answer for your question: if you didnt applied your tim properly, the temp will be higher than you expected. crash or reboot when your processor overheated. so make sure you check the temp when u boot up, if higher than normal or your expectation, shut down and check your mounting and tim. dont wait till your comp auto restart else it will be too late. hehe..

oh boy.im not too sure myself.cuz idle temps are like 37c and full load 45c with ceramique.but these are all on stock/no oc what do you think?

with my old generic TIM i got 34c idle and 45c full load.

Wait for it to fully sink in then see whether the temp will drop or not...if you not crash or auto-reboot, then should be ok lor... from the temp you given, I think if OC also will not get to too high...

it only auto reboot when i OC to 2520mhz.now stock no problems.stock temps also quite high edi worh..last time i oc to 2.7ghz idle 37c and full load 48c already.but wasnt on ceramique lah.now approx 36hrs+ already

I guess ur apply too much or too little of the paste.

did u let it sink in? anyway ceramique should be improving ur temp.... or u just got a bad ceramique.

i was thinking that could be the cause too hmm maybe i should reapply tonight

its been sinked in for about 60hrs+ already since i applied it..temps now idle 36c i think i dint apply correctly lah.cant be ceramique is worse then the generic silicon tim


edit: do you think i should reapply it or wait till like 100hours?

This post has been edited by pengster: Feb 2 2007, 07:53 PM

You got 1C drop from the first day install till now right as you got 37C idle before, now is 36C? Maybe you should wait... or if you like, you can reapply it...like that you can know whether you apply it right or not, so you will know how much should be apply next time...

I also wonder mine as I still get 44C at idle from that day till now...dun know is it not enough pressure... anyway I will re-install my NH-12F after I get my new CM Centurion 530 from Moderno soon (will buy after get salary )...

Wao rich man spotted!! Got Noctua CPU and Chipset cooler, now go for a decent case haa. Complete cooling set for ya rig. Nice nice !!

haha...not rich man lar... just spend most of my salary to upgrade my rig as I not upgrade my rig for several year liao...after upgrade those thing, I think I gonna stop for maybe 1 or 2 years before upgrade again...

hope I can be rich like Uncle ianho...

Edited to add: with my current casing, the space is very limited after install the NH-12F, so the air flow become bad... as I read from forum here, found that the Centurion 530 air flow not bad, so I decide to get it lor as it is nice and the price is reasonable...I can't get those high end casing like Lian Li, Antec and Silverstone as the price is too high for me...

This post has been edited by Kataro: Feb 2 2007, 11:48 PM

er.. can i ask, if i have Amd M2 3800+ processor with big typn vx, which kind of thermal paste i should apply for best cooling?? I see you all wrote so many about risk applying it.

If i use artic silver 5 or Zm-STG1, which one can apply to VGA (Nvdia 256mb DDR3 9600GS) and Chipset (MSI K9N utlra). Scare break the VGA and Chipset on board.


I just dnt know which one is good btw As5 and ZM-STG1?

So ZM-STG1 also will sink just like As5?


Can anyone give me an opinion?

This post has been edited by kingsthii: Feb 3 2007, 01:10 PM

Are you sure 9600GS, or you mean 7600GS?

AS5 apply to GC and NB chipset no problem lar...just you need to put very little of it, a little dot enough...then use the Heatsink to spread it... if you really scare, then use AS Ceramic lor...

from the review done by forumer here, the Zalman STG-1 not so impresive lor, still the AS5 better...

now after 77hours of sink in time idle temps are 35c dunno if its cause of the cool morning weather or its gettin more n more sinked in

The best way to know is, you check the temp during midnight, let say 12 am, then you check again at the other day at about the same time...mostly midnight will be around same ambient temp for normal wheather right?

Plenty of review had shown that the Zalman does not seem to be very good.If you wanted the best, i guess you can go for the AS5 or maybe the TR Chill Factor currently.

now after 85hours its still at 35c idle hope that it gets to below 34c though my NB has showed a 1c improvement


edit : after 87 hours my temps when utilization is below 5% are 34c on proc and 31c on mobo

This post has been edited by pengster: Feb 3 2007, 11:34 PM

hmm... do you think 3g of ac5 is enough for one processor , vga and chipset??? i just wonder want buy 12g or 3g

This post has been edited by kingsthii: Feb 4 2007, 12:48 AM

3g is more than enough for applying a few time in those.At least for me.Cause all you need is just a little bit on them..

is enough la, enough for 2-3 years, cause as far i know, u required to reapply the tim yearly

yearly? -__' no apply yearly can? lazy oh