so today i finally decided i've took enough xxxx from my mecury 360 aio cooler and decided i want to buy a air cooler instead.
since the nh-d5 is basically know to be one of the best ones for keeping a cpu cool i'm wondering what all of your experiences was like with this kit.
i got a asus p6t motherboard paired with a xeon x5675 and soon to be a rx 480 8 gb
my current liquid cooler is not capable (imo) to cool this chip. it is enough for the chip at stock speeds ish
it shoots to about 70 to 80c from 25c under load with the xeon x5675. let alone getting te chip overclocked. (perhaps the 2 year old AIO is just worn out?)
also a side note.
the noctua cooler wil be connected to the bare die of the xeon since its delidded.
after delidding i noticed about a 5c difference on my aio (the cooler is keeping the cpu in the socket since i dont have one of those fancy holders for one.
if anyone is using this cooler on a direct die contact please let me know how it went and how you approached it.
my idea is to gently turn each screw 1 turn at a time to prevent the expensive potato chip from cracking.
thank you all alot for taking your time to help me out!
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since the nh-d5 is basically know to be one of the best ones for keeping a cpu cool i'm wondering what all of your experiences was like with this kit.
i got a asus p6t motherboard paired with a xeon x5675 and soon to be a rx 480 8 gb
my current liquid cooler is not capable (imo) to cool this chip. it is enough for the chip at stock speeds ish
it shoots to about 70 to 80c from 25c under load with the xeon x5675. let alone getting te chip overclocked. (perhaps the 2 year old AIO is just worn out?)
also a side note.
the noctua cooler wil be connected to the bare die of the xeon since its delidded.
after delidding i noticed about a 5c difference on my aio (the cooler is keeping the cpu in the socket since i dont have one of those fancy holders for one.
if anyone is using this cooler on a direct die contact please let me know how it went and how you approached it.
my idea is to gently turn each screw 1 turn at a time to prevent the expensive potato chip from cracking.
thank you all alot for taking your time to help me out!
<MODERATOR EDIT>
Tom's is a FAMILY FRIENDLY website.
PROFANITY is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN and is a BANNING OFFENSE !!!
WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE !!!
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