[brads900]

Hey

i just installed a watercooling setup, but i am gettin 60 degrees idling temps on my cpu!

im using a thermochill pa120.3 radiator and a swiftec apogee gt water block

im also using artic silver thermal compound...?

any help would be appreciated i dont want my cpu to blow up any time soon!

thanks!

[TheOneAndOnly]

Are you sure you applied the paste correctly?

[brads900]

seems to be yes i checked it and it looked liek a put a hell of a lot on so i thinned it out but it only made a 1 - 2 degree diff!

thanks for quick reply!

[KanoakaVirus]

Can you explain exactly how much you put on?

[brads900]

erm how in not sure how to measurte how much i put on?

thanks

[KanoakaVirus]

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/12419-...-know-how.html

Should help with your thermal paste.

[Cew27]

for arctic silver use about as much as a grain of rice, also what temp program are you using and what processor are you using aswell
i had this problem and fixed it

[brads900]

im usign speedfan and its an amd 6000+ not overclocked

thanks

[KanoakaVirus]

I heard somewhere that speed fan was in accurate at times?

[brads900]

hmmm it seemed to be accurate before, i changed it to water cooling, possibly ill download some other software to xcheck

thanks