Hey all, well me and sheeebbzzz did a complete case clean out yesterday and i purchased 6 of the Coolermaster R4 90cfm's to replace the rest of my case fans to see what kind of temps inside the case might change. I also needed to remove my HSF to clean it out, then reseat. I do believe i have a bad seat - used the pea size method as i have before on some occasions, but normally use the line.
Here's my problem, with everything exactly the same , all settings and hardware besides my case fans all being 90cfm or so they claim, his cpu at 4ghz loads to 65c while mine gets upto 75 with ht off. I used to be able to hover around 75 with HT on, and about 78f ambient temp.
One of the CM R4 fans was used as the rear exhaust and i must say i could hardly feel the air moving out compared to the scythe 110cfms which you could feel blowing about 3-4 feet away.
Going by the model number, these are the 90cfm and and the package says so itself , picked up a bunch since they were on sale for 6 bucks a piece. I also thought the red would be a nice change from the normal blue im used to.
Also got a OCZ XTC2 RAM cooler which i cannot imagine how this thing fits without breaking something, thats getting returned.
I have done tons of seats in the past and never had a bad one like this, same size drop, got the cooler on nice n even, not too much paste, not too little. I just had to say something as i take much more time with this kinda thing and spent nearly 4 hours doing the whole bit yesterday and to get these kinda temps really dissapointed me.
Does anybody have a specific TIM application method for MX-3 on an i7 ? Suggestions, whats worked best for you all ? When i get home im going straight for the line method as used normally. Now im
since i wont be at my current sig OC until i get this resolved. Im sure its just a bad seat, maybe i just worry too much. Thanks all , every opinion is welcome.
Here's my problem, with everything exactly the same , all settings and hardware besides my case fans all being 90cfm or so they claim, his cpu at 4ghz loads to 65c while mine gets upto 75 with ht off. I used to be able to hover around 75 with HT on, and about 78f ambient temp.
One of the CM R4 fans was used as the rear exhaust and i must say i could hardly feel the air moving out compared to the scythe 110cfms which you could feel blowing about 3-4 feet away.
Going by the model number, these are the 90cfm and and the package says so itself , picked up a bunch since they were on sale for 6 bucks a piece. I also thought the red would be a nice change from the normal blue im used to.
Also got a OCZ XTC2 RAM cooler which i cannot imagine how this thing fits without breaking something, thats getting returned.
I have done tons of seats in the past and never had a bad one like this, same size drop, got the cooler on nice n even, not too much paste, not too little. I just had to say something as i take much more time with this kinda thing and spent nearly 4 hours doing the whole bit yesterday and to get these kinda temps really dissapointed me.
Does anybody have a specific TIM application method for MX-3 on an i7 ? Suggestions, whats worked best for you all ? When i get home im going straight for the line method as used normally. Now im
since i wont be at my current sig OC until i get this resolved. Im sure its just a bad seat, maybe i just worry too much. Thanks all , every opinion is welcome.
