New Intel 530J, So HOT!

[DJ Trance AZ]

I put together a new system today with the 530J CPU, the bundled Intel HSF is SO BIG, compare to other original HSF I have used in the past.

So I fire up the system, and when I was reading the CPU temperature, it was @ 76 degree Celcieus!!!! I was like WTF! Then I realize the mobo's shutdown temperature was set to 75 degree C which is the maximum....I was able to install XP, no problem..after a reboot, the computer just shuts down.

This is definitely ridiculous, I mean retail HSF is supposed to do its job when you aren't overclocking the processor I suppose.

So I had to buy another HSF (the Thermaltake Silent775) and what a HUGE difference it makes! Now my idle temperature is around 22 degree C, compare to high 70s with Intel HSF!!!

I always thought Intel CPUs run cooler than AMD...I also had an AMD A64 3200+, its idle temp. when using stock HSF was around 33 degree C...

Anyway, what's your experience?

.ERiC

[nsd]

You got 22 degrees on your CPU ? Are you sure the computer wasn't off haha ? It's kinda impossible to get that temperature through normal cooling. If you are using water cooling, that's a whole different story...

[DJ Trance AZ]

Yeah man, just by using the new Thermaltake HSF and with one side-window opened.

I know mobo thermal sensor isn't very accurate but that's the reading reported by the Windows software and BIOS.

I am happy though, no more random shut down.

[oc613]

i don't know what the ambient is in the room, but 22 on the processor is usally impossible unless you have like a 5 - 10 Celcius ambient.

also, for the poster who mentioned watercooling; myth. you actually get higher idle temperature with water, but lower load temperatures if it is set up well. the main reason for this is mostly due to no longer having a fan moving air around the cpu socket.

the advantage of watercooling is that you can usually dissipate more heat, and that the rise between idle and load is not as high as with a heatsink and fan.

[oc613]

I always thought Intel CPUs run cooler than AMD...

this hasn't been the case since the later nothwoods/presscott.