CPU Cooling Help!

[EzD]

I have a pentium 4 3.2 GHZ on an ASUS P4P800
550 W PSU

I use ASUS MBM and I saw that I was getting about 55-60 degrees celcius on my CPU under load, so I went out, got a ZALMAN CNPS7700 AlCu because I heard really good things.

The fan is huge! I had it installed by a PC guy, and the fan is running at about 1962 RPM. My old fan ran about 2800 RPM. The thing is, I'm still getting the same heat. 47-49 idle, and 55-60 underload. I want to know why!!!

This fan came with a fan controller, but when i toggled it to max the RPM stayed at 950, and even if I put it on low. So it seems to be useless. I really need to raise my RPM, any help would be great thx!

Windows XP Prof. (sP2)

 

[brady]

The Zalman actually cools air with volume instead of fan speed.
This Zalman has a Fan Mate 2 which keeps it quiet for you.
At top speed it runs "around" 2000 rpm @ 32 db.
When you select the quiet mode, it actually runs at 1000 RPM @ 20 db.

So its not the actual RPM that you need to worry about with this particular fan.
Did he use Arctic Silver by any chance ?

Edit: The testing on this FAN was done with a similar machine to yours.... Their machine dropped almost 18° C. So something aint right.

 

[EzD]

He did not use AS.

It is really damn hot out though, so could this contribute to the temp of the CPU?

Is there anything I could do to decrease the temp from my cpu?
Is 55-60 a threat?
Could it just be the weather?

 

[brady]

Running that speed with an Intel can be risky... Make sure that your bios will shut it down if your cpu is compramised at all.

It has a lot to do with the weather... You will notice atleast 7 - 8° difference between day use and late night use.

Are your other fans full of dust ?
How about the HS ?

 

[EzD]

The computer is clean, no dust on anything.

 

[PZEROFGH]

did you put thermal paste on it?

 

[brady]

You might want to check your GPU heat as well.


You will start to only notice the performance loss when your cpu temp reaches around 80°C. So you have a little to work with still.

 

[EzD]

I watched an engineer at a computer shop around the corner put this in. He put the thermal paste on that came with the fan. Would arctic silver 5 make much much of a difference?

I seriously think its because its so damn hot here right now.

 

[brady]

I have heard that Arctic Silver does actually make a difference.

But Like I said, Its all about the outside temp right now.
Your cpu is fine at the temp its at currently...
They have tests that raise that cpu to 105°c +
You will not hurt your cpu running it at a mild 60°c
Infact you will NOT even see a performance degrade until the cpu hits around 74°c. If I were you , I wouldn't worry about it. If you feel like getting the Arctic Silver, thats cool. Don't lose sleep over it.

 

[PZEROFGH]

itsa a P4 what do you expect