted. I think I'll have to RMA... but by the looks of it I'll probably just get another card with the same problem. What's a good...