is that 37°C at load?
Should I reseat my heatsink?
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There is a number of ways to apply thermal paste. My favorite, and the one recommended by Thermaltake, is to squeeze a line on top of your CPU, take a riggid peace of paper/cardboard and spread the paste down the CPU covering its full surface. Some put a line in the middle of the CPU (where the cores are suppose to be), but that is no garantee of an even spread.
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I used the AS5 line across the cores method with my TRUE, AS5 and Q6600. Worked out perfectly.
Originally Posted by Gunderman456 There is a number of ways to apply thermal paste. My favorite, and the one recommended by Thermaltake, is to squeeze a line on top of your CPU, take a riggid peace of paper/cardboard and spread the paste down the CPU covering its full surface. Some put a line in the middle of the CPU (where the cores are suppose to be), but that is no garantee of an even spread.
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From his picture, it looks like he didn't do it quite right. He needed to reseat anyway.
Originally Posted by Gunderman456 This guy did the same thing and was not too happy with the results; http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...6600-true.html |
Conventional methods of applying TIM don't work too well for direct heatpipe contact coolers
The best way is to apply like this
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The best way is to apply like this
Okay so I reseated my heatsink and added one of my tri cool fans at max speed and I checked occt and it showed 37
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so I took a members advice and downloaded real temp and it shows 32c. I'm not sure what I should be looking for in temps and the temps may do better once the mx-2 starts to set... I may be wrong on that though.
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MX-2 doesn't have a curing time
Originally Posted by redline4 I'm not sure what I should be looking for in temps and the temps may do better once the mx-2 starts to set... I may be wrong on that though. |
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