FlawlessSoul Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 A few weeks ago I got my H70 to replace a pretty good air cooler (Titan Fenrir) that was cooling my 920 overclocked to 4Ghz (191x21) The H70 was great, however I was still reaching 85 degrees after minutes in Prime95 or IBT - eventually reaching over 90 degrees. Now the curious thing is, I ended up going all the way to 200Mhz baseclk, and kept the multi to get to 4.2Ghz. Temperatures have gone down 5 degrees across the board on the CPU, and the northbridge is no hotter. Prime95/IBT seem to be mirroring this 5 degree drop, or better, topping out in the low 80s. Pleased as I am, I'm rather confused. Nothing else has changed in the machine, voltages have actually stayed the same, the AS5 on the CPU has been on there less than a week, and there was a space of a few hours between before and after tests. Anyone got any ideas why this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lextheimpaler Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thermal grease has cured... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlawlessSoul Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thermal grease has cured... The AS5 has been on there less than a week, I don't think it has cured yet. I could understand the curing dropping a few degrees, but dropping 5+ AND under a higher overclock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lextheimpaler Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The AS5 has been on there less than a week, I don't think it has cured yet. I could understand the curing dropping a few degrees, but dropping 5+ AND under a higher overclock? I the changed the thermal grease yesterday to AS5 on my H50 after 3months of use. Initially the temps will around 5-6deg higher than before. Today I saw a 5 deg drop at full load on a slightly higher overclocking. Much as I like the h50, I've decided to take the plunge into full water-cooling. I ordered Swiftech Edge H230 which is a pretty decent water cooling kit. Although I still dont have the guts to buy water-cooling piecemeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlawlessSoul Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 I the changed the thermal grease yesterday to AS5 on my H50 after 3months of use. Initially the temps will around 5-6deg higher than before. Today I saw a 5 deg drop at full load on a slightly higher overclocking. Much as I like the h50, I've decided to take the plunge into full water-cooling. I ordered Swiftech Edge H230 which is a pretty decent water cooling kit. Although I still dont have the guts to buy water-cooling piecemeal. Weird. I literally changed the bclk from 191 to 200, dropped multi to 20x and booted to Windows. The temps were fine, and it was stable, so I rebooted, set it to 21x and tested it again. Between having the 4Ghz (191x21) and 4.2Ghz (200x21) I didnt do anything else, it was the space of half an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lextheimpaler Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Weird. I literally changed the bclk from 191 to 200, dropped multi to 20x and booted to Windows. The temps were fine, and it was stable, so I rebooted, set it to 21x and tested it again. Between having the 4Ghz (191x21) and 4.2Ghz (200x21) I didnt do anything else, it was the space of half an hour. Temp readings may have been incorrect the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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