need opinion from you guys

which is better, spreading the as5 thin or just put a small drop inthe middle and squish it wit hsf??

i just did spring cleaning on my mobo, took everything out and off. i cleaned off the old as5 wit goo gone then wiped off with alcohol. so far the temp isn't high for my cpu (since i downclock to let the new as5 settle in) but my nb is still quite hot, at 50C. and that's using the new forcetake that i got recently

any help guys??

Grab a chipset cooler for ur DFI chipset as well...

it has been well known that NF4 is hot chip .. many owner grab after market cooler like everrcool cooler to cool it ...

it's up to u how the thermal paste should be spread. i have coem over with three methods but seems to be working similar..

1st spread a small amount in the center and let the pressure from the heat sink to work it out.

2nd spread a small amount to the center. use a smooth surface plastic bag to wrap around the finger and even the tehrmal paste with the wrapped finger.

3rd spread a small amount in a square shape in the center and use a plastic card to spread evenly accross the CPU.

actually i am using after-market cooler, amongst the best

JT-006 Forcetake

using plastic card is more harder than it seems. before this i used to wrap my finger in plastic and use that to spread evenly. but now i just put a drop and use hsf to spread it

dude. this will really make ur temps higher than usual.
a drop does the trick (even dispertion)

that's y ;ar i just put a drop only

but no diff yet... maybe positioning isnt' good

hahahah .. .tha's why i still using the plastic card methd until now ..

difficult but easier to control the thickness level and coverage...

in general i don't think there's any difference regardless which method but i don't like the finger wrapping method the most as doing the spreading process with finger .. dust and air bubble might created during the process..

what is the best software to determine pc temp..???i'm using biostar tforce & my proc was amd x2 3600...using stock HSF.

idle : 48
load : 52

u can use speedfan, coretemp and everest. since 3 of them giving me same readings

This post has been edited by basSist: Apr 11 2007, 01:20 AM

i like speedfan, low resource consumption and useful!

just asking, maybe wrong thread(if so sorry ar), but are Danger Den's Water blocks for cpu and vga any good?

Yes, you are in the wrong thread.
You should ask this question in the watercooling guides & tips.

Anyway, yerp, Danger Den's okay la, much much better if you want to compare it with Thermaltake, Coolermaster & Gigabyte waterblock.

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Added on April 23, 2007, 2:16 ami'm wodering,why my cpu hot???
i'm using zalman 9700 NT...my cpu when idle is 50-53c..when load orthos,my cpu is 63-66c...i'm using c2d E6600...when i read the review on new egg,all the user who had use this cooler their temp,most of them idle is just 35c below n when load juz 45c below....so now i'm very confused,tension why my cpu is not like them??? why my cpu hot??? anybody know to solve this problem????please help me....

This post has been edited by sixAxis: Apr 23 2007, 02:20 AM

i think the ppl that wrote the feedback on newegg are not live in malaysia..
maybe they live at somewhere where the room temperature is damn lower than ours..

how to solve? WATERCOOLING!

my cpu temp is normally run at 48C most of the time. but after 3-4hours of playing STALKER, i checked my temp, the temp is now will reach to 53C..the temp will then become 50C when STALKER is closed and will remain at 50C.Is this normal? i am using e6300 and oc it to 2.6ghz..is the temp for my cpu normal?hope u guys can advise... thanks

Guys, need some help here..

Just now, i took out the Zerotherm cooler from my 7300GT and does some clean up. Then, i reapplied new TIM (previously AS5) with the TR Chill Factor. After that, i reboot my computer and realised that my current GC temperature is at a crazy 66c. Previously, it was just at 50c with AS5 and Zerotherm. What might be the problem here?

^mebi u need to check the HSF wheter its been fixed correctly

Well, i just took out the HSF again, wipe off the TR Chill Factor and reapplied it with AS5. Reboot and to my surprise, it is at 47c now. Weird though..

This is the way i do when i reapply the TIM:

- Take out the HSF
- Use Arctic Cleaner to wipe off the TIM and purify the surface
- Apply the TIM (Use rice grain for AS5 and apply on whole surface for TR Chill Factor
- Apply back the HSF

Is there anything wrong there?

at least please state what HSF you are using so that people can tell mar...

Ok guys, i got a weird problem here. My gf's laptop used to be running very hot. I mean, when i put the laptop to a chair for about 15-20min and take it out, you could really feel the heat at the chair.However, i didnt really test the temperature at that time.

Anyway, we went and get another piece of 1g ram for the laptop (previously running at 256MB) as well as a laptop cooler (Zalman NC-1000) yesterday in order to help decrease the temperature. When she on the laptop without using the cooler (inserted the 1g ram), put onto a chair for about 1hour, the chair aint that hot. I mean, the heat produced is less already compared to last time where you could really feel the heat produced.

Then, i installed PC Wizard to test the temperature and its just showing 36c. What might be the problem before?Cause i am pretty sure it must be running higher than 36c even when turn on for 15min.Could adding a ram help the problem?

And when the laptop cooler was used, it drop the temperature to a mere 30-31c. Great buy there..lol...

The laptop spec:

Pentium M 1.3Ghz
256MB DDR233 (Upgraded with another 1G)

my bad i am currently using bigtyphoon XV with artic silver 5. i notice other people got lower temp while using this hsf..u think i have prob with my cpu temp?