Couple noob questions..

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Rycon

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PC builder noob here again

My ram timings, do I set them to the ones specified by my ram (Which is 5-5-5-15) or do I tweak that?

I did what seemed to be a succesfull overclock (Right under 3GHZ) but I was worried about my temps, BIOS was saying i was idling about 60c and speedfan said I was around 52c, I didnt think this was good, so i set it back and im gonna check my cooling, just wanted a quick opinion if thats wack or right on the dot.

I really dont know what the fuck im doin so dont be afraid to tell me im a dumbass.

Gigabyte GA-965P-S3
Core2Duo (Stock cooling)
 
set them to default, you can tweak them later once you know what your doing, but that only gives you a very minor increase in performance so dont worry about it now.

depending on what core2 you are talking about- 60c at idle is VERY high. under 70c is generaly acceptable (at full load with orthos). check temps with intels thermal annalysis tool and/or coretemp, they are the most accurate although those temps are probably accurate for stock cooling.
 
Alright lets make sure my NO overclock temps are good, I just loaded up TAT and ran full load for about 5 mins and it wouldnt go past 66c, and I idle at about 44-46c, is this acceptable?

I checked my cooling and it seems to be installed correctly, my processor is the E4300, the cpu fan cam with thermal paste already on it (Figured it out after I stuck the fan on there and took it off) So im guessing that should be correct amount.
 
Rycon you need to elaborate one what you are doing.

What motherboard, what cpu, what ram your using, what type of vcore, memcore, so on and so forth. you need to explain more on what your doing so you cang et help.

and yes. you are running hot. and whats ur FSB..

DETAILS!
 
Sorry sorry, apreciate the help, im not sure what are few of those things are as this is my first build.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E4300
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9TB

GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2457&ProductName=GA-965P-S3

EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-1GBNQ

My computer seems to run fine, what could possibly be wrong? Ive ordered 3 more fans so I will have a total of 5 fans (4 80m and 1 120m) but obviously thats not gonna fix the problem.

Basicly I WANT to overclock (Just a mild OC) with my stock cooling, but im worried about my temps as I keep getting different opinions.
 
Rycon said:
Alright lets make sure my NO overclock temps are good, I just loaded up TAT and ran full load for about 5 mins and it wouldnt go past 66c, and I idle at about 44-46c, is this acceptable?

I checked my cooling and it seems to be installed correctly, my processor is the E4300, the cpu fan cam with thermal paste already on it (Figured it out after I stuck the fan on there and took it off) So im guessing that should be correct amount.
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1- at stock speeds your temps are already around the max i would keep them, you arent going to have any room to overclock more then a few mhz, any more and your going to get into the thermal danger zone.

2- you should get some better thermal paste like arctic silver 5, the stuff on the stock heatsink is garbage. that being said... if you attach the heatsink once, thats it, if you take it off you NEED to reapply the paste or your temps will be crappy (like they are)

you might be able to get away without buying an aftermarket heatsink if you reapply some decent thermal paste.
 
Ok gotcha, I defintly took it off several times trying to attach the fan, and then another time today when i checked the cooling where can I pick up this arctic silver 5? Internet only?

When i apply the paste, do i need to take off the old stuff? How much should I put on?

Is this the definite reason for my high temps? Everybody says they can overclock really well with my setup yet I have high temps for some reason..
 
the reason for the high temps has to do with the fact that your using the stock heatsink with the fact that you need to reapply some decent thermal goo,

but you can get a small boost if you just got some nicer thermal paste. you can find it in your local best buy or circuit city, they usualy wont be selling arctic silver, and it will be overpriced, but if you cant buy online then thats what you need.

this is what your looking for
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100008
arctic silver is one of the best performing thermal compounds. there are others too.

you need to scrape off the rest of the old goo with a razor blade then clean the heatsink with rubbing alcohol, then put a small dab of the stuff in the middle of the processor, some people say to smooth it out but i like to just smash the heatsink on top of it, it will get spread out enough.
 
Ok well I made an improvement, I changed my fan settings in BIOS to turn off the fan throttling (Since its quiet at full speed), NOW my idle temps are much better.

Core Temp
Core0: 36c
Core1: 37-38c

TAT:
Core0 36-37c
Core1 38-40c

Under Full load using TAT about 5 mins:
62c (Sometimes hit 63c for a sec)

Core Temp reported 65c
 
Ok good to know, I have no problem buying online, I just wish I woulda knew cause I just bought somthing from newegg.com, and I hate waiting for shipping. Anything decent at these stores?
 
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