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hstuehmeyer2000
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maybe the temp sensors bad, or maybe you scratched the bottom of the heatsink
Ciggarilo Himself
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Did it come with directions?
Also you may not have applied the paste properly,go to the arctic silver website they have good directions for thermal paste application.
Also you may not have applied the paste properly,go to the arctic silver website they have good directions for thermal paste application.
Here is the clue that gives it away ... you say when you manually press down on the heatsink the temperature drops. You also heard a snap. I think you broke the mounting bracket so it is on there kind of loose , it is a very high quality heatsink so of course even loosely attached it does a respectable job -- considering it is on there loose.
If it was on there correctly -- no disrespect intended because I bet you did mount it correctly before the 'snap' was heard -- then pressing down on the heatsink would make no difference.
You will do fine at stock speeds but I would not advise you to do any serious overclocking with that HSF.
If it was on there correctly -- no disrespect intended because I bet you did mount it correctly before the 'snap' was heard -- then pressing down on the heatsink would make no difference.
You will do fine at stock speeds but I would not advise you to do any serious overclocking with that HSF.
nah snap can be normal. I'm not too familiar with the heatsink. Is there a way to screw it down instead of using the snap mounts?
Also, temps would be way higher / bordering throttling if not, if you had it mounted on piss poor.
I will say thoguh that with my ac freezer, I could have it installed properly but still it'd be loose. Temps were within reason albeit hot like your's, and it did also drop when I pressed down. I feel like you'd definitely get a bit of an increase in performance if you switched to the boltdown method (if one exists).
As for readings, you're using coretemp? I'm imagining it'd be pretty accurate, although there is a wide range of reportings so I wouldn't worry too much. For instance my e6400 is definitely on the high side of things. Even with water cooling, I can see 50+ load easily with a little bit of voltage. With what I'd like to run, coretemp shows load at 65 still yet!
Also, temps would be way higher / bordering throttling if not, if you had it mounted on piss poor.
I will say thoguh that with my ac freezer, I could have it installed properly but still it'd be loose. Temps were within reason albeit hot like your's, and it did also drop when I pressed down. I feel like you'd definitely get a bit of an increase in performance if you switched to the boltdown method (if one exists).
As for readings, you're using coretemp? I'm imagining it'd be pretty accurate, although there is a wide range of reportings so I wouldn't worry too much. For instance my e6400 is definitely on the high side of things. Even with water cooling, I can see 50+ load easily with a little bit of voltage. With what I'd like to run, coretemp shows load at 65 still yet!