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AMD 550 too hot?
i have put up the multiplier for my 550 to 18 and its now about 3600MHz
i got a thermaltake blue orb 2 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/T...lueOrb2/3.html because thats the only cpu cooler they had in the shop and i am getting 51 degrees on easytune, its about 50 on the bios if i restart. i might have put too much thermal paste so i removed some after looking at pictures online. should i reapply the thermal paste? or is there something else i can do? |
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Yes, I would reapply paste but more importantly I would upgrade that orb to say an xiggy dark knight with push/pull and you will see those temps drop way down. Newegg has it for $44.99 and with your system running cooler it will allow you to get even higher overclocks.
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Hey, are you hitting 51°C in idle or full load?
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If it is 51c idle deffinatly something wrong, try re-seating cooler apply some new TIM.*COUGH get rid of that lame ass cooler COUGH* 51c Load- Nothing to worry about, maybe invest in a better cooler. dark night, Prolimatech mega. etc etc. And bash some good fans on them in push/pull and you will see the temps drop.
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Yea, try reapplying the thermal paste. you don't need that much either; only about the size of a grain of rice.
Also get a good thermal paste, as5, acrtic cooling mx-2, tuniq tx-2, ocz. And I agree with the others get a better cooler than that crappy thermaltake. get a zalman or a xigmatech, or arctic cooling, or a noctua. You should idle at around low 30's high 20's depending on your ambient temp. A good cooler and good thermal paste makes a huge difference.
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try not buying thermaltake products lol that is well hot!
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