Heatsink up to par?

[RABIES]

I find this odd, my new 3200 seems to almost outrun my Volcano 11 modded heatsink. It's rated up to 3400+ and it ran great on my 2600, but now with my new 3200 Barton the temps are rocketing clear up to 50C and idleing at 43C. It does seem to have somewhat of a larger surface area on the die so I think that is why my ABSII temp stays below 58C. Is any of this normal? I have noticed a few instabilities in some games, however instead of hosing they just crash out to the desktop.
I was looking into the AeroCool Deep Impact but it seriously looks like a socket breaker weighing in near 500grams.
If I do change Heatsinks (unlikely) I will need something that fits my current mod.
Also, which way does Thermal Throttling work? If I turn it to 25% does that mean it slows my CPU down BY 25% or that it slows it down TO 25%?

EDIT:
OK, got some new tests in according to these people
bjorn3d
They tested an older XP2000+ on the Volcano 11, it rated in at 40C idle and 49C load. So mine must be doing great with that mod to match the temps of a lower CPU?

 

[Asus]

I would suggest deflecting the exhast air up otherwise it could recycle in.

What is your voltage running at in bios? It should be at 1.65V for the CPU.

Otherwise the heatsink may not be seated exactly flush on the CPU. You could reinstall the heatsink if you wanted.

As for the test, Ambient temps must be the same before you compare CPU/Case temps.

 

[RABIES]

The only exhaust is up top and out of the power supply, the two rear fans are intake. As for airflow, there is PLENTLY lol. I looked at a few other posts in other forums about this kind of thing, poeple are getting into the high 60's and low 70's. :x
I have checked and rechecked the heatsink, there doesn't appear to be any obstruction.
As for voltage.....let me check.

 

[RABIES]

VCORE:
1.61Volts set to default in BIOS

The CPU is not overclocked and is at it's default settings giving me a 400Bus and such.

 

[poseyjmac]

try some arctic alumina or arctic silver between h/s and cpu, or just get a thermalright or zalman h/s.

 

[psyno]

How did you clean off your heatsink before applying it to the new processor?

 

[RABIES]

As for the silver compounds I used Silver 5.

As for cleaning it, I did it the same way I have always done it, I wash it off with scolding hot water, let it dry, then resurface the bottom with a very high grit sand paper used for resurfacing glass. That method has never failed for me.

After doing some talking with my friends they say the CPU is well within it's heat range, and I think it is now that I recall, the 2600 would top out at 46C and only idle at 41C.

I will continue to test it out, stability wise and such. What I want to see is how long I can successfully play Far Cry......

Thanks for the help.....

 

[Asus]

If your other 2600 was a thoroughbred core it only had 256KB L2 Cache.
The 3200+ has 512KB L2 Cache which would add to the heat as well as the increase in speed.

There should be no instability issues caused by the CPU. It would restart the system if that were the case.

 

[Daegon]

The barton cores are pretty hot, and your temps seem very representive of the ilk. As was said before, use AS3 or 5, but aside from that, your rig and temps look fine. For comparison, my 2500 @ 3200+ is at 43 idle 52 load with my SLK 800

 

[RABIES]

OH wow.

OK, I think I found some of the problem, I am now seeing that alot of my games settings seem lost as if the operating system had been reloaded, htye are still there but the settings are all off. I am guessing this is from the CPU change. I re-installed alot of them and they seem ok, however I will continue to test them for stability and fun factor

 

[Tinneth]

My CPU fan runs at about 64/65 degrees and I dont have any problems.

 

[umop]

I just got myself this heatsink to go with an Athlon64 3200+ and it idles at 41C and loads at around 49C with perfect stability and zero flaws, so I'd say your temps are fine.

Although at 773 grams, it is one heavy SOB.

 

[blahblahblah]

I just got myself this heatsink to go with an Athlon64 3200+ and it idles at 41C and loads at around 49C with perfect stability and zero flaws, so I'd say your temps are fine.

Although at 773 grams, it is one heavy SOB.

How does it sit on your motherboard? I was looking at that one, but I think its a little bit too heavy for my taste. Also, is it as quiet as they say it is?

They also make a lighter weight version of that heatsink, made out of aluminum and copper. I'm a little bit skeptical hanging 773 grams of copper on its side.

 

[umop]

How does it sit on your motherboard? I was looking at that one, but I think its a little bit too heavy for my taste. Also, is it as quiet as they say it is?

They also make a lighter weight version of that heatsink, made out of aluminum and copper. I'm a little bit skeptical hanging 773 grams of copper on its side.

Holy crap these forums are lagging...

Anyway I shared the same concerns when the unit arrived in the mail. I was too foolish to check how heavy it was, and when it arrived it was much heavier than I thought it would be, and it's so massive I thought it was going to take up my first DIMM and crack my motherboard/socket in half (lol). It took a while to figure out how to install it so don't read the manual because it will confuse the hell out of you and you'll get it all wrong.

My K8V SE Deluxe mobo came with the backplate / thing around the socket, so all of the tools that came with the heatsink were useless, and if you try to use them when installing the heatsink it won't sit right and will wiggle around. After installing it, it fit nice and snug, didn't occupy my first DIMM (whew) and is QUIET as hell. The 92mm fan spins at 2376 RPM at it's fastest, which is insanely quiet. I've had no problems with it and it cools very well. All of my worries ended up all wrong

 

[Tinneth]

One question, im not up to date with all this heatsink and fan stuff and i recently just upgraded and i am unsure about something. So..is the CPU fan supposed to suck air towards the motherboard or away? :rolling:

The reason for this question is that i had a really crap fan that i got with the computers years ago..and my CPU temp was reaching at about 72C. Now i put the new one in my CPU temp is at about 64C while im just sitting here browsing the forums and talking on MSN Messenger. I currently have a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor and i have the following fan:

http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=2N2F&searchphrase=Volcano

 

[umop]

The air is supposed to blow toward the direction of the motherboard (usually). The idea is to cool off the copper/aluminum that is drawing heat from the CPU.

 

[ankalar]

If you're going to have that duct there, it should suck away from the motherboard. Although, this may not be a good idea since the Volcano11 might work better with air being blown on it. Different heatsinks work better with the different air direction. If I remember correctly, the SLK series works better blowing away, while the Swiftech heatsinks work better blowing towards. Don't quote me on that, I'm just trying to remember.