I Have Just Applied Arctic Silver 5 (barton 2500)

[Dray_04]

phewww.. thats a relief

[bigdawgfoxx]

Mine were still 27C when I first applied it lol.

[Dray_04]

doesnt this sound weird....

2 case fans blowing air out, while small desktop fan blowing fresh air in.

before....

AMD athlon 2000+ 1.6Ghz
-usually on all day and night
-basic thermal paste
-average temps (case: 25-30 CPU 25-30 idle)
-iv had this processor for over a year

now...

[U]AMD Athlon 2500+ barton core 1.83Ghz
-brand spanking new (i only tested it once before, about a week ago)
-arctic silver 5
-temps: (case 25-30 CPU: anywhere between 40 and 50)
-just installed the processor an hour ago....


so why is the temps so high?? dont tell me that Motherboard Monitor 5 is reading the temps wrong because it ISNT!.

I have been running F@H for about 30min non stop now and my CPU temp seems to be at 49-50 degrees celcius...

[bigdawgfoxx]

Thats higher then mine is and mines overclocked...

[bigdawgfoxx]

How do people do stuff like this? 1 Penny for a 9800XT....is that really true?

Here

[Dray_04]

1 penny would be good ay.

id even pay for the shipping (to NZ)



anyway, what does that have to do with this topic bigdawg?

im getting annoyed at these temp readings!! why o why? :music1:

i hope they go back down to 30-35

or even lower, on my CPU i have a heatsink that has a copper bottom, and i applied the AS5 to the copper.... thats ok ay? i mean, i can apply AS to the copper ay?

[clocker]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@11 March 2004 - 15:47
u have to wait a while for the as5 to start working b4 u start to c any temp changes. i think u have to have the cpu run for 72 hrs (max) b4 u start to c temp changes.

Wrong.

AS5 ( and any silver compound, for that matter) needs 200 hours of thermal cycling to properly normalize.
Basically, you just run it up to full load temp and then shut down and let the chip cool to room ambient.
Repeat.
A lot.

In theory this will result in lower temps eventually, although I can't say I've seen any noticable drops as yet.
At best, you might get 1-3 deg. reduction, so don't hold your breath waiting for magic to occur.

Maybe you could get Abu to wave his magic HDD over your HSF and cast a spell.

[Dray_04]

so AC5 is only going to drop my usual temps for 3 degree

[clocker]

Your current temps with AS5 will only improve a bit even after it has had a chance to settle in.
I'd start looking at other reasons/solutions for your quandary....

[Dray_04]

ok ive overclocked it.

its running stable at 2.2 ghz like a 3200

however the temps as usual are a big issue here....

something must be wrong because the temps at the mo are

51 degrees celcius

wheww thats hot.

that idle as well... im not even going to attempt to run F@H, cause i no the temps will go higher....

so where do i go from here....back down the the normal frequency and fan?

i think it has something to do with the heatsinks. i have 2 here.... 1 with my old cpu (2000+) and a new one that i have on now. it has a copper plate mounted on the bottom of it.

mayb il chuck the old CPU fan/hs on