Posted February 23, 2016
I finally got a chance to blow all of the dust out of my computer with my new air compressor and took before and after screenshots of the system temperatures during idle and with all 8 cores maxed out. Before blowing the dust out my CPU idled at 48C, and with the cores maxed out it hit critical temperature of 62C in 2m20s which is pretty bad. After cleaning the system out it now idles at 38C and maxes out at 54C with all cores running 100% continuously over a prolonged time, giving me an 8C safety window for dust buildup, summer temperatures, etc.
I've got a Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler sitting here to add to the system but need the AMD AM3 backplate for it before I can mount it. From the reviews and videos I've seen on this cooler it should drop the temperature down somewhat more and beat out a lot of liquid coolers both on cooling and on noise as well, not to mention being cheap to replace the fans should one die versus replacing a liquid cooler should it die. Not sure when I'll have the backplate ready to rock and roll, but probably some time over the next month.
My system is having a few other issues as per Murphy's Law ATM, but I've got this problem out of the way at least and glad to put it behind me.
I've got a Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler sitting here to add to the system but need the AMD AM3 backplate for it before I can mount it. From the reviews and videos I've seen on this cooler it should drop the temperature down somewhat more and beat out a lot of liquid coolers both on cooling and on noise as well, not to mention being cheap to replace the fans should one die versus replacing a liquid cooler should it die. Not sure when I'll have the backplate ready to rock and roll, but probably some time over the next month.
My system is having a few other issues as per Murphy's Law ATM, but I've got this problem out of the way at least and glad to put it behind me.