totaleclipse82

ok, So for my q9550 that is not lapped nor is my Noctua...What method do you guys suggest for me...a novice?

Also should i use the Noctua TIM or the AS5?

Kopi

Just apply a small dot, or something that looks like this.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=4

Use either the dot, line, or 2 line method. I prefer the line, myself...i feel the 2 lines is a little too much.

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ljason8eg

I'd use a small dot. Just an FYI, the base of my Noctua was horribly uneven (50C idle on stock settings) so i had to lap it. Check with a razor blade or some straight edge to make sure it's not.

The Noctua TIM is better than AS5 in my experience.

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gig

Good to see so many folks with this cooler
I personally love it.

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ljason8eg

You think it would be possible to do some sort of mod that would increase the pressure? I'm asking because my base was so uneven that i had to lap enough material off to get it flat that the heatsink doesn't fit as tight as I'd like. I can twist it a little bit and I don't like that. I don't think there's a washer mod for this cooler though..but any ideas?

Also i hate that my Q6600 loads cores 0 and 1 9C higher than cores 2 and 3, but no matter which way i turn the heatsink it's still the same. Must just be a weird chip then...

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ljason8eg

Double post, but if anyone wanted to know how far you can push a really hot CPU on this cooler, here it is. Not bad I'd say. 22C ambient

And you can see my horrible 10C difference between the cores...idk what causes that.

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derek2esilent

is that with only the stock fan? and, correct me if im wrong, but i think the difference between cores is caused by one side of the heatpipes being higher than the other...?

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ljason8eg

It's with antec tri cools. They knocked off 4C from the load temp. So i guess technically you'd want to add 4C back onto there if you used the stock fans, but then again, my current case has really bad airflow.

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MidgetMariachi

Those are some real good numbers!

Valdeam

bluedevil

I wonder how 2 1200rpm/69cfm/24db Slipstreams would do on this badboy in a Push/Pull config.....

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