No I don't use TAT, I only use Speedfan and Everest Home for checking temps. The CPU usually stays at around 40C at idle and goes all the way up to around 48C under full load. I have it at 3.4 ATM and I don't wanna go higher. It's an expensive CPU and I don't wanna lower the lifespan any more.

I have an e4300 OCed to 3Ghz on stock cooling. I have TAT, but don't use it. I've read on other forums that it is known to gives temps way too high, not to mention that I don't like the the way it loads the CPU. I dont know what it does but it seems like it puts more stress on your CPU than is possible with any normal game or app. If I use Orthos or any other CPU stressing program my loads get to 60C but no higher. When I use TAT it says my CPU is getting to 85C under load. Maybe its using a different sensor, I dont know. All in all, I wouldn't use TAT.

BTW Does anyone here think that a Zalman 9500 would be too heavy to put in a comp that is brought to LAN parties often? I'm looking at that or an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro. I've heard of some heatsinks like the Tuniq Tower falling off and taking other parts down with it.

I get the same results. It gets to 60-62°C when running games, but over 70°C when using TAT. I will uninstall that crap now, and will continue using CoreTemp and Speedfan.

And if you move your PC a lot CaBo0sE, then you should use the Freezer 7 PRO. It's lighter, and thus safer to use.

Thanks for your help guys. I will get the 9500 cooler soon, and post new results.

Regards :wave:

Oh BTW, the Freezer 7 Pro is also being used by Commodore in their new gaming PC line.

It is a good cooler, but I insist p), the Zalman is bigger, and it's made of copper, so it has to be a bit better than the Freezer.

However, I may be wrong

No, don't get me wrong. The Zalman has much more airflow, so it's a lot better. But for a lower price, the Freezer 7 Pro is not that much far behind, that's all.

I think most people rank the Freezer 7 and the Zalman 9500 equally.

I'd rather get the 9500's big brother, the 9700.

And I'd rather get a thermalright Ultra-120 than the 9700.

And I'd rather get watercooling over the thermalright ultra 120.

And I'd rather get TEC watercooling over plain old watercooling.

And I'd rather get Phase Change cooling over TEC cooling.

And I'd rather get LN2 cooling than Phase Change cooling.

And I'd rather get.......


Sorry, got abit carried away there.

Lol CMH

Fortunately I have money for the 9500, so I'll get it
And regarding the 9700, I don't think that it's worth the extra bucks.

Who knows.....

Lol, I forgot you lived in mexico... Lucky guy. Like vacation every day just minus the hotel beaches and hot girlz

The point I was trying to make is that there's always something better for your money. Probably LN2 is the highest you'd be able to get, but that'll almost never be a viable cooling solution for a pc.

Just spend as much as you're comfortable with.

I'd love to get the cheaper Freezer 7 PRO, but I can buy the 9500, so why not?

After all, I want to protect my precious joy

Freezer 7 Pro works about as well as the 9500.

But whatever works for you is best

Well guys, I now have the CNPS9500 on my hands. It is damn HUGE
It was a tight fit, but it was easy to install.

Now my CPU overclocked to 2.4 Ghz, and using TAT for several minutes, never gets beyond 62°C. Both cores are fully loaded using TAT. The CPU fan is around 2000RPMs.

I think that's pretty good. It is a safe temp.

The thing is quiet, heavy, and very efficient. It's a bit loud @ full speed, but who cares I really don't see any need to pick the 9700, this one is perfect.

I'll post some pics later.

Regards :wave:

I cant get at the images to see exactly what going on, but like others have said, ignore TAT. It has never given me anything but trouble and it doesn't even seem to be compatible with the sensors on some boards.

have you tried using sensorview it detects the temp directly from your bios/motherboard thats what i use and it gives a right on temp. speedfan always ran at a hotter temp than my bios said.

Firstly, software temp sensors (and even BIOS) are not accurate, and may be as far as 10C off the actual temps. I'd go with the hotter reading just to be on the safe side.

I also use TAT, which seems to be a pretty good program for my motherboard. But realistically, any software sensor thats compatible should be good enough.

And the 9500? My Thermalright Ultra-120 Dwarfs it. Its so huge that I had to remove the side panel fan to fit (it comes right up next to a mid-tower ATX side panel). I'll have to post a pic one day.

Well, it seems that things aren't that good according to TAT (again).
It now reports a 67°C full load temperature.

But I no longer care about it. I have properly installed the cooler, the case has good ventilation etc.

As long as the PC works fine, I will not care again about the temps.

I've had enough with them

Thanks for you replies

If your temps are steadily rising, you'll find that soon enough your computer will be unstable

But I agree with how you're taking this: if you're not running into trouble, and its at a safe temp, who cares if its at 30C, or 50C.

Yeah. I touched the heatsink, it was warm, and was exhausting a nice amount of hot air.

So the cooling system is working properly. I haven't had a single crash or BSOD