New setup here

Well guys, how are you enjoying life in the fast lane?
What HSFs are you using?

Have you noticed that these chips seem to heat up/cool down almost instantaneously?

I'm using the stock cooler with stock thermal pad and yes I did notice that.

At idle it runs @36°C.
Instantly hits 41°C under full load (folding)

Instantly drops back down to 36 if I pause work.

Case temp shows 32°C.

I cannot get over the fact that the heatsink actually feels cold to the touch under load!

When they say these new 90nm CPU run cool, they're not kidding.

I haven't tried overclocking yet. I really don't see the need to. It runs fast the way it is.

I nabbed a CM Hyper48 HSF yesterday (my watercooling setup is undergoing a major revision) and am quite pleased with it so far.
Installation is a snap and the supplied 92mm fan is almost dead silent.

Naturally, I can't leave well enough alone, so tonight after work I'll be adding a 120mm fan to see what happens.

My running temps have been marginally lower than yours VB, but not by much ( and within the margin of error), so my results should be applicable to you also.

I'll let you know.

@clocker,

I just tried an experiment you might be interested in...

The Cool 'n' Quiet technology feature of this motherboard.

With Cool 'n' Quiet - Off.

Idle: 36°C
Load: 41°C
CPU fan speed is 3200 RPM.

Now with the feature - On:

Idle: 37°C
Load: 43°C

But now for the best part... The CPU fan speed has dropped to:

Idle: 2050 RPM
Load: 2050 RPM

Very impressive results. It sounds dead quiet.

I have always had "Cool & Quiet" off anyway.
Not gonna pollute your thread with my experiments, VB.
I have a huge pile of parts to add so I'll just start yet another "Modding Sprocket" topic.

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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

So... Any news RPerry?

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Believe it or not, I only just flashed my bios today using liveupdate. Kept putting this off cause 512mb was enough to keep me going until I installed Azureus.

This indeed was the problem as we thought, now showing 1.0 GB of ram :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

3000+ 90nm

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Could you afford anything better? :blink: :lookaroun

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Originally Posted by Linkin Park

Could you afford anything better? :blink: :lookaroun

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I couldn't at the time, Remember, some of us don't get an "allowance" We have family's to feed and other bills to pay. I allow myself an upgrade about once a year, depending on whats out there. I enjoy my PC, but its not the most important thing I have. I much rather spend money taking Sideswiped out :w00t:

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Originally Posted by RPerry

I couldn't at the time, Remember, some of us don't get an "allowance" We have family's to feed and other bills to pay. I allow myself an upgrade about once a year, depending on whats out there. I enjoy my PC, but its not the most important thing I have. I much rather spend money taking Sideswiped out :w00t:

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:rolleyes: I get stuff bought for me since im special :D Whole new custom pimp rig commin (Summer 05) :w00t: :cool:

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Originally Posted by Linkin Park

Could you afford anything better? :blink: :lookaroun

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I could have any (more expensive) one I wanted but is it the best choice? In fact I could spend a whole lot more if I want to. I have the money. It's just a choice.

The prices at the time were about:

3000+ $185
3200+ $265
3500+ $390
3800+ $600
FX over $1000

So you can see that for an extra 200+ speed increase you have to spend quite a difference in money. To me it wasn't worth it. I'm better saving my money and if I wait for prices to drop... I might even be able to buy the FX for a few hundred dollars later on.

And oh... 3000+ is plenty fast.