Quote Originally Posted by Geebs View Post
WTH can't we upload from a pc? I didn't want to have to join a site just to post some pics... sheesh
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Hey man, you can use imageshack.us to upload pics without having an account with them, that's what I do.

Back on topic, anybody else that is running 3910A*** batch on air, can you tell me what your stock idle and load temps are please?

I have tested my chip with 3 different HSF's, and for some reason this particular chip runs a full 10c hotter than my previous chip..

46c idle, and it hits 77c when I am running LinX.. Vcore is around 0.954v idle, and it rises to 1.1675v full load..

Temps are a lot higher than the last chip, and I have tried reapplying TIM several times, and like I said, I have used 3 different coolers.

My last chip was under my Zalman CNPS9700NT, and it idled @ 36c and loads were around 69c iirc.

So I wanted to see if it was this particular batch that ran hotter than my previous batch 3851A***, or if it is just this particular chip I have that runs hot. I suspect the IHS isn't making proper contact with the base of the heatsink, because everytime I have removed this HSF there has been a line about 1cm wide that goes all the way across the center of the IHS that doesn't have any TIM on it, and the base of the heatsink is the same.

I am spreading out my AS5 so that it covers the entire IHS, and I have also tested putting an extra blob in the center before fitting the cooler, but the bare line still appears when I remove my cooler, and looking at the IHS closely, it does look as though it dips down in the center.