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good budget heatsink
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28. August 2007 @ 12:12 |
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my e4300 is running kinda hott about 70-80c so any ideas how to cool on a budget?
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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28. August 2007 @ 12:17 |
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o btw its at stock speed
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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morguex
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28. August 2007 @ 12:35 |
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What program are you using for temp. readings?
That seams awfully high for a e4300
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28. August 2007 @ 18:30 |
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HOLYCRAP, that is too high! If it was THAT high your CPU would be fried right now. Get the newest version of coretemp to chek your temps. BTW a good HSF wouls be a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, which I got from Ewiz for 30 dollars with shipping.
PM me your email and I can send you core temp.
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28. August 2007 @ 21:50 |
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yea its running that hot cuz the stock heatsink wont attach all the way and i think the plastic peices got stripped from trying so many times. Also i am using core temp but thanks anyway...and as for that artic freezer thing ill look into it when i have some money i just wont use the computer till then (luckily theres 2 others in this house lol)
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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28. August 2007 @ 22:33 |
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Well thats a bad thing if you stripped somthing not good man.
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28. August 2007 @ 22:39 |
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@Windman
There should be no "plastic pieces between your heatsink and processor". Remove the heatsink and remove what I assume is the little plastic tray that covers up the heatsink base during shipping. Remove this plastic tray and reattach the heatsink. Note the heatsink should always be completely attached.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08 |
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29. August 2007 @ 01:18 |
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thanks for the reply but i just bought a heatsink today and this one is screwed down and now i got temps of about 40-55c :-)
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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29. August 2007 @ 11:26 |
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If you want to make them even lower undervolt your CPU as much as you can. BTW what HSF did you get?
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29. August 2007 @ 22:35 |
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well i had to go to compusa cuz no one else in south jersey seems to sell heatsinks lol. but they didnt have a good selection although i did get a zalman. 
didnt seem to have a name though all it said was ultra quiet cpu cooler
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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30. August 2007 @ 04:58 |
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Good choice, Zalmans coolers are very good.
I personally use a thermalright xp-90 on my cpu and will be installing a hr-03 plus on my 8800gts this weekend.
I wanna see how far I can overclock this little honey.
Peace all
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30. August 2007 @ 08:27 |
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ok i tested my cpu with this cooler on orthos and under load it was at 66c thats still too high for my tastes. any ideas of how to cool it more? I wanna get maybe mid 30's. Right now I have the side panel off and have my big box fan blowing into it and im still getting those temps...do u think i applied the thermal paste wrong or used crappy thermal paste, or is it cuz of the oc?
e4300 @ 3GHz
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2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
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30. August 2007 @ 08:44 |
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Thermal paste when applied to liberally can severly hamper the heat transfer effectiveness of the paste. How much paste did u put on? A properly applied amount of heatsink paste should be the size of a pea and applied directly in the middle of the processor. When the heatsink is applied and ratched/screwed down it will spread the heatsink paste evenly across the cpu. And did you remove the plastic tray from the bottom of the heatsink?
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30. August 2007 @ 08:48 |
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hmmmm...really? i put some on there then used a peice of plastic to spread it all over, i think i'll try it again. and yea i removed the plastic piece. now do u think 47c idle and 66c load is normal running a e4300 @ 2.54GHz?
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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30. August 2007 @ 10:53 |
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I get about 55 at load and my speed is at 3.36 GHz so yours is kinda hot.
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30. August 2007 @ 12:04 |
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ok well im gonna try reattaching the heatsink, now what kinda thermal paste should i use? I have the stuff that came with the heatsink(uses zinc oxide, thermal conductivity of 1.2w/mk) or the other stuff, i cant remember the brand but it has some silver content and a thermal conductivity of 7.5 w/mk and a thermal resistance of 0.06c-in^2/w
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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30. August 2007 @ 12:16 |
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Well I would use Arctic Silver 5. They have instruction on their website with pictures so you should probably look at those. They recommend using a line instead of a little thing in the middle, I think their reasoning is that you have to cover two cores.
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30. August 2007 @ 12:34 |
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Use Artic silver 5, you only need a little bit, about the size of a grain of rice.
But yeah 66c under load is kinda high.
One more thing i looked at the pic you posted, I would pull the computer out from the wall a bit.
Don't forget your 8800 gts is exhausting out the back of your computer
and the exhaust might be getting blocked a little and forcing some of the heat back into your case.
Good luck
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30. August 2007 @ 13:07 |
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I just looked at your pic again and you don't have an exhaust fan in the back! You MUST get a case with good airflow or the hot air will just stay there.
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30. August 2007 @ 17:17 |
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Also don't smear the heatsink paste around, when you attach the heatsink it will spread the paste around the cpu. And as others have stated don't have the pc so close to the wall and install a exhaust fan.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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30. August 2007 @ 19:36 |
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ok i went and got the arctic silver stuff (luckily radio shack had it) and i moved it in front of my window and moved the box fan into the window (blowing outside) to suck out all the hot air and i took the fan off the stock heatsink and rigged it to the back with duct tape and took a mini fan and put it in the front of the case although im not sure if that ones doing much....but my temsp are still pretty much the same they went down a lil there now its at like 61c. this becoming such a headache
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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30. August 2007 @ 19:54 |
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Can we see a pic of the whole thing that you rigged up? It's probably because you took the fan off the heatsink. In the bios lower your CPU coltage to 1.1 and check the temps again.
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30. August 2007 @ 20:00 |
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i mean like the new heatsink still has its fan i took the fan off the old heatsink that came with the cpu
so this is the new set up. and will the cpu be able to handle the overclock with lowered voltage?
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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30. August 2007 @ 20:22 |
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That should be fine for your overclock. If not try a little higher next time. Remember if it doesn't boot don't freak out, just take out the battery and put it back(The CMOS battery on the motherboard, tell me you know what it is to make sure) and try a little higher.
BTW no offense but that case is abominable, consider getting a new case. If you do we can help you out with that too.
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30. August 2007 @ 20:30 |
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lol i would love to get a new case but im so broke for money i dont think i can afford one...not to mention the check engine light cam eon in my car and i owe so much other money so ill hold off for now but thanks for all the help everyone
EDIT:o and yea i know bout the battery i pull that thing out a lot lol, and what kinda case would u reccommend?
EDIT:lower the voltages worked wonders idle is 40c and load is about 50c i even managed a tiny more oc im now @ 2.61GHz
e4300 @ 3GHz
gigabyte 965p-ds3
2gb ddr2 800 OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
xfx 8800gts 320mb
Corsair hx520w psu
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