Suck air out good or Blow air in good..

[Yoshiki]

Previously I post a tread about Suck air out good or Blow air in good..But seems like I still don't get enough information..
Everyone please post your comments here..
And I got problem with heat..
I am using Globalwin CAK 38..
Normal temperature is 47.5 - 48 for idle..
Full load is 51 - 53..
How come idle already so hot??
I saw ppl with 40 and below..
I am staying in singapore..
Maybe singapore too hot??
I am using Artic Silver 2..
Could someone please help me?
My casing is open forever..

[ngws]

The current CAK38 works best blowing rather than sucking. When a heatsink is optimised to work on "sucking" like the PAL6035MUC, you will noticed that the fins/pins are tightly packed together. Other than that, you are better off with 'blowing'.

Looks like your temps are pretty high.. pls state sys specs.

[Yoshiki]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ngws:
The current CAK38 works best blowing rather than sucking. When a heatsink is optimised to work on "sucking" like the PAL6035MUC, you will noticed that the fins/pins are tightly packed together. Other than that, you are better off with 'blowing'.

Looks like your temps are pretty high.. pls state sys specs.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My Computer Specification:

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.2GHz 128K L1 256K L2 cache @ Full Speed CPU/266Mhz FSB
Global Win CAK38 (Socket-A) Copper HSF - 7000rpm Delta Fan
Asustek A7V133 Motherboard - VIA KT133A SDR Chipset - BIOS Revision 1005a
Asustek V7700 nVidia GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value OEM
Kingston 2 X 256Mb PC-133 (133Mhz) SDRAM cas 3 = 512Mb
Asustek 12X DVD-ROM Drive (40x read)
Maxtor DiamondMax 60+ 40.0GB UDMA/100 7200rpm
Aztech Ethernet PCI 10/100Mb
3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX
ViewSonice 15" E653
Power Supply : 300w P.S
Operating Systems : Windows 2000 Professional (Services Pack 2)

[Yoshiki]

Is it I didn't apply my thermal grease properly??
I have a question..
How cool can the CAK 38 cool the CPU at?
30 or 35 degrees?
Thanks

[Yoshiki]

Anyone please help??
Thank you...

[yujen]

depends on room temperature [img]smile.gif[/img]...

yujen

[Oblivion]

hmm...these temps are quite high for kinda good HSF like the CAK38.
maybe there's something wrong with the applied thermal grease.
you could try to remove the HSF and apply new thermal grease on it and make sure it fits tightly.
how old is your TB? i've heard of heat problems with the older steppings...

as for the suck air out or blow it in...just try it out, on some heatsinks sucking air out is better whereas on others you can yield better results with blowing air in.

hope that helps

[Yoshiki]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Oblivion:
hmm...these temps are quite high for kinda good HSF like the CAK38.
maybe there's something wrong with the applied thermal grease.
you could try to remove the HSF and apply new thermal grease on it and make sure it fits tightly.
how old is your TB? i've heard of heat problems with the older steppings...

as for the suck air out or blow it in...just try it out, on some heatsinks sucking air out is better whereas on others you can yield better results with blowing air in.

hope that helps<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

How to check my stepping??

[Oblivion]

you can find the stepping code printed on the CPU die, however, it isn't really necessary to check it.

just tell me when you bought it. if you bought it several months ago it could be one of the 1200 chips with heat problems (i can even remember some vendors warning of this) but if you bought it recently it shouldn't be one of those.

there's another thing that could explain the high temps: the temp sensors on mobos are generally not very accurate so maybe your cpu isn't that hot actually. however, it's hard to check the real temp unless you place a seperate temp sensor near the cpu die. so i'd recommend that you touch the heat sink in full load. if it's cool (maybe like ambient or when you touch your skin) the temps are surely wrong but if it's quite warm or even hot the temps are probably not too far off the real ones. of course that's not accurate either but it'll give an idea about it.