the 4700S is on liquid metal now. Temps havent reduced but average clocks have gone up, now at 3.6ghz instead of 3.5ghz earlier
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The best part about shifting to liquid metal are the idle temps. The fans no longer ramp up during idle usage
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SOme folks may have noticed but the heatsink isnt stright. It used to serve cooling my A64 3000+ back in 2005-06. I got a Thermalright Ultra120 and retired this cooler. It was then shipped to a friend where it got damaged during transit. I noticed this morning that the base wasn't completely flat, I tried sanding it down and reducing it. Still the cooler doesnt appear to be sitting flush on the die. maybe the mounts have got bent as well. I'll revisit this during a later day. I'm very happy witht he idle temps and thats what this PC will be doing during most of its life anyway.
With this, I'll replace the stock 80mm fan which I've been using as a stand in with a Noctua F12 plus a fan adaptor and call it a day.
I'm running C0A modded BIOS. I haven't touched CnQ settings on mine yet
I checked on the base and it was HOTTTT. Untouchably hot. I've put the board on standoffs now.
The cooler is ice cold, even the base with the fan at 100% and temps showing 95*. Not sure what aluminium cube you're referring to.