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Drop CPU Temps, Speed Up Your Machine!

Friday, June 26th, 2009 – running time 06:15
Thermal Compound Lowers CPU Temps!

Patrick's Core i7 machine runs great at 3.5Ghz, overclocked up from the stock 2.6... but high temps caused the CPU to throttle back to 2GHz.

How do you get the performance back up, or just overclock your CPU higher? Better cooling can help! He swapped the stock Intel cooler for a Zalman 9700... then found out a minor upgrade on his thermal compound dropped temps even more.

The end result? A machine that runs at 3.4GHz even when all the cores are running at 100%. That's a big improvement over 2GHz with the cores at 100%.

BTW, Intel, not being all public about the max temps for Core i7 CPUS? Tres annoying... props to the Puget Systems crew for doing the homework and sharing the word on Core i7 max and recommended operating temperatures.

And, no, don't worry, you're not going to melt your CPU down.. it'll throttle back the speed and shut down long before that.

Highlights
degrees cooler ( 4:38, 4:38 ) warm air ( 5:55, 5:55 ) the band ( 5:54, 5:54 ) degrees celsius ( 1:02, 1:44, 2:03, 1:02, 1:44, 2:03 ) degrees cooler ( 4:38, 4:38 ) warm air ( 5:55, 5:55 ) the band ( 5:54, 5:54 ) degrees celsius ( 1:02, 1:44, 2:03, 1:02, 1:44, 2:03 )

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" The core I seven based machines so mark get their relatively over inoperable nature. Minute he had been wondering about cooling because the fast he amassed down the pedal and -- you'll need to still. Maria is nice -- is also here already."

" Yes now -- can grow up. -- British show we talk a little bit about core I 7920 overclocking friendly and if it's over -- ability. And it's actually been pretty stable for me three have bigger have a sort of pushing too hard yet. The temperatures go up really fast -- parts basically these different parts to heat up more or less even with the same model number basically going. Figure the chip could put it on the thing it goes at this particular speaking it's generating this much heat that's -- of this part of this part of this part. It's basically it's all silicon away from the company deciding how fast it runs stable. I would at stock speed to -- at six gigahertz we're -- 44 degrees centigrade. Or 44 degrees Celsius if you prefer with the stock. Until cooler does a fine job with these stock. Processor the stock cooler with the stock processor running at stock speeds. I'm -- it and over clock speed of three have gigahertz was 65 degrees centigrade okay. It's not too bad till we maxed out you -- CPU by running. Prime 95 across all the chords and my temperatures quickly shut up you basically a hundred degrees centigrade which is as high as you want to go. Here's the thing that unlike in. However have done a nice job figuring out the Mac's operating temperature is basically a hundred degrees Celsius that's from the seat he starts to rivaling that what does that mean it goes from like three point five gigahertz still in two gigahertz or. You know in that -- it isn't it's gonna. Torn down and it's gonna it's gonna take its foot off the accelerator if you don't hurt the processor safety precautions exactly. And it's pretty crazy right here recommends eighty degrees Celsius is a good maximum operating temperatures could then give decent headroom for heavy loads of hot days. I created my cool this week as he might get temperatures to drop down and oh boy did I how. Well okay so we got your classic the -- here it's on the thirteen 66 processor Madsen -- pain in the ass to set up. And basically pulled -- Pentagon. That's okay you hurt yourself from that side. She's been like kind of hope that they."

" Shiny thing I didn't want to -- and we'll keep you cool here. Play with that. I don't want that's not exactly. If you haven't seen in check out the mantra charts of of CPU. Cooler testing to -- these huge away from the well this one's the -- this one's the one that cooled the best of the won the Cold War so much you'd actually look at the performance. And relatively real world environment. The downside is a lot of these are cool what you're never gonna find in retail locally it's not going to be able you're gonna be searching around and obscure web sites like Taiwan by some of these the thing is that with -- aftermarket collect this all went. You can do incredible things for example I took my. I took my processor idling at the over clock speeds from 65 degrees generate down to like 45 to fifty degrees centigrade. Yet -- downright chilly. Does it matter that much milk is that well before below the temperature threshold of the processor however when our prime 95. With the stop cooler. It would max out like all the court vehicles 200 degrees. If the that would be the processor would be throttled back to like to be the person getting a lot less work. We the upgrade to -- cooling system. I was getting you know right now he said and heat that it wasn't too happy about but it was running at three and a half -- at the time. That's what you look -- but -- it's over I want all with the performance without melting my processor are you can't really meltdown right basically modern processors on like the ones you might use to release -- linked. Middle adulthood where you can actually -- process that basically designed to shut down before things go horribly wrong. In the case the core I seven and it basically starts backing away from that that maximum thermal envelope before you can do damage so you're not who you built your processor. What if you want to get the best performance over clock system. For a -- as we keep the temperatures down you warn -- he's he would take it easy and you see you over the long run. It aftermarket cooler can definitely a big impact is be careful what you get help and by the way. Be they thermal conducted matter in the thermal grease or be -- you put between your heat -- and your CPU. I actually got this to -- seven degrees cooler just by going from the really crede stepped became in the box this to a slightly better grade. Thermal conduct -- with a -- ministers of all Arctic silver on the air and -- by new exit temperatures to drop them anymore. Actually such a big difference it's interesting in and I actually think about -- rapid assistance has a water cooling you'd think getting close water cooling system they say actually unlike others works I mean well for keeping it cool so. -- once I'm with you greaves and 100%. At three point five here just sound like a little at a -- Airbus yeah what else. Is the glory of the open and take case which I talked about last week I'm going I'm putting this into a normal case which will people like -- stuff elsewhere. And we'll have proper. Here are reassessing what to you in normal cases it's. It's very subtle Scudder tasteful Rosenblatt. Well actually part of what's frustrating about this is if it would reach over here."

