ICD 7 Results Thread

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by IC Diamond 7

It depends on pressure, but I would wait about 2 hours to let temps settle in. before taking readings.

Usually I see about a 1 C drop in 2 hours then another .5 C overnight (12/24 hrs.)

Yup, but it was just a quick test and it has already a place in my heart. I'm happy, haha.

[RA1D]

Originally Posted by IC Diamond 7

It depends on pressure, but I would wait about 2 hours to let temps settle in. before taking readings.

Usually I see about a 1 C drop in 2 hours then another .5 C overnight (12/24 hrs.)

I also saw a 2-3 degree drop in temps today but i'll be testing it out again later when ambient temps reach the same as they were yesterday when i conducted the original readings.

[theburan]

Hmmm, I haven't been seeing much of any drop in temps since I fired my computer up, but it also sat for a day with the ic7 before I fired it up in the first place, lol.

I might try reapplying it on monday, it was kinda a rush job when I did it before...

[IC Diamond 7]

Originally Posted by theburan

Hmmm, I haven't been seeing much of any drop in temps since I fired my computer up, but it also sat for a day with the ic7 before I fired it up in the first place, lol.

I might try reapplying it on monday, it was kinda a rush job when I did it before...

I would check the mounting hardware - push pins from acquired data while inconclusive, at least anecdotally in a couple of instances appear to be a problem in getting enough pressure and so degrades performance

[theburan]

Yeah, on monday night I'm hoping to yank my whole motherboard... mounting the heatsink outside of the case never hurts, lol.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by theburan

Yeah, on monday night I'm hoping to yank my whole motherboard... mounting the heatsink outside of the case never hurts, lol.

Hey you tell me! I have a Big Typhoon and if you ever saw the angle you have to screw the screws in, it's literally terrible. Worse of worse though, it's in the Antec 900, where you barely have enough space to slide a hand on top. Now imagine you have to hold a screw driver there and tighten a screw. :S!
I'm too lazy though to take everything out, so I just manage by some crazy way to tighten it properly. I'm pretty sure the screws will be stripped one day, but they're relatively standard screws you can find at your local hardware shop.

[theburan]

Yeah, I have an antec 900 too... but if I start with the push pin that's in the corner between the two case fans, the rest are easy to reach, lol.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by theburan

Yeah, I have an antec 900 too... but if I start with the push pin that's in the corner between the two case fans, the rest are easy to reach, lol.

I could manage pushpins im sure, lol. :P

[theburan]

Yeah... my old cooler was terrible though. A thermaltake minityphoon, all nice and coppery looking... but didnt work for crap with the pushpin mount system (and it cut you bad whenver you tried mounting it when it was already in the case, ugh).

Works really, really good on amd systems though, lol.

But anyways, my akimbo 8800gt cooler should get here today, I hope I have enough ic7 to use on that and on my cpu a 2nd time, and maybe on my NB too, lol (it's already been used on 2 cpu's and a video card...)

[screwballl]

I will do some testing when the P35 board gets here...