I had trouble with temps with your setup, try reseating the cpu and use some artic silver 5, make sure you do two small lines along the heatpipes and twist it a bit when on to make good contact and check it's on level. Over then that inprove your airflow, mine was not getting enough intake (p182) so I increased fan speed and opend doors on front temp dropped 15c! just by doing that. Tidy cables too. Mine was idleing around 51c when I first installed it and was going nuts, got it down to 32c eventually, just needs patience and trial and error. Keep us updated. Definatly change to as5 and get working on airflow!. Good luck.
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Idling at 45-50C?
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What case are you using?
If your power supply is over your Xig, have the fan blow to a back exhaust. If you have a top exhaust directly over your Xig, have the fan blow up towards the exhaust.
This all assumes you have the case upright.
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If your power supply is over your Xig, have the fan blow to a back exhaust. If you have a top exhaust directly over your Xig, have the fan blow up towards the exhaust.
This all assumes you have the case upright.
I have a generic steel mid-tower case that I will have to replace eventually. It doesn't have a top fan slot, just a 120mm front intake and a 120mm back exhaust. I removed the side panel until I get my Scythe fan controller because my front and back fans are both off until it arrives. It's definitely tight inside this case, so the PSU and heatsink are close. Since it's an AMD setup I can only use the CPU fan vertically, not horizontally.
I reseated the heatsink with the same Thermalright compound and turned it around so that the fan is blowing up. I'll be using OCZ freeze when it comes in a couple days, but I just wanted to get a sense of which orientation would be better in my setup. Right now, with horrible air-flow, I'm idling in the high 30's. I'm not sure if it's the fan orientation or the re-application of the thermal paste, but it's running cooler than before.
The heatsink is warm to the touch, and I'm running the fan at ~1400rpm.
Here's some pics after re-seating:
I reseated the heatsink with the same Thermalright compound and turned it around so that the fan is blowing up. I'll be using OCZ freeze when it comes in a couple days, but I just wanted to get a sense of which orientation would be better in my setup. Right now, with horrible air-flow, I'm idling in the high 30's. I'm not sure if it's the fan orientation or the re-application of the thermal paste, but it's running cooler than before.
The heatsink is warm to the touch, and I'm running the fan at ~1400rpm.
Here's some pics after re-seating:
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