i5-2500K(stock cooler, stock speed, Artic Silver)
ASUS P67 Sabertooth Rev 3.0
2x 4gb GSKILL DDR3
Antec P183 V3
2x Scythe 120mm fans(front intake)
Stock Antec fans(rear/top exhaust)
Corsair 650w
I have owned the system for about five months and it has performed well in everything so far. Never felt the need to overclock as yet, but it was only $5 more for the 2500K at the time compared to the 2500. The intel stock heatsink was used and has worked with no trouble, however the temperatures have concerned me.
The biggest load the computer has to handle is probably Starcraft II, and the temps are getting into the low 60s during gameplay. I ran prime95 to see how it would handle a torture test and after a few minutes it was up in the upper 60s, scratching 70c with a max one time of 73c. Three seconds after closing Prime 95, the temperatures are in the low 50s and still dropping. Ambient room temperature is around 22c generally and my case is about 8 inches from the wall. Idle is around 32-35c and typical load is high 40s or maybe 50 for anything non-gaming.
Now on to the questions.
The max temperature listed for the processor is 72.6 I believe. Should I be concerned if Prime 95 gets it there after only about 10 minutes, but did hold there for another 10, not letting it get over 70 hardly at all.
I had good results with a Zalman cooler back when my GPU fan died on my old system, it was all copper and looked something like this, but was only $10 when I bought it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118036
Would you recommend that or something else? The $10 version dropped my GPU about 10c from its original stock fan(47c idle originally had gone up to 51c idle before it died, Zalman was 36c out of the box on silent mode)
The vast majority of high rated coolers available on newegg are a newer style in the form of "rifle", "tower", or other named coolers that are the size of a skyscraper and probably weigh a ton. The antec p183 does have a cutout in the back so a backplate should not be terribly hard to install, however the size and weight worry me. I am not sure if it will fit in a P183 with a P67 sabertooth motherboard.
And last, the compound.
I have some Artic silver in a bag, but I was thinking of picking up something else since its a few years old. I have heard Artic Cooling MX-2 is fairly good.
Bonus: The stock intel push pin design is very annoying/difficult to work with Other mounting systems seem easier.
ASUS P67 Sabertooth Rev 3.0
2x 4gb GSKILL DDR3
Antec P183 V3
2x Scythe 120mm fans(front intake)
Stock Antec fans(rear/top exhaust)
Corsair 650w
I have owned the system for about five months and it has performed well in everything so far. Never felt the need to overclock as yet, but it was only $5 more for the 2500K at the time compared to the 2500. The intel stock heatsink was used and has worked with no trouble, however the temperatures have concerned me.
The biggest load the computer has to handle is probably Starcraft II, and the temps are getting into the low 60s during gameplay. I ran prime95 to see how it would handle a torture test and after a few minutes it was up in the upper 60s, scratching 70c with a max one time of 73c. Three seconds after closing Prime 95, the temperatures are in the low 50s and still dropping. Ambient room temperature is around 22c generally and my case is about 8 inches from the wall. Idle is around 32-35c and typical load is high 40s or maybe 50 for anything non-gaming.
Now on to the questions.
The max temperature listed for the processor is 72.6 I believe. Should I be concerned if Prime 95 gets it there after only about 10 minutes, but did hold there for another 10, not letting it get over 70 hardly at all.
I had good results with a Zalman cooler back when my GPU fan died on my old system, it was all copper and looked something like this, but was only $10 when I bought it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118036
Would you recommend that or something else? The $10 version dropped my GPU about 10c from its original stock fan(47c idle originally had gone up to 51c idle before it died, Zalman was 36c out of the box on silent mode)
The vast majority of high rated coolers available on newegg are a newer style in the form of "rifle", "tower", or other named coolers that are the size of a skyscraper and probably weigh a ton. The antec p183 does have a cutout in the back so a backplate should not be terribly hard to install, however the size and weight worry me. I am not sure if it will fit in a P183 with a P67 sabertooth motherboard.
And last, the compound.
I have some Artic silver in a bag, but I was thinking of picking up something else since its a few years old. I have heard Artic Cooling MX-2 is fairly good.
Bonus: The stock intel push pin design is very annoying/difficult to work with Other mounting systems seem easier.