Personal computing discussed
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bostonhokie wrote:Chrispy, you said you'd expect the temp to be in the 20c range..when I turn the power on and go straight into bios I'm already at 36c and then it climbs pretty steadily to hit 60c in probably 2 minutes..
JustAnEngineer wrote:P.S.: The $45½ Scythe Big Shuriken 2.b is also 58mm tall with its 120x12mm fan installed.
bostonhokie wrote:I came across that cooler as well, it looks pretty solid. Thanks.
Chrispy, you said you'd expect the temp to be in the 20c range..when I turn the power on and go straight into bios I'm already at 36c and then it climbs pretty steadily to hit 60c in probably 2 minutes..
I found some arctic silver 5 laying around so I'll try reapplying, just need to get some alcohol to wipe off the old
Chrispy_ wrote:The last thing to do is just install Windows and see what happens with the Cool&Quiet drivers. It could just be that your particular motherboard BIOS loads up the cores more than others
bostonhokie wrote:Yeah I thought I may just be going crazy but that result convinced me I'm not. The mobo and processor both came from Microcenter so should be an easy exchange, though I am past the return period..I'll give them a call tomorrow and make sure there are no issues. Would you recommend just exchanging both if possible?