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e6600 temp questions

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b00gnish

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I recently built a core2duo system and noticed that one core always has a lower temp than the other. At first I thought it may be the stock cooler but today i installed a Thermalright SI-128 and the 2 cores are still reporting that one is hotter than the other. With the stock cooler I was running around 40-47C at idle with the second core being the hottest. Now it's running at 36-40C at idle with the second core being the highest. I have my 2 front fans pulling in air, the 2 side fans pulling in and the 1 top and 2 rear as exhaust.

Here are some before and after pics.
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Could be anything, 4C is more than mine (one core is 1 to 2 C hotter), heatsink mounting, thermal grease application, unflat heat spreader, unflat HS mounting plate, or just the cores themselves as one is slightly better than the other.

I wouldnt get all that concerned about it as it looks like mounting that heatsink is a real pain in the butt.

Lapp everything if you havent already if it really bothers you and see what happens.
 
BillParrish said:
Could be anything, 4C is more than mine (one core is 1 to 2 C hotter), heatsink mounting, thermal grease application, unflat heat spreader, unflat HS mounting plate, or just the cores themselves as one is slightly better than the other.

I wouldnt get all that concerned about it as it looks like mounting that heatsink is a real pain in the butt.

Lapp everything if you havent already if it really bothers you and see what happens.
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Thanks for the info mang.

If it's no big deal i'll just keep it how it is.
 
I would just leave it alone. I am having a hard time getting a mental picture of the airflow in your case.

I think you have way to many fans all pulling and pushing air around the case in different directions. I am wondering which way the hot air from your CPU takes to exit the case with all those fans spinning the air around.
 
wdn said:
I would just leave it alone. I am having a hard time getting a mental picture of the airflow in your case.

I think you have way to many fans all pulling and pushing air around the case in different directions. I am wondering which way the hot air from your CPU takes to exit the case with all those fans spinning the air around.
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Here is a crappy diagram.
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quick question boognish....doesn't the thermalrite as all HSF pull the air across the HS rather than push it and if it does..don't you have a side fan directly in front of the cpu/hsf blowing against your HSF hence your side fan and HSF are fighting each other...that can be bad....I bet you would get 3-5 degrees cooler if you adjusted the side fan to pull air out of the case rather than push it against the HSF...my 2 cents
 
RagingTeddybear said:
quick question boognish....doesn't the thermalrite as all HSF pull the air across the HS rather than push it and if it does..don't you have a side fan directly in front of the cpu/hsf blowing against your HSF hence your side fan and HSF are fighting each other...that can be bad....I bet you would get 3-5 degrees cooler if you adjusted the side fan to pull air out of the case rather than push it against the HSF...my 2 cents
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On the Thermalright website it says the fan used should always be blowing down for all Thermalright heat sinks. So I figured that having the side fans blowing air into that fan would be the best option.

Does that sound right?
 
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