ROFL
I think the problem was, Vista launched and a fair few people adopted it early, people with slow computers complaining was bigger than people enjoying it, so everyone elso avoided it. shame really
(but i was honestly laughing at A Guy's quote :))
Mine ... sorry not very good pic ... taken in electric light a few mins ago :)
Well well.... That was a damn good long weekend, but I had to read through a few pages to catch up again... Lol.
Anyway, I picked up my Phenom II x3 this morning (going to install it tonight), now I'm just waiting for the GTX275 and soon I'll have a few new pics to post...
So, today, I received my Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Cooler and well, that thing is huge! Well, according to my calculation, it will fit in my Lian-Li/Lancool PC-K62.
So!
It's time for the tests "before" and "after". So yeah. Oh and, btw, I'm still running on the stock one while writing this...
Before
Idle :
In charge (100%) :
Test consists of batch converting 111 FLAC files to MP3 (320kbps @ Slow (high quality) settings) using dBPowerAmp v12 (which is multi-threaded)
Well, about time I change this stock CPU cooler heh? See ya later for the "After" test :)
OK, guys. Installation was hard and easy. Why? That Intel stock fan is a b* to remove. We had to use tongs to get one pin out. After that, we removed the CPU, cleaned it from the old thermal paste and put it back to the place with new thermal paste. The easy part is to install the new fan! It fit like a breeze and very easy install. Now, on idle, I see a very good improvement. Core 2 to 4 can see a temperature drop as good as 10C.
Idle :
I don't know if I left it idle long enough though...
In charge (100%) - same test as above :
WOW!!! Just compare... that's two different world! There's a whole 15oC difference (with the first core anyway)! I will reactivate Hyperthreading and Turbo Boost right now!
P.S I will add pictures of the fan a bit later.
Last edited by Lebon14; 27 Apr 2011 at 23:24.
