[Alien]

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, up pops an Alien

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Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

So you're happy with your AF64 then?

I haven't actually tried it yet, I just said I had a look to see how thick the pre-applied goo is.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

As for my temps, it seems without the duct the temps have gone up, more so now I've regreased the CPU, think I hit 60°C and the fan was hitting 6000RPM, previous with stock cooler was 5600RPM and temps about 55-60°C and with duct CPU about 40-43°C and 4000RPM on the fan!

[img]Download Failed (1)[/img] That doesn't sound right. I can't think why your temps would have gone up.

Waitasec... 6000rpm? Are we still talking about the stock AMD cooler, same as I posted a pic of previously? I set Orthos running to warm up my CPU, to see how fast the fan would go. It's been going for over 20mins now, cores are fluctuating around the 53-58°C mark, & the highest the fan's gone is about 3600rpm.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

Not sure the AS II my mate has is still useable, it's well over 4 years old prolly more! Not done anything different from greasing previous CPU's, have done about 25-30 or so for me and friends and not had a CPU pop yet! Maybe his ASII is past it's use by date?

Unlikely, considering I've had mine at least as long, if not longer.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

I'll order the AF cooler and see what happens then!

Do you want me to try mine 1st? I wasn't planning on putting it in yet, but if you're in a rush to get lower temps I suppose I could.

Just a thought, are you using the optional cooling fan that comes with the Crosshair, & if so, is there any chance you might have mixed up which sockets it & the CPU fan plug into? I don't know what speed that fan's rated for, but that might explain the higher speed.