heatsinks and paste ive put an acrtic 7 in my htpc case and im wondering how long does it normally take thermal paste to set? i heard it was about 5-7 days before being fully set. its always been quite hot in that case and i was trying to lower the temps so the fans didnt have to be on so loud cheers
aye thought it took a bit of time like, was getting canny high readings after i fitted it last night, the e6600 @ 3ghz was running at about 63/65 under 100% load on everests stress tester.
im getting 50 - 60 on a stock cooler (+as5) running an am2 6000 @ 3g so it might be right? however, i'm not happy with that, so i'll be changing the hsf soon myself (i just changed board and chip last week)
This reminds me...I need to refit my cooler as my Q6600 with OC to 3.6ghz was running at 90 degrees under full load after about 30 mins Just be sure that you are allowing the chip to heat and cool in cycles, will help it set.
