Upgrade! But outta gaming

[Timotheus 416]

Hey gang!

 

I just made an upgrade to my system today - new motherboard (Jetway 966PDAG), I hope it will make my system a bit more stable. It's got damn good reviews, was only 40 bucks (stock outlet) and I can even run SLi now if I'd like to

However, I'm having some CPU cooling trouble at this time. I had trouble installing the heatsink. The temps are a bit high, not that big of a deal in idle but on load it rises up waaaay too much. I may need a new cooling solution or other cooling paste, but I'm short on time so it may take me a while to get back to gaming!

[Timotheus 416]

OK here's the picture:

 

in my old setup, the CPU temperatures would never exceed 50 degrees Celsius under full load. I installed all my gear in my new case and on the new motherboard, but saw my idle CPU temperatures rise up to 40 degrees, and when I tried a stress test to get it up to full load, the temperatures climbed as high as 70 degrees before I killed the testing program. I was shocked!

What turned out to be the problem? I did not install the heatsink properly. Heck, it wasn't even making contact with the CPU on roughly 80-90% of the surface!

I reinstalled it today, and I'm back to normal temperatures. That means I'm back to gaming as well!

Edited November 24, 2008 by Timotheus

[bhj 24]

hehe glad you mange to fix the problem

[Timotheus 416]

Yeah I feel really stoopid over it... But hey, it was my first time building a pc so I like to cut myself some slack

[Schot 407]

Ah that's always the scariest part for me. Making sure that heatsink is on just right. Glad you got that all worked out Timo and grats on the upgrade!