" The memory now. No it's okay thought that pot -- you know I don't have kitchens and look at this give us the fans it's okay -- the Pope I know it."

" Now I'm checking the heat coming off of that man yeah the betting that collects and at the evidence you but the band's also sucking warm air off yeah memory there's just."

" There's work to be done here people."

" Meantime -- wanted her to her herself. We're come back in this brief commercial break with your your questions and easily enhanced."

" The core I seven based machines so mark get their relatively over inoperable nature. Minute he had been wondering about cooling because the fast he amassed down the pedal and -- you'll need to still. Maria is nice -- is also here already."

" Yes now -- can grow up. -- British show we talk a little bit about core I 7920 overclocking friendly and if it's over -- ability. And it's actually been pretty stable for me three have bigger have a sort of pushing too hard yet. The temperatures go up really fast -- parts basically these different parts to heat up more or less even with the same model number basically going. Figure the chip could put it on the thing it goes at this particular speaking it's generating this much heat that's -- of this part of this part of this part. It's basically it's all silicon away from the company deciding how fast it runs stable. I would at stock speed to -- at six gigahertz we're -- 44 degrees centigrade. Or 44 degrees Celsius if you prefer with the stock. Until cooler does a fine job with these stock. Processor the stock cooler with the stock processor running at stock speeds. I'm -- it and over clock speed of three have gigahertz was 65 degrees centigrade okay. It's not too bad till we maxed out you -- CPU by running. Prime 95 across all the chords and my temperatures quickly shut up you basically a hundred degrees centigrade which is as high as you want to go. Here's the thing that unlike in. However have done a nice job figuring out the Mac's operating temperature is basically a hundred degrees Celsius that's from the seat he starts to rivaling that what does that mean it goes from like three point five gigahertz still in two gigahertz or. You know in that -- it isn't it's gonna. Torn down and it's gonna it's gonna take its foot off the accelerator if you don't hurt the processor safety precautions exactly. And it's pretty crazy right here recommends eighty degrees Celsius is a good maximum operating temperatures could then give decent headroom for heavy loads of hot days. I created my cool this week as he might get temperatures to drop down and oh boy did I how. Well okay so we got your classic the -- here it's on the thirteen 66 processor Madsen -- pain in the ass to set up. And basically pulled -- Pentagon. That's okay you hurt yourself from that side. She's been like kind of hope that they."

" Shiny thing I didn't want to -- and we'll keep you cool here. Play with that. I don't want that's not exactly. If you haven't seen in check out the mantra charts of of CPU. Cooler testing to -- these huge away from the well this one's the -- this one's the one that cooled the best of the won the Cold War so much you'd actually look at the performance. And relatively real world environment. The downside is a lot of these are cool what you're never gonna find in retail locally it's not going to be able you're gonna be searching around and obscure web sites like Taiwan by some of these the thing is that with -- aftermarket collect this all went. You can do incredible things for example I took my. I took my processor idling at the over clock speeds from 65 degrees generate down to like 45 to fifty degrees centigrade. Yet -- downright chilly. Does it matter that much milk is that well before below the temperature threshold of the processor however when our prime 95. With the stop cooler. It would max out like all the court vehicles 200 degrees. If the that would be the processor would be throttled back to like to be the person getting a lot less work. We the upgrade to -- cooling system. I was getting you know right now he said and heat that it wasn't too happy about but it was running at three and a half -- at the time. That's what you look -- but -- it's over I want all with the performance without melting my processor are you can't really meltdown right basically modern processors on like the ones you might use to release -- linked. Middle adulthood where you can actually -- process that basically designed to shut down before things go horribly wrong. In the case the core I seven and it basically starts backing away from that that maximum thermal envelope before you can do damage so you're not who you built your processor. What if you want to get the best performance over clock system. For a -- as we keep the temperatures down you warn -- he's he would take it easy and you see you over the long run. It aftermarket cooler can definitely a big impact is be careful what you get help and by the way. Be they thermal conducted matter in the thermal grease or be -- you put between your heat -- and your CPU. I actually got this to -- seven degrees cooler just by going from the really crede stepped became in the box this to a slightly better grade. Thermal conduct -- with a -- ministers of all Arctic silver on the air and -- by new exit temperatures to drop them anymore. Actually such a big difference it's interesting in and I actually think about -- rapid assistance has a water cooling you'd think getting close water cooling system they say actually unlike others works I mean well for keeping it cool so. -- once I'm with you greaves and 100%. At three point five here just sound like a little at a -- Airbus yeah what else. Is the glory of the open and take case which I talked about last week I'm going I'm putting this into a normal case which will people like -- stuff elsewhere. And we'll have proper. Here are reassessing what to you in normal cases it's. It's very subtle Scudder tasteful Rosenblatt. Well actually part of what's frustrating about this is if it would reach over here."

" The memory now. No it's okay thought that pot -- you know I don't have kitchens and look at this give us the fans it's okay -- the Pope I know it."

" Now I'm checking the heat coming off of that man yeah the betting that collects and at the evidence you but the band's also sucking warm air off yeah memory there's just."

" There's work to be done here people."

" Meantime -- wanted her to her herself. We're come back in this brief commercial break with your your questions and easily enhanced."