hititnquitit
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Here we go.
What did I miss?Not this again lol
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Here we go.
What did I miss?Not this again lol
Well, not all good. It's still idling around 40C, even with the fan on 100%. This is strange. It's almost like something in teh BIOS started reporting the temps differently, but I haven't updated the BIOS. What I have noticed is that my cores are not dropping when idling. They stay around 3500-3800. I know they aren't running at that speed or the CPU would be getting hotter, but somehow I think this is connected to my 40C idle temps.I checked all of my intake filters and they were clean, but what I didn't check was the radiator itself. I blew it out with some compressed air, and some dust did come out. Not a huge amount, but more than I would have liked. It looks like that pretty much did it. It's back to near normal now around 34-36C idle. However, I have a suspicion it was not that little bit of extra dust on the rad fins, but a Windows update. Anyway, all good now.
It cools fine when under stress. Idle, imo, is too high.Why are you having such a hard time with your 3600?
It really isnt hard to cool..
The whole point of the test was to confirm or not that AC5 can still compare to 'new and better' thermal compounds, at least on my 3600. I too will use all of my AC5 before buying anything else, and probably buy AC5 againI have a big tube of as5 which I bought back in the stone age. I took have grown old.
But it's used in all my builds. Works fine. The big tube was a good investment.
If your talking about a 1c difference I'm not impressed enough to change my ways.
The whole point of the test was to confirm or not that AC5 can still compare to 'new and better' thermal compounds, at least on my 3600. I too will use all of my AC5 before buying anything else, and probably buy AC5 again
I know what you mean. I tossed out so much stuff a couple of years ago, 3.5" caddies, internal DVD writers, all sorts of stuff I had collected since the mid 90s. I'm also just about over the enthusiast computer thing too. My last effort was this thing:Oh I get it... I was just making conversation. It's amazing how much extra stuff I don't need to buy when I do a build these days. I hoarded all this stuff in the late 90s into the 2000s...
Zip ties. Pfft. I'll never buy them again. Thermal paste? Might never buy it again. Extra screws... Check.... Check. Check.
same, you reminded me to check and the price has finally dropped, so i ordered some.I ordered MX-6 based on recommendation in this thread. Let's see what's what?
I'm currently using the Noctua paste. It's pretty impressive. I now have multiple tubes of AC5, a huge tube of MX6 and another nice sized tube of the Noctua. I'm good for about 3 lifetimes.I ordered MX-6 based on recommendation in this thread. Let's see what's what?