I just wondered cause your temps totally destroy mine and I thought i had descent temps.  at the LAN i ran prime95 and my temps were between 51 and 54c at load. 

thermalright ultra 120 extreme. with a panaflo 2750rpm 120mm fan/ artic silver ceramique

well naturally quad cores run a good bit hotter than core 2 duo's but even so 54 load is somewhat high. Your oc'd to 3ghz right? how's your fans hooked up for power...I know the higher end panaflo fans (like the 2 80mm 45cfm ones I have) dont get enough power off the mobo vs off an ATX.

In my opinion, 55c is hot , but its still ok and well within safe limits (like i said...quad cores are rated up to 71c. Most quads actually run around 60s load with stock heatsinks (at 2.4 may I mind you and not oc'd to 3ghz). I just hate running a cpu that hot even if it can take it. Mainly because it will make everything in your case extremely hot  will lead to higher temps on the video card and memory if you dont have efficient cooling

We should get together and have a Lapping party (i know..it sounds dirty but its not...LOL) Get that cpu and heatsink smooth and shiny and watch your temps drop to 40s (the biggest success stories I'm hearing come from the quads since they run so hot out of box...they drop the most...like 8-10c!)

Here's a link you may wanna check out

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/quad_core_youre_so_hot


I mean now that I did it...I'll never buy another processor and not Lap it before install. Mainly because the difference is so much. I mean look at what decepticon said..he's getting 40-45 on load at 2.66. With my lapped cpu, I'm getting 42 on load and i'm oc'd to 3.2ghz..thats a half a gig higher and I still am hitting lower temps

So why don't manufacturers just sell parts already lapped? With a ton of focus going into cooling these days you'd think they would have caught on by now. Are they some risks involved (besides, as in my case, not knowing how to safely take a processor off a motherboard)?

Quote from: decepticon on February 11, 2008, 09:00:29 AM

Hell I was even contemplating taking a dryer vent (long flexible tube) and running it outside int the winter and have it hooked to my intake fan. Now THAT will cool yer temps!

I am right there with you since when I went outside this morning it was 14 degrees... lol.

It'd cool better than liquid IMO.

Not to mention the extra cost that would be added to the manufacturing process. I'd rather lap it myself and save a few bucks.

It would cost more in two ways:
They would have to re-manufacture their metal dies to make the HS's (for all companys) to produce them with a few microns less of aluminum.  And proc manufacturers would have to do the same.

And like Sully said, the extra manufacturing process to get them lapped would pass the extra cost to the consumer.

Think Sully hit on the big reason why...The cost for them to make the copper into a finish product would yeld to more money and longer production times