Solved New CPU cooler for my PC

[LittleJay]

Thanks for your reply as always mate! You have been a great help to me and i really appreciate it.

Stick with me kid and we'll go places!

All good places I hope!

 

[kbrady1979]

Glad you are happy with it so far!

 

[LittleJay]

Glad you are happy with it so far!

Thank you as well Kelly for all your help! I couldn't have done it without you. Installation was pretty simple because you guys had fully prepared.

 

[Bungee18]

Looks like a great rig LittleJay.

I should have asked for advice from these guys before trying to install my cooler the first time. I wrestled with the thing and my mobo like for 3 hours straight, and once I got it done I had to start all over 'cause there was thermal paste all over the place. Lol.

Post some pics of the case in "Show us your Rig"!

 

[LittleJay]

Thanks Bungee18!

I had another fan that was the same size as the CPU fan that came with the Hyper 212 plus, so I decided to install it on the opposite side of the CPU cooler to help pull air through it. As a result, I now have stable core temps at minimum CPU usage of 28 degrees, which is 4-6 degrees cooler than before. Well worth the time and effort I think.

 

[essenbe]

Well done LittleJay. I'm glad you have solved your problem. Sounds like very good temps you are getting now. Quite an improvement.

 

[LittleJay]

Thank you Steve! And yes, I am very happy with temps now.

 

[LittleJay]

Ran into a little problem with getting a CPU Fan error warning in bios, when booting up my system. I finally figured out that the fan control settings were set to warn me if they dropped below 600 rpm. And then I noticed that at idle my CPU fan runs around 560 rpm. Since 600 rpm is the minimum setting in bios, I had to turn it off and now I don't get the CPU fan warning on boot up. Just another little learning experience!

 

[darksparten]

Arctic Silver 5 is conductive and capacitative and can cause serious damage to your components if installed incorrectly, also, it cools worse than the top dogs, which are:

Noctua NT-H1
Arctic MX-4
Tuniq TX series
IC Diamond
CoolLabratory Liquid Pro(liquid, not a paste)

 

[kbrady1979]

Arctic Silver 5 is conductive and capacitative and can cause serious damage to your components if installed incorrectly, also, it cools worse than the top dogs, which are:

Noctua NT-H1
Arctic MX-4
Tuniq TX series
IC Diamond
CoolLabratory Liquid Pro(liquid, not a paste)

He is using Arctic MX-4...

 

[kbrady1979]

Ran into a little problem with getting a CPU Fan error warning in bios, when booting up my system. I finally figured out that the fan control settings were set to warn me if they dropped below 600 rpm. And then I noticed that at idle my CPU fan runs around 560 rpm. Since 600 rpm is the minimum setting in bios, I had to turn it off and now I don't get the CPU fan warning on boot up. Just another little learning experience!

There should be a setting in your BIOS to change when to display that warning. You have to figure out what fan it is and change it's setting from 600 to 500........I prefer that way to turning it off completely.

Here is a couple of screen captures of my BIOS:


Notice that it is still red........I hadn't changed it the last time I reset my BIOS. Check your BIOS and you may be able to lower the RPM it will notify you that way you can still have it on, but it won't bug you.

 

[LittleJay]

Thanks Kelly. Yeah, my bios settings look the same as yours. The problem is, I can't seem to set the low limit less than 600 rpms and my CPU fan runs less than that when it is at idle. I will take a closer look. Maybe I am missing something.

 

[Britton30]

Ran into a little problem with getting a CPU Fan error warning in bios, when booting up my system. I finally figured out that the fan control settings were set to warn me if they dropped below 600 rpm. And then I noticed that at idle my CPU fan runs around 560 rpm. Since 600 rpm is the minimum setting in bios, I had to turn it off and now I don't get the CPU fan warning on boot up. Just another little learning experience!

This isn't for everyone, but I turned off fan speed control so they all run full tilt all the time. With Noctuas is is very quiet unless I have the side panel off, which is often, lol.

Arctic Silver 5 is conductive and capacitative and can cause serious damage to your components if installed incorrectly, also, it cools worse than the top dogs, which are:

Noctua NT-H1
Arctic MX-4
Tuniq TX series
IC Diamond
CoolLabratory Liquid Pro(liquid, not a paste)

I used the Noctua and found it to be crap in my rig, I use AS-5.

 

[LittleJay]

This isn't for everyone, but I turned off fan speed control so they all run full tilt all the time. With Noctuas is is very quiet unless I have the side panel off, which is often, lol.

The minimum fan settings in the bios, are only warnings for when the fan rpms drop below a certain level. I guess it works because I do get a warning about the CPU fan if it drops below 600 rpm.

 

[Bungee18]

Ran into a little problem with getting a CPU Fan error warning in bios, when booting up my system. I finally figured out that the fan control settings were set to warn me if they dropped below 600 rpm. And then I noticed that at idle my CPU fan runs around 560 rpm. Since 600 rpm is the minimum setting in bios, I had to turn it off and now I don't get the CPU fan warning on boot up. Just another little learning experience!

This isn't for everyone, but I turned off fan speed control so they all run full tilt all the time. With Noctuas is is very quiet unless I have the side panel off, which is often, lol.

Arctic Silver 5 is conductive and capacitative and can cause serious damage to your components if installed incorrectly, also, it cools worse than the top dogs, which are:

Noctua NT-H1
Arctic MX-4
Tuniq TX series
IC Diamond
CoolLabratory Liquid Pro(liquid, not a paste)

I used the Noctua and found it to be crap in my rig, I use AS-5.

I was using IC Diamond on my previous cooler/CPU. Thermally it was very good. Around 4C difference with AS 5 (that's if I applied both of them correctly, which I think I did), but one HUGE drawback: once it cures, it becomes almost solid, even when warm. The CPU cooler I was using (DeepCool Gammax 400) sets itself very, very tight against the CPU. When I unfastened the one sided clip to remove it, it sprang lose without giving me time to twist it a bit to loosen it. The thing ripped off the CPU from the socket, bending a lot of pins and killing it in the process. IC Diamond was cured so hard that I had to insert a flat screwdriver between the CPU cooler and the CPU to separate them. There was no turning or twisting the thing to loosen it.
So beware if you decide to try IC Diamond.
LittleJay, sorry for recommending it on a previous post in this thread!
I'm using MX-2 on my new build. I learned the hard way...

J

 

[kbrady1979]

I have found that Arctic MX-2 and MX-4 to be some of the best out there. It doesn't harden when it cures, it's non-conductive, it cools like crazy, and it usually spreads out very evenly with relatively no air bubbles. Also, a 9-10 dollar syringe will do several PC's. The only problem is people seem to use too much when they use either the MX-2/4 because of how much it spreads out. Me and my friend have always had great success with it and years after application, just a little twist is all that's needed.

 

[LittleJay]

LittleJay, sorry for recommending it on a previous post in this thread!

No problem mate, I used MX-4 on my CPU cooler and it seems to have done a good job. I just ran another Prime 95 stress test today and other than for 1 core with a high reading of 62, the other 3 cores all stayed under 60. During normal computer usage I haven't seen a reading above 36 and normal idle is between 28 and 30. I am very happy with the results and want to thank everyone once again for the help!

Best regards, Barry

 

[essenbe]

Nice job, Barry. Sounds like you did well then.

 

[LittleJay]

Thanks Steve I appreciate that mate!