Quote Originally Posted by T2k View Post
Just updated BIOS from 701 to 901 hoping it will help if it's a temp reading error but no luck - it seems there's no workaround, CPU got too much compound, I have to remove the Storm and clean it... should've checked it before I have mounted...
This is not only normal for current BIOS since v0701, but moe on par for what the average combined core temps are, opposed to as before (reading only IHS surface temp). Use your favorite temp monitoring to confirm. If the BIOS temp you got looks close to the core temps (averaged) then you're fine. CPU temp in ASUS Probe is still reading IHS.

Of course the Storm doesn't know, it was designed when single core processors were the norm it is an impingement design where all the cooling is directed at where the single core would be, so on a quad a core of 2 cpu's is not having and coolant put over it so therefore 2 cores run much higher temps than the other.
Also it doesn't work properly on a dual core cpu for the same reason.
This is hardly true. Granted, water blocks are getting better then the past 5 yrs, CPU's are getting cooler and easier to keep there too on both air and water. Regaedless of cooler, an old Athlon XP Barton was harder to keep cool under high OC then even a B3 quad, and twice as easy as the earliest core 2's. So Any cooler built for the,m or the Intel D's will do the jobe on these quads.

The difference is quality. If it was low end then, it's less today. Look into the Swiftech's for better water cooling. I use them and like them for both CPU & chipset.

Also NOTE; as I said so many times on these forums, prepperation is the key to performance. propperly & completely, remove the previous TIM if it was different, and propperly clean if it was same but exposed to grease (fingers, and so on). The reaction of two different compounds can actually hinder the thermal transfer efficancy, and work against it as a blanket or insulator. So clean, clean, clean. Rubbing alcohal is not enough. Remove 1st wth non residu degreasing agent (automotive carb or break cleaner) swabbed on & worked over good with a soft brush, followed by 99% Alchohal (A/V head cleaner strength).

God luck to all!