[castor]

Temp sensors? Heh, what a fantastic topic.

Say, I take the readings from BIOS, a 3rd party utility and a mobo manufacturer tool..
..so all three give different results - not just the normal mixup between the sensors, but all figures are significantly different, too.  
Now how complex/ambiguous an interface can a simple temp sensor show out?

The only thing that works is to ignore all three

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by FreeTerran
No i use an thermaright with copper and its under load 69°C in idle approx. 55°C

EDIT: but i need an better cooler any ideas what for one ? they must be silence not so loud

The ThermalRight HSFs are supposed to be quite good so I'd keep that and instead look at first of all airflow as kode suggested then what you're using between the HSF and the CPU. If it isn't Arctic Silver of some kind then get some AS3 and apply that as per the instructions on http://www.arcticsilver.com. My temps for my 2400+ are between 35 and 38 at idel, rising to 42 (but the temperature around here doesn't even reach 30 here atm seeing as it's winter so you're results will be different) under load and I'm only using a Thermaltake Volcano 9.

[Descenterace]

My Athlon XP 1700+ used to idle at about 60C.  Last christmas I forked out for a 3D Prophet 9700 Pro, so I got a new fan and power supply at the same time.

Current temp, after about 9 hours turned on in the height of summer, but used for nothing more than spreadsheet work:
CPU: 52C
System: 47C

That's the highest it's been all year!  CPU normally peaks at 48C  while playing Unreal 2.  Probably due to England's boiling summer... *grr, unreliable weather* *mutter*

[Admiral LSD]

heh, if you England has boiling summers you should come out here during our summer. I don't think the maximum temperature drops below 40C for the entire 3 months. I dread to think what my V9'll do when presented with that...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Right. Tomorrow I'm gonna get some self-tapping screws so I can bung a new fan in, then take the sides off, and leave them off.

[FreeTerran]

I think i know which i buy http://www.thermalright.com/slk900a.html

[Admiral LSD]

If it'll fit your motherboard and case go right ahead. Just remember to get some Arctic Silver 3 and a decent 80mm fan (I recommend the Thermaltake Smart Fan 2 as these can be set up to automatically throttle their speed with temperature and will give the perfect compromise between noise and performance) and you'll be set.

[FreeTerran]

I have an big tower and a motherboard with mounting hols(i hope i have this right written) its big enough i have enough space in the chase

[Stryke 9]

Damn, lost the post when the connection downed.

Anyway, you can find stuff about heatpipes with a basic search. Better if you do, as there are all sorts of different configurations to suit different needs and computer layouts.