AlanHo Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 As reported before I reently built a new computer with an Intel Quad core processor and Zalman cooler.I used the thermal compound that came with the Zalman cooler. Since I built it each CPU core ran at a different temperature - core 1 being the highest and core 4 the lowest. I got core temperatures at idle in the range 36C to 42C but when running at 100% CPU load these temperatures increased to 48C to 55C.Whilst within safe limits - a friend who knows "stuff" said this was higher than it should be and recommended I refit the cooler using Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound. This I did yesterday - the result is that core temperatures are now running at 31C to 38C at idle and 42C to 47C at 100% CPU load.Hence the change in thermal paste has produced a drop in core temperatures of about 7C. The Arctic Silver instructions claim that the temperature will fall further over the first 200 hours "break-in" period by between 2C and 5C.Good innit.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Yep ! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I always use Arctic Silver. What they say about breaking it in is true as well. Excellent stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raddy Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 If you're really looking to go balls out on cooling, you should get the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme...I got it for my quad core, and it runs at ~22C while run F@H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 RaddyI am old and English and in need of your help for me to better understand your post.I am not at all sure what your reference to "balls out" refers to. I appreciate it may, on a hot day, help cool my anatomy, but how it helps cool the cpu beats me..... I also don't understand what your abbreviation F@H stands for... I googled for the cooler you mention and must admit it looks rather impressive - but probably overkill for me because I don't overclock my computer. I would not be able to achieve a temperature of 22C whichever cooler I fitted, because the room temperature in my study is higher than that. Thanks for your recommendation - I'm sure it's very pertinent - but I am happy with my copper coloured Zalman and my Arctic Silver compound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 F@H = Folding @ Home :)http://folding.stanford.edu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raddy Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Haha, sorry about that. "Balls out" is a crude phrase meaning to get the maximum performance (pedal to the metal). Basically, it just means get excellent cooling. F@H (Folding At Home) is a program that you download that uses your CPU's idle cycles (when it's not doing anything) to perform calculations for a Stanford research lab, called protein folding, and then sends the results back. As a result, if you're running F@H, your processor is always running at 100%. Hope this clears up my post :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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