jammy86
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| System Name | Vostro 200 |
|---|---|
| Processor | C2d E6550 (2.33Ghz) 1333MHz |
| Motherboard | Foxconn (dell) G33M02 - bearlake |
| Cooling | Stock Dell supplied cooler(awful) with coolmaster 80mm PWM fan. 92mm POS case fan. |
| Memory | Samsung M378T2953EZ3-CE6 2048meg 667MHz |
| Video Card(s) | HIS 3870 ICEQ3 |
| Storage | 2x WD2500JS-75NCB3 (250gb sata) |
| Display(s) | Acer AL1722, Benq T904 (Desktop res: 2560x1024) |
| Case | Dell Vostro 200 |
| Audio Device(s) | Auzntech X-Fi Prelude through Gale 4020's + Gale sub |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX 520w |
| Software | Vista Bis 32bit (winamp, vlc and Ultramon FTW) |
| Benchmark Scores | Struggling to break 10K on 3d06. |
Recently I was purchasing a new GFX card, my mate was getting one too and I thought that while we were at it we may aswell buy some new thermal paste for it. I read on here a few people reccomending MX-2. In the past I've been an AS5 guy and still have some left over. When i got my new PC i removed the horrid stock stuff, polished the rather poor cooler up a bit and stuck some AS5 on it. I had got accoustomed to an idle about 38-40 with the fans at low.
When I installed the new MX-2 there was a slight increase in temps but more noticably the fans were working a little more often that I was use to. I upped the fan activation temps and have cruised by for the last few weeks on the MX-2.
however it had been niggling me that I though the AS5 performance was superior. So today I decided to put it to the test and ram some tests, swapped the pastes (cleaning up using articleaner) and re-ran the tests. Each of the pastes were applied in the same fashion as recommended on the AS5 instuctions for C2D's.
Here are the results:
Key: P.b= Post boot. F.L=Full load. P.L=post load. G.U=general usage.
The benchmark used was a few runs of the crysis CPU test.
I ran each test as faily as I could. The intake temp was measured using a probe behind the intake at the front of my case. It should be noted that the first boot up on the MX-2 was from full cold and I have yet to test the AS5 from full cold. Intake temps slowly rise as its the morning and quite sunny, I tried to keep them as constant as possible.
Now looking at the results you might be thinking some of the following:
Your tests prove nothing, each temp is more or less the same: Yes this seems so, however in my past experiences AS5 takes about a week to settle in and usualy drop the idle temp by about 2 deg within the first 5-10 heat cycles.
Why do you care? your on a Dell POS, not OC'd and your cooler is awful: Yes, true also, however my system isnt in question. The reason I've tried the AS5 again is to keep the machine quiet and I'm just letting people know that the MX-2 advertising may not be quite as good as it looks.
This doesnt really tell us if your system is running quieter or cooler: True, I'll keep you updated on that one.
I'll also be changing the paste on my GFX card, which is currently MX-2, if it is proven that AS5 is better. I shall update this too if/when it happens.
Anyone else care to comment on their experiences with different pastes?
JAmes
Edit: I should add that temp 1 I think is my Northbridge (it goes up and down with cpu activity) I changed the thermal paste on this too, and Temp2 I think is possibly ram, it never changes really, gets a bit warmer at full load, gets a bit cooler at no load....
When I installed the new MX-2 there was a slight increase in temps but more noticably the fans were working a little more often that I was use to. I upped the fan activation temps and have cruised by for the last few weeks on the MX-2.
however it had been niggling me that I though the AS5 performance was superior. So today I decided to put it to the test and ram some tests, swapped the pastes (cleaning up using articleaner) and re-ran the tests. Each of the pastes were applied in the same fashion as recommended on the AS5 instuctions for C2D's.
Here are the results:
Key: P.b= Post boot. F.L=Full load. P.L=post load. G.U=general usage.
The benchmark used was a few runs of the crysis CPU test.
I ran each test as faily as I could. The intake temp was measured using a probe behind the intake at the front of my case. It should be noted that the first boot up on the MX-2 was from full cold and I have yet to test the AS5 from full cold. Intake temps slowly rise as its the morning and quite sunny, I tried to keep them as constant as possible.
Now looking at the results you might be thinking some of the following:
Your tests prove nothing, each temp is more or less the same: Yes this seems so, however in my past experiences AS5 takes about a week to settle in and usualy drop the idle temp by about 2 deg within the first 5-10 heat cycles.
Why do you care? your on a Dell POS, not OC'd and your cooler is awful: Yes, true also, however my system isnt in question. The reason I've tried the AS5 again is to keep the machine quiet and I'm just letting people know that the MX-2 advertising may not be quite as good as it looks.
This doesnt really tell us if your system is running quieter or cooler: True, I'll keep you updated on that one.
I'll also be changing the paste on my GFX card, which is currently MX-2, if it is proven that AS5 is better. I shall update this too if/when it happens.
Anyone else care to comment on their experiences with different pastes?
JAmes
Edit: I should add that temp 1 I think is my Northbridge (it goes up and down with cpu activity) I changed the thermal paste on this too, and Temp2 I think is possibly ram, it never changes really, gets a bit warmer at full load, gets a bit cooler at no load....
