My operation to take off the TT120, clean both the TT and CPU top off, reapply MX-1 and remount back on, an operation I thought would take 1 hour and a half, took seemingly 4 hours as it seemed LITERALLY impossible to unscrew the tightly screwed TT120 without taking my mobo out ( which would have required WAY too much effort since I tied many things down ). Anyways I finally got it remounted and sorta messed up on applying the MX-1 paste ( seriously this is without a DOUBT the hardest part of building a computer, I get so nervous and my hands start to shake its ridiculous ) Anyways that was finally done ( at the cost of my skin on all my fingers ) and after another hour of cable management tying ( maybe I might take a picture but it looks nice ) I finally booted up to find...
the temps on all cores at idle dropped 5-6 Celcius! and this is only the first hour of testing! ( supposidly as time goes on the MX-1 will settle more and drop temps a few more celcius ). Now I'm running at 35, 33, 30, and 24 celcius! yay! I plan to overclock in the future but not by much ( prob get to 2.7 or 3.0 ghz a year from now when its ACTUALLY needed ) since I guess my room is just hot and my chip runs rather hot compared to some so I can't do these crazy 3.6 ghz overclocks.
Lemme just say remounting the TT120 is a PAIN if you dont take the mobo out, but it may be worth it if you think your temps are abnormally hot.
BTW where is the cable management thread?
Oh and my BACK is seriously F-ed up big time...jesus I need a work bench...
the temps on all cores at idle dropped 5-6 Celcius! and this is only the first hour of testing! ( supposidly as time goes on the MX-1 will settle more and drop temps a few more celcius ). Now I'm running at 35, 33, 30, and 24 celcius! yay! I plan to overclock in the future but not by much ( prob get to 2.7 or 3.0 ghz a year from now when its ACTUALLY needed ) since I guess my room is just hot and my chip runs rather hot compared to some so I can't do these crazy 3.6 ghz overclocks.
Lemme just say remounting the TT120 is a PAIN if you dont take the mobo out, but it may be worth it if you think your temps are abnormally hot.
BTW where is the cable management thread?
Oh and my BACK is seriously F-ed up big time...jesus I need a work bench...