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Thanks for all the help guys. What I decided to do instead of messing with bios features is pull the stock heatsink, clean the processor off and get aftermarket cooling with new paste. I installed ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 (made it easy since it din have a mounting plate underneath). It cam...

sure wouldn't hurt anything, but I'd start with the settings in the BIOS first. That's a cheap tweak. I don't really need the fan running at 100% all of the time. I guess I will look for if turbo is enabled and such. Would turbo really drive my temps up that much? i am looking at a 15 degree c diff...

yes and no. If the CPU is controlling the fan speed then at idle the fan is only running at 30-50% speed (if at all, some core2 fans will shut off completely) thus will make a warmer idle temp. Then when the CPU gets closer to running at 100% it will call for more cooling and speed the fan up, in t...

If you have not touched anything in the BIOS there is a chance that the "turbo" feature is on. This is giving you a mild overclock out of the gate, its most likely setting somewhere in the area of 2.9Ghz. To get a true 2.66Ghz temp I turn off the Turbo feature for testing. If the CPU is c...

It's unlikely that it's defective at those temperatures. You can check if the heatsink is on securely by lightly trying to wobble the heatsink legs one at a time. If they wobble with little force, they're not locked in place properly; so you need to push down a bit harder on them till you hear a cl...

To add a note could the processor be "defective hence running hot? I've never really heard, should i consider swapping this for another i7 920? I am new to temperature reading and such and just want to make sure my processor will be fine and last and nothing is wrong.

There are several factors at work here: - The temperature your pc room is - How well ventillated your PC case is - The voltage your CPU uses - What power saving options are enabled in the BIOS To tell you the truth, I'm not sure offhand the actual performance difference between intel paste and a de...

I found this link that came from this site: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/880/11/ It shows a the temp for the stock cooler at 37.5 and that they used thermal grease Artic Silver Lumiere. would replacing the thermal grease on the stock fan really give such a drop in temp from 55 to 40? I know y...

DMB2000uk wrote:That sounds about right.

What are your load temps?

Dan

Have yet to fully use the computer, will try playing some games on it tonight and check that - will post back.

Would a better thermal paste like AS5 or AC mx-2 decrease my temps at all over what came on it stock?

Hello all, I just got an i7 920. i have no intention of overclocking it either so I am using the stock heatsink that came with it with the stock thermal paste. I am getting idle temps of around 54c - is that ok?