What do you play on?

**Gumby** · 03-08-11, 05:07 AM

lol, I had a 21" Sony Trinitron that broke a desk. Great picture, but you needed an industrial strength desk for it.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-09-11, 12:48 AM

It's not cooling below 40 C at idle for me right now, I think it might be the thermal paste, so gonna go pick up some Arctic Silver 5 from RadioShack this weekend.

The H50 is on sale for $59 this week (ends tomorrow night) at Best Buy.

**BigHub** · 04-09-11, 12:55 AM

Try turning your radiator the other way so the connections are on the bottom. That's how I have mine.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-09-11, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by BigHub

Try turning your radiator the other way so the connections are on the bottom. That's how I have mine.

I actually tried that first and got the same temps. Might change it back though (thought this looked better). I went through several configurations in the case before finally breaking down and mounting it on the back. The top had too much obstruction in front of the fan to be able to cool properly, and I'm kinda POd that I had to take out the rear 140mm fan to mount the Radiator there.

**BigHub** · 04-09-11, 01:09 AM

you can always add another fan to it (make it a push/pull), that should help as well.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-09-11, 01:14 AM

Yeah, might head to Altex too then....gonna turn the fan back around too so that it is an exhaust to the case instead of an intake, I tried that the first time and the temps weren't any different. Thought I had an extra 120mm sitting around here somewhere, but I guess not.

Just kind of disappointed, I was reading all these reviews of people who bought it and were getting idle temps of like 33-35 C right out of the box, and mine is nearly 10 C hotter.

On the up side, this thing is QUIET.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-09-11, 04:45 PM

Just got back from Altex and bought two cooler master excalibur fans and some Antec formula 7 (reviews give it better rating on performance than Arctic Silver 5). About to install it.

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**BigHub** · 04-09-11, 04:49 PM

After installing, just let your computer run overnight, let the thermal paste break in.

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**Train wreck** · 04-09-11, 05:23 PM

Mobo: Gigabyte P55M-UD4
CPU: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212
RAM: OCZ Intel Extreme 4gb 1600Mhz(It is underclocked to 1.5v, 1066Mhz)
PSU: Corsair tx750
GFX: Gigabyte HD 6850 OC Edition(820/1050)
HDD(Data): WD Caviar Black 640GB 5400 RPM
Case: Cooler Master 690
Mouse: Blah Dell/Logitech
Keybrd: Blah Logitech
Monitor: Samsung T260HD 25.5" 1920 x 1200 ( I love this thing, I want MOOR!!!)

**HeavyG** · 04-09-11, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Train wreck

Mobo: Gigabyte P55M-UD4
CPU: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212
RAM: OCZ Intel Extreme 4gb 1600Mhz(It is underclocked to 1.5v, 1066Mhz)
PSU: Corsair tx750
GFX: Gigabyte HD 6850 OC Edition(820/1050)
HDD(Data): WD Caviar Black 640GB 5400 RPM
Case: Cooler Master 690
Mouse: Blah Dell/Logitech
Keybrd: Blah Logitech
Monitor: Samsung T260HD 25.5" 1920 x 1200 ( I love this thing, I want MOOR!!!)

What is with the underclocked memory? You should be able to run it at 1600MHz, easy. Also, with that Hyper 212, you should be able to bump your clock up a bit without touching your voltage. The i5-750 is a great little chip.