Core 2 quad/Arctic MX-2 users

[san~man]

My MX-2 came in today, and I'm planning on re-seating the TRUE tomorrow. Now, here's my question for you:

On their website, they show a picture of the recommended application AC LINK (http://www.arctic-cooling.com/downloads/installation/install_mx2_retail.pdf), but there's no way to tell what chip is pictured (zoom gets very blurry) and the directions are very vague.

So, how did you apply it to your quad? Thanks!

[Bail_w]

apply it like the way you would apply AS5 on a quad, dont follow that instruction because thats not for quad.

[san~man]

So, the same thin line (i.e, Audi's method), in the same location (left to right aligned with the text on the IHS)?

[Seer]

I just put a pea sized dot in the middle and used a piece of thin, hard plastic to spread it. I don't know if that's the best way thought lol.

[LuckyNV]

I used the line method, a thin inch long line horizontally (the IO back panel is facing top)

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

people may argue but for me its the instructions in the link you provided. twisting and pushing down removes air from the mixture

when you spread it and lay a flat body onto it the chances of trapped air are greatly increased

i havent spread any paste since the old athlon xp, well a friend removed the IHS from a single core athlon 64 and we did it on that

[zanzabar]

but if u place it down at an angel u wont get air and if u do the pea then press u wont ge teh corners or u will get over flow and the quads have chips under the corners

[MikeB12]

the ghetto method here:
dab on the cpu and a dab on the hsf.
put your finger in a piece of saran wrap and rub it in good...
position the hsf and give a little twist back and forth.
and tighten her down...

full load folding:

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7338/87786130qz3.jpg

[IvanAndreevich]

MikeB12
Temps on the case?

[MikeB12]

MikeB12
Temps on the case?

21-22c ambient...
I haven't measured inside the case, but since the side is off, might as well say close to ambient. I plan on putting the side on, but it's been left off to give me motivation to reroute the cables. I put this sys together last week at 2am and was not exactly neat routing at that hour. lol... it's been folding ever since, well except for a while today while I took crysis demo for a spin.

here's a shot of everest I just took, still folding... 24/7
this is the first time I've used mx-2 and I was very satisfied with it, not only working with it but the results too..
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/362/70818264rk1.jpg

[jmmtn4aj]

21C ambient? :O How'd you get such a low temp in the case? What's the temp of the room?

[MikeB12]

21C ambient? :O How'd you get such a low temp in the case? What's the temp of the room?

when I said ambient, I meant room temp... AC thermostat is on about 70-72F, so that would convert to 21-22c room temp. since the side of my case is off, I'm guestimating the inside of the case is probably somewhere close to room temp-ambient... I'd have to hold a thermometer in there to be sure though, it may be a little warmer than room temp, not much though..

whatever the sensors pick up in everest are listed in the pic... the pc stays folding all the time, except when I need it for cpu intensive tasks-like crysis.. though I played today while folding, it was stuttery though. played better when I killed the client. point is those pics are 100% cpu for hours, so they are full load temps, I think they are pretty good-which translates to I'd highly recommend mx-2/thermalright extreme 120 w/push/pulls to anyone looking for a air cooling setup for a quad. My x2 6000 pc which sits right next to the quad case gets core temps in the mid-high 50's at 3ghz stock... That tells you how good mx-2 and thermalright are together... ;)