Heat Problem?

[MrWoot]

Hello all,

I have an AMD XP 3200 "Barton" that is being cooled by a Thermaltake volcano 12 fan.

i have 5 case fans (2front, 2back, 1 low on the side) I have silver thermal grease from CompUSA.

my mobo idles around 30C, but the CPU idles at 60-65C and during games like UT2K4 when it loads it jumps up to 75C. I know this is not good, (60-65 is recommended idle temps from AMD)

Leaving the side open does not help, i have round ide cables and I for some reason have never had good times with cooling.

Any suggestions?

 

[Dualspaniel]

I'd remount it those temps are to high for that cpu/hsf combo (thin layer of thermal compound ) Also invest in some Arctic silver 5 . What speed are you running the fan at

 

[ehZn]

I'd remount it those temps are to high for that cpu/hsf combo (thin layer of thermal compound ) Also invest in some Arctic silver 5 . What speed are you running the fan at

Agreed. With that mobo temp your cpu temps should be much lower. I would reseat the cpu hsf with some artic silver 5 and see if that helps.

 

[djpharoah]

remove the heatsink

and then apply a paper thin coat of thermal paste ( AS3 or AS5 works amazingly) then reseat the heatsink

should notice a temp difference