eugenius Posted April 13, 2003 Posted April 13, 2003 My friend got the AMD XP1700+ with a Volcano 7+ (copper fins) and running the fan at medium speed he gets around 29-30 deg CEL. I put my AMDXP1700+ back to stock clock freq. with a SLK800 with a Thermaltak Smart Fan 2 at Medium speed on the rheobus and I'm hitting 40 degs CEL. All temps taken at IDLE and in same room. So..... whats the deal? Both systems got a good application of Arctic Silver III thermal compound. Argh!!! So I did I waste my money on the SLK800?? Currently @ 2.1 GHz at 49 deg CEL. IDLE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted April 13, 2003 Posted April 13, 2003 you might want to lap the SLk-800 and you are only supposed to put a very thin layer of thermal compound on the heatsink. the SLK seriers are very good coolers your temps should not be that high you must be doing something wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenius Posted April 13, 2003 Posted April 13, 2003 Okay, thanks much! I cleaned the HS with some alcohol and the processor with alcohol, then applied the Artic Silver 3, as instructed on their website. And now I'm overclocked at 2.1 GHz running at 45 deg. CEL on IDLE, is that okay? -- Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted April 13, 2003 Posted April 13, 2003 i guess? your temps might go down some over the next few days too they did with my Volcano 9. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenius Posted April 13, 2003 Posted April 13, 2003 Alright, thanks for the help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny007 Posted April 14, 2003 Posted April 14, 2003 with my SK-7 (which is 1 step below the 800) and a tornado on low speed (quiet!), i got upper 20*s, lower 30*s... lapping wont make much differance, but the differance in mobos could do it. One might be less sensitive to temps, while one might be more, or both! Plus it also depends on the processor itself. Especialy if you are running a palamino and he has a T-bred B. Many factors... Trade heat sinks for a day... that can give you a pretty god idea of what the true problem would be, cuz you should be in the lower 30s, some 1-3* lower than your friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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