installing the antec Kuhler H2O 920. before I tighten it down on the cpu do I need to smear the grease on the cpu???
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Yes! Use a pea size drop on the cpu and then put the block on. Let gravity spread the paste.
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While there is thermal compound already on the cooler surface, it may not completely cover the cpu. I went ahead and used a very thin film. Also take care - the Antec Kohler uses a 3 pin motherboard connector, and most motherboard connectors for it sare 4 pin. it will still work, but you will lose some functionality and it will create an error on boot that you have to pass by in order to boot. hope this helps
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the thermal paste in already intalled on the cooler so just tighten it down on the cpu
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The cooling pump already has the Termal compound on it. Use that. If you apply any extra it may cause create a *bubble* increasing heat temperature and cause overheating. Make sure to clean the cpu from the old termal compound. Hope this helps.
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I agree with the other...you dont need any additional because there is already some there. If you messed that up, then scrape it all off and apply a small pea size on the middle of the heat sink or CPU and gently put the cooler back on and lock into place.
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You're only supposed to dab a pea size amount on the cpu before and yes you will need to put it on.
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Yes its called thermal paste. Arctic Silver is a good one. Not too much though... you don't want it spilling out over sides, just a nice even layer.
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There's already some paste on the bottom of the cooler, but you will need to clean off the top of your old CPU to remove the old paste.
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In my experience, the heatsink gets too hot to touch, so I would be wary of improper airflow.
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Hi, I just had a look at mine. There are 3 parts; (1) grommet for the AC supply line/cord, (2) voltage selector switch, (3) fuse holder. When I read your question, the first thought was "transistor heat sink grease from assembly". Often times to save cost on a heat sink a company will attach power transistors to part of the case to dissipate heat. But I don't think Pyramid did that, I haven't opened the unit to see. So I don't think the "goo" is from that exactly. But your description of "white goo" sure sounds like transistor heat sink grease, which would be used in a unit like this to help transfer heat from the transistor (or other similar solid state device) to a heat sink. I'd wipe the stuff off and see if it is really leaking. If not, it's probably just some grease left over from assembly (the stuff is messy if you get it on your hands and/or tools, gets everywhere). Use it for a few hours and if it doesn't leak more, start humming, or get hot, it's probably okay. These things are the electronic equivalent of a claw-hammer, there's not much to go wrong with them. Hope that helps.
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The pre applied thermal paste is low quality. Your fan will scream at very high rpm because of using it. Clean it off, get some high quality thermal paste, your temps will be much lower. See my review on this product.
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The CPU fan power on the motherboard is all that is needed. Your motherboard will modulate the RPM of the fan, depending on the requirement. Just like the stock cooler.
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A non liquid or gel cooled CPU cooler can only cool the CPU to as cool as the room its in. And maybe a few degrees cooler. How hot is your house? And btw... 70-80 under load itsnt that bad assuming your house is around 70-75. Start worrying when you hit 90 at Max load. If you cool the room its in and continue to have issues or unsatisfactory temps then get your motherboard tested. (I've had this issue and once it was the MB reporting faulse temps. Also... try a different program for monitoring your temps while under load. And only run one at a time.)
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it is in the way you install this unit - you should not have to re-boot it @ allit should flow constant
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Rexer, my apologies. I misread your question. I mounted this beauty on my cpu and not my graphics card. Sorry. But hey, like you said, duct tape fixes almost anything! :-) If you could figure a way to hold the heat sink in place, I know for a fact it would do the job. Great unit.
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Yes. The thermal paste is preapplied on the heatsink (with cooling fan attached).
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I used the stock Intel Cooler and Fan Kit that was on the original CPU. I just swapped out the old CPU.
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I had this on my i5-4690k running at stock speeds and it was hitting mid 60s under max load. Unless you are trying to make an ITX build I would highly recommend you just stick with liquid cooling.
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Yes, make sure to update to the newest bios before installing CPU and apply a very good quality of thermal compound to CPU. Thanks, Discount18
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The stock heatsink and fan that comes with the cpu works fine for me and I have it installed in one of those very compact htpc cases (Antec ISK-100) over a year now. This processor is NOT the overclocked version which is usually called the (K) model so I don't see why it would be necessary to have a third party state of the art heatsink and fan. I guess if you purchased the overclocked cpu version of this processor and planned on pushing it to the limits then I would recommend finding a much better heatsink and fan unit over the stock model. I have a really nice and expensive Cool Master heatsink and fan unit on a desktop computer and I don't see any difference in performance or heating issues over the stock heatsink and fan with the exception of more noise that the Cool Master makes because of it's larger and faster fan. I'm sorry to say, I was once bitten by the performance bug when building that ole desktop and should have just saved the money and go stock instead.
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No but I installed the Corsair H80i Hydro Cooler & I had to remove the heatsink casing from the memory in the first socket.
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Hi there, Yes Sir, no problem at all. Alot of people will tell you that this processor is a beast of a CPU (true), but also that beadt will run smoothly with any liquid cooler (open or closed loop) in case of normal clocking. However, if you would like to unleash the full capacity of the beast then you should need a beast of a cooler to cool ot down. I hope i was useful. Regards, Ahmed E
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To answer your question the cpu block comes with preapplied thermo paste, but I found it works much better if you carefully remove the factory paste and use a good thermo paste like cooler master or arctic freeze; Thermo paste is critical to use without it and you will fry the cpu. Hope this helps. Also be sure to clean the residual paste completely with alcohol or such before applying new paste very thinly. More is not better. :)
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The stuff conducts heat real well. Modern day CPU chips get HOT and you want to take that heat away as fast as you can. Manufacturers devised special tops to lay on top of the CPU chips to radiate the heat away. Some of these coolers (heat sinks) even have fans built into them. But ... to get the heat transferred from the CPU chip to the cooler you need this paste that helps increase the surface contact between the chip and the cooler. If this is a new build and the CPU and cooler have never been used before you just have to apply it. If either the CPU or the cooler have been used it is advisable to clean off the surface as well as you can. The shinier the better. Be sure to use an anti-static strap when handling the CPU chip. They are susceptible to even small amounts of static electricity. I used rubbing alcohol and lots of Q-Tips when I cleaned by cooler. I suggest you go to You-Tube and search there for videos on how best to apply the thermal compound. They have lots of them there. One thing I didn't see there that should be mentioned is thermal cycling the computer after the compound has been applied. In other words - run the computer as you normally would for an hour - then power it down for an hour. Repeat this at least 4-5 time letting the on time interval increase by 30 minutes each time. This heating and cooling allows the thermal compound to work it's way into the two joined surfaces.