In need of a new CPU cooler.

[rampageturke]

coolermaster hyper 212+

[Rixxz2]

[QUOTE=Clopsy;22532131]Did you re-seat your heatsink? Were you running it on all four cores?[/QUOTE]

1. No.

2. Yes.

[editline]02:43PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Wheeze201;22531995][B]95[/B] ? jesus christ.

I got scared shitless when mine was at 60.[/QUOTE]

99, actually. :v:

[Clopsy]

You might not need a new heatsink then. Congrats.

[Rixxz2]

Right. I now ran it for an entire hour. (Letting HWmonitor stay on the entire time)

[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1z68foi.png[/IMG]

Using this setting:

[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/2jg6sld.png[/IMG]

[editline]04:05PM[/editline]

I have no idea why it heated up so terribly yesterday.

[shipkiller]

prolimatech megahalem, this beast is soo effective

i7 860 on stock cooler, 87c full
i7 860 on the prolimatech megahalem, 49C full

[whatnow v3]

[QUOTE=Wheeze201;22531995]95 ? jesus christ.

I got scared shitless when mine was at 60.[/QUOTE]

not that you should be scared at 60

OP - did the cpu throttle down? you'll notice it if the game runs sluggishly when it gets hot

[odellus]

[QUOTE=Rixxz2;22533613]Right. I now ran it for an entire hour. (Letting HWmonitor stay on the entire time)

[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1z68foi.png[/IMG]

Using this setting:

[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/2jg6sld.png[/IMG]

[editline]04:05PM[/editline]

I have no idea why it heated up so terribly yesterday.[/QUOTE]

For Prime95 to be anywhere near accurate you need to run it for a minimum of 24 hours on small FFTs.

[Rixxz2]

Well, this is odd, I played GTA 4 for an hour, leaving HWmonitor on. The temperature never went above 60 degrees, and I got a nice 60-70 FPS like I usually do.

[Rixxz2]

Maybe it was HWmonitor screwing up, showing a higher temperature than it actually was?

[editline]09:04PM[/editline]

What the fuck automerge

[DOG-GY]

[QUOTE=Odellus;22535695]For Prime95 to be anywhere near accurate you need to run it for a minimum of 24 hours on small FFTs.[/QUOTE]
Accurate for what? Max temp?

[ryanmh12]

I assume you're using the stock cooler. Intel's stock coolers are known for being particularly crappy. First make sure it's seated properly and isn't loose. Also, a sensor might be broken because a 99 degrees it would either break or automatically shut off. I would recommend a Cooler Master Hyper 212 for the heatsink and some Arctic Silver 5 for the thermal paste.

[Laten]

You could try out the Noctua NH-D14... Cools reeally well and imo the best performing air cooler if you attach a 3rd fan. Although it takes up ALOOT of room, specially with the 3rd fan.

[hTux]

I would get a Hyper-212

[odellus]

Okay once and for fucking all stop recommending the Hyper 212.

[url]http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2525&page=5[/url]

This is Frostytech's latest article which encompasses a huge amount of heatsinks and compares them.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/Xigmatek-HDT-S1283-120mm-Bearing-Cooler/dp/B0013EMKXC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1276460411&sr=8-1]This[/url] certainly seems better than the aforementioned piece of shit for $60, doesn't it? Lets not forget [url=http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-Core-Contact-Freezer-120mm-CR-CCTF/dp/B001AYF582/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1276460473&sr=1-1]this[/url] or the [url=http://www.amazon.com/Prolimatech-Cooler-Socket-Megahalems-Silver/dp/B002WB2LV6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1276460503&sr=1-1]this[/url]. Christ guys.

[Contend]

Thermal paste

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1410&N=50001410&SpeTabStoreType=0[/url]

[odellus]

[QUOTE=atl101;22593931]Thermal paste

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1410&N=50001410&SpeTabStoreType=0[/url][/QUOTE]

No, Tuniq TX-4 if you can get it or Tuniq TX-3.