Noctua U12P ~ CPU Cooler

[Stephen!]

Hahahaha well done on being a failure at reading,

You stated that the stock heatsink was broken, not the new one you just purchased.

[AgnesIO]

Damn Noctua HSF's are ugly things but I am told that they are beasts of a cooler.

100% agreed about ugly. They are seriously ugly - beige in colour

But they are exceptional coolers.

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Stephen - you want pictures to proove it has been done properly? :\

[Stephen!]

The results speak for themselves.

Why do you get all offensive because I said that it wasn't seated right?

I'm just stating the facts. At most, the temperature differences between all the cores should be no more than 2-3c. Yours have a difference of 10.


Of course, you wouldn't be able to see it by looking as it will be on a much smaller scale.

Here is a diagram. On the left is how it should be seated (as close to flat as possible). All four cores are around the same temp.
On the right, it is possibly what has happened in your case. It's not making full contact with the cores on the right hand side thus increasing the temperatures.

Anyway. Idle temps mean nothing. Load the CPU to 100% and then see what the results are. Hopefully they might even themselves out.

[N!ck]

Yeah, run it at 100% for a bit and look at the temps. If they're within 5 degrees or so then all is good.

[AgnesIO]

The results speak for themselves.

Why do you get all offensive because I said that it wasn't seated right?

I'm just stating the facts. At most, the temperature differences between all the cores should be no more than 2-3c. Yours have a difference of 10.


Of course, you wouldn't be able to see it by looking as it will be on a much smaller scale.

Here is a diagram. On the left is how it should be seated (as close to flat as possible). All four cores are around the same temp.
On the right, it is possibly what has happened in your case. It's not making full contact with the cores on the right hand side thus increasing the temperatures.

Anyway. Idle temps mean nothing. Load the CPU to 100% and then see what the results are. Hopefully they might even themselves out.

Anything you would reccomend do really get the PC going at full power. E.G. Programs?

Atm I only have demos for games.

[Flisker]

Anything you would reccomend do really get the PC going at full power. E.G. Programs?

Atm I only have demos for games.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBur...load-2047.html
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103 (32bit)
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=205 (64bit)

[N!ck]

Anything you would reccomend do really get the PC going at full power. E.G. Programs?

Atm I only have demos for games.

SuperPi. Everyone wants to know the digits of pi. http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=36 Set it to calculate numerous milions.

[AgnesIO]

SuperPi. Everyone wants to know the digits of pi. http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=36 Set it to calculate numerous milions.

Oh wow, finally I can find out the first4 million digits of pi!

Cheers

[AgnesIO]

Results:

Pleased to say after searching for 4 million digits of PI my CPU NEVER went over 40C. What's more is that all cores stayed at a fairly even temp

Screenshot:



Cheers

[Jahova]

Those results look fine. The HSF seems to be properly seated. Btw, what cpu paste are you using?