Yet another question

[Tomsawyer]

For those in the know, would you say having a constant temp reading of between -32 and -38 on the front LCD of a non-modded prommy Mach 1 be an indicatator that you do not have a good solid contact?

For one way of viewing it the purpose the cold block is exchange the heat from the cpu and that there should a high temp reading on the front LCD and a lower temp in bios or MM. I was thinking that perhaps that under load the mach1 LCD should be showing say -20 to -10 or do you other owners also show temps of between -30 and -40 constantly? I have tried mounting this block 3 times, each time there is a coating on the cpu but that LCD reading never really changes that much. Underload should it not climb up as it copes with a mounting cpu temp?


We newbie users must drive you long time experts who have moved onto cascades and nitrogen nuts I bet lol but I am not above begging for answers. Between Marci and TheDude I am slowly learning the calculus of this beasty :)

[Gleep]

What temp is the bios reporting? And what motherboard are you using?

[Marci]

Under load, MkI LCD should read -25 to -30 depending on the load. The higher the load, the higher this temp... and by load I mean an AMD CPU at nearly 3Ghz as that's all I have for reference. So, scale that down a bit... 2.8Ghz I'd expect to see -28ish (all temps I quote here can be +/- upto 5 degrees to cover

2.7Ghz I'd expect in the region of -29 to -31
2.5/2.6Ghz I'd expeci -31 to -33
2.4Ghz and below and I'd expect -35 or lower.

Temps will climb over periods of load.... but a long period of load for a Prommie is over 2hrs before you see temps shift much... generally each temp after full load being applied for 2hrs+ should climb by approx 4 to 5 degrees.

All of course dependant on the individual unit's temp calibrations, ambient temps, fan speed etc.... on a MkII knock each temp down another 5 or so degrees...

If Evap temps roughly follow the above pattern, with roughly the same overclock achievable, then your contact is fine.

[Tomsawyer]

Once again Marci you have hit it right on the button.

My system is currently overclocked to 2.4

Its an epox 8rda+ using an amd xp2100


The front LCD averages between -32 and -38 under no load while the bios or mm5 shows 2C up to 8C when really cranking the system

I guess as has been stated if you can overclock it and its stable then one should be good to go :)

Once my new video card gets here it will be one more reset of the block and all components, then I am really going to try for 2.6 or better, I know this system can do it lol