Intel Cooler on Pent D 805

[B. B.]

Am having a fun time installing the stock CPU cooler on my Pentium D
805. Those snap-in connectors are not behaving as the Intel doc would
have you believe. After many tries I think I have it firmly in place,
but the unsuccessful attempts have taken their toll on the integrity of
the heat transfer material on the bottom of the heat sink and it is
running quite hot (idle = 68 C). I will be getting some Arctic Silver,
or some such product, but would like to know the experience of the
people out there with the stock setup. In this case it means no over
clocking anticipated.

What does everyone see for the operating temps of the core CPU for this
version?

I'd love to chuck it and go get another brand of heat sink / fan with a
better fastening system, but will stay with what I have if I get the
sense there are others who are satisfied with the boxed version.

Thanks in advance for any contributions.

 

[Agent_C]

What does everyone see for the operating temps of the core CPU for this
version?

That temperature is WAY too hot for an 805 CPU at idle. 68c is near
its' upper limit under load. In degrading the thermal pad, you
probably have extremely poor contact with the heat-sync entirely.

As a point of comparison, my Pentium D 950, with the stock cooler,
idles at about 32c and under 100% load maintains a constant 58c. (68c
is the published maximum for this CPU)

Arctic Silver is a good idea, but make sure you thoroughly clean all
remnants of the old thermal material away from both surfaces. Use a
light solvent (I use Radio Shack tape head cleaner).

I hope you haven't worn away the plastic locking mechanism, or the
holes on the motherboard. If you have, you'd be well advised to get a
new cooler with mounting hardware that attaches to the underside of
the motherboard, to insure tight contact with the CPU.

One example: http://www.plycon.com/cpuc/tr_slk900.htm

Good luck.

A_C

 

[Michael Hawes]

Am having a fun time installing the stock CPU cooler on my Pentium D 805.
Those snap-in connectors are not behaving as the Intel doc would have you
believe. After many tries I think I have it firmly in place, but the
unsuccessful attempts have taken their toll on the integrity of the heat
transfer material on the bottom of the heat sink and it is running quite
hot (idle = 68 C). I will be getting some Arctic Silver, or some such
product, but would like to know the experience of the people out there
with the stock setup. In this case it means no over clocking anticipated.

What does everyone see for the operating temps of the core CPU for this
version?
I'd love to chuck it and go get another brand of heat sink / fan with a
better fastening system, but will stay with what I have if I get the sense
there are others who are satisfied with the boxed version.

Thanks in advance for any contributions.

That is a bit hot, shouldn't be above 60C at idle. When you get the
Arctic S ilver, remove the heatsink and chec that all the fastners are fully
unlocked (plungers disengaged from the retainers. Clean CPU and Heat Sink
with TIM remover or Isopropyle Alcohol. Apply very thin layer of compound
and refit the heatsink. When fastning the final corner wathout for the
opposite corner poping up. I've had systems that take 3 or 4 goes to secure
all 4 corners.
Mike.

 

[B. B.]

That is a bit hot, shouldn't be above 60C at idle. When you get the
Arctic S ilver, remove the heatsink and chec that all the fastners are fully
unlocked (plungers disengaged from the retainers. Clean CPU and Heat Sink
with TIM remover or Isopropyle Alcohol. Apply very thin layer of compound
and refit the heatsink. When fastning the final corner wathout for the
opposite corner poping up. I've had systems that take 3 or 4 goes to secure
all 4 corners.
Mike.

Thanks for the good advice!
I got some Arctic Silver and carefully re-assembled the heat sink &
fan. Everything looked and felt good, but no go. The idle temp only
came down to 66. I've got a sneaking suspicion that the fasteners
aren't holding the heat sink down tight enough. I applied the amount of
Silver described for the product, the size of an uncooked kernel of
rice, and the heatsink only spread it out to about 40% of the CPU
surface. I'll give another cooler a try with a more positive fastening
mechanism.

 

[Terrys Datanet Account]

Intel coolers are pretty crap in general anyway - you can get better ones
for reasonable prices, starting around £10.

I use this one, a bit more expensive but great

Arctic Freezer 7 Cooler Pro (LGA775)

and I bought it from here

http://www.vadim.co.uk/Arctic+Freezer+7+Cooler+Pro+(LGA775)

My CPU never went over 50 C even on the hottest days this year playing
Oblivion flat out