E6600 @ 3375 temps

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Mr. Headshot

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With an Ultra-120 extreme and a loud ass 100cfm YS-Tech fan and 20-23C ambient
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By the graph, you can see core temp shoots up 20c in the first 2 seconds of orthos running, then stays flat, and then drops 20c in the first 2 seconds after orthos stopped, and stays almost flat. Doesn't this mean the interface sucks?

I used the plain white silicone paste that came with the U120X, and used a credit card to spread an almost transparent thin layer on both the cpu and the heatsink before installation... It's sucking. Should I get arctic silver or liquid metal pads or what?
 
So what was your max temp? 50c?

You might be able to reduce your temps a little by redoing the thermal paste. Don't spread a thin layer on both the heatsink and cpu. Thats probably too much. User thermal grease sparingly.

Here are instructions on how arctic silver recommends applying thermal compound.
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ins_route_step2intelas5.html
Don't use the spread method on capped cpus.
 
and then drops 20c in the first 2 seconds after orthos stopped, and stays almost flat. Doesn't this mean the interface sucks?
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No. You heated it up, and in 2 sec of stopping the heating process, the temps dropped like a rock back to idle temps. What is the job of a heatsink - remove heat. It seems to be doing well.

for that OC and that Vcore those are not bad. Your idle temps are lower than mine by several deg and I watercool. Load temps about the same, that must be a howlin fan :D
 
It idles at 41C with no fan... ambient is 22C. But I'm trying to get 3.6ghz with load temps below 55.
 
Your temps look normal and it's very normal for the core temperature to go up or down by 20C within one or two seconds of starting or stopping Orthos.

I know CoreTemp 0.95 or SpeedFan 4.32 is very accurate at reporting core temperatures on the E6600 but I'm not sure how those numbers compare to the nvidia software that you're using.

With some fan speed you can run 3600 MHz at 60C but getting below 55C takes more noise than I like.

The temperature returning to a flat line very quickly is a sign that your heatsink is working excellent. Time to do some overclocking.
 
Exactly as I suspected! I put the case sideways, screwed the heatsink in a bit tighter (almost to the point of stripping the screws), jiggled the heatsink around a bit, and rebooted. Now my orthos small FFT load temps are 11C cooler! I didn't even have to reseat it.
 
Oh, so i guess the weight of the heatsink was making it droop a bit in your case. I think, with my Ultra-120, i'm going to have to create more tension in the springs with some washers or something. I'm pretty wary of doing with, though, since the heatsink already feels like it's on pretty tight; i'm afraid of it crushing my CPU into my motherboard or something...
 
You can put a penny or a piece of cardboard between the mounting X and the base to get more pressure.
 
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