Ok, so I made a post before i bought my HSF (Arctic Freezer Pro 64), Thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5), and 140mm top fan. My PC was running over 70 degrees Celsius when running Windows Experience Index, Ripping Blu-rays, and playing StarCraft II. Nothing has changed with the 70$ worth of improvements.
I smeared the thermal paste on my CPU with a petco card, put on the HSF without much moving around, and installed the top fan directly over my hsf. My feeling is that the fans are not running fast enough. Below is a pic of my system before the top fans was installed. I leave case open have a large box fan on it while gaming, and ambient room temp is around 25-30 Celsius (hot I know). Also i disabled smart fan control in BIOS to try to get fans to run at max speed. What am I doing wrong?
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LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM
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LIAN LI PC-7FN Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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Standard Return Policy
$109.99
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GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
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Standard Return Policy
$139.99
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XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
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(not on list is 40g intel ssd, and 150g velicorapter)
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I smeared the thermal paste on my CPU with a petco card, put on the HSF without much moving around, and installed the top fan directly over my hsf. My feeling is that the fans are not running fast enough. Below is a pic of my system before the top fans was installed. I leave case open have a large box fan on it while gaming, and ambient room temp is around 25-30 Celsius (hot I know). Also i disabled smart fan control in BIOS to try to get fans to run at max speed. What am I doing wrong?
1
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM
Item #: N82E16820231303
Memory Standard Return Policy
$104.99
1
ASUS MS236H Glossy Black / White 23" 2ms(GTG) Ring stand and Ergo-fit technology Widescreen LCD Monitor w/HDMI
Item #: N82E16824236081
Monitor Standard Return Policy
1
LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM
Item #: N82E16827136181
Standard Return Policy
$139.99
1
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
Item #: N82E16819103808
CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
$159.99
1
LIAN LI PC-7FN Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811112249
Standard Return Policy
$109.99
1
GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128435
Standard Return Policy
$139.99
1
XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2 / ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ...
Item #: N82E16817207002
Standard Return Policy
$99.99
1
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814150447
VGA Standard Return Policy
$169.99
(not on list is 40g intel ssd, and 150g velicorapter)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs129.ash2/39778_10100401809981464_9354880_72733431_2527397_n.jpg