As for the paste not being any good, I doubt you will find more than a couple of degrees difference between various brands. All it is is just some heat conducting filler material. The best contact would be micro-ground metal to metal. Since that isn't practical or possible, the paste is the way to go. I would heed OtheHill and look for a better and BIGGER heatsink. Get one with a big fan. It doesn't hurt to have lots of case fans, either. I run 4 case fans, plus the one in the PSU. I recently removed one case fan and went to four very quiet fans. Using the mesh case is probably a good idea, so I would really look into the heatsink/fan setup. Especially since you say it has gotten worse. Those temps seem very high to me. Good luck. Bob

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I tend to agree with bob !! only a few degrees between the various pastes, but what is interesting is he says its getting worse, by rights it should be getting better. Most compounds need a few days of normal operation to cure and reach their optimal heat transfer condition. This in particular applys to artic silver compound, or the Shinitzu which GGBT supply wiht their aftermarket cooler ( it is worth noting that Shinitzu is the same compund used for the heat pads you find on the amd and intel factory heatsinks ). Another hsf removal might be in order perhaps. If so clean both surfaces, the hsf and the cpu with a soft tisue dampened in pure alcohol, which you can get from the local chemist, than reapply the paste. A thin layer on the surface, but when I say thin there must be enough of it to cover the entire surface of the cpu. Than just rub a much thiner layer on the base of the hsf, in the area that mates with the surface of the cpu. Lower the heat sink into the cradle, push the retention hooks down until they catch and throw the levers on the top, they must place downword force on the hsf, so make sure they are sitting correctly before throwing the locking levers. Give the thin about 10 to 15 minutes, than boot the system. Check the temp through the bios shut down the auto fan controll. As I said before artic silver takes a few days tu cure correctly. If all that doesnt work, than all one can suggest is you have a good look at the GGBT cpu coolers or the new Zalman range with the 90 mm ultra quiet fans. I have the vga cooler on my pcix card, and I can honestly tell you it works a lot better than I ever thought it would. AS for the case fans, you might want to try this configuration if your case can take them. One 80 mm front intake, One 80 mm side intake, if you can get the new case sides which have the p4 tube cooler, now I wonder why this was done by the case manufacturers !!! LOL Two 80 mm rear exhaust fans. Appart from that there is little else that we can suggest to you I suspect. IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel GV-NX6600128D PCIX Graphics Card Ggbyte GT Pro CPU Cooler Zalman VF700-CU VGA Cool

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Yeah, i didnt think the paste would do such a big diff, but by worse i mean switching from the motherboards before i had ECS PT800ce-A and that was i guess normal 46 idle and high 50s load. And now 66 idle high 70s load. As for the heatsink not being good for my cpu, its an intel heatsink, OEM, i got it boxed came with the cpu. I'm thinking that getting a new heatsink is the best possible solution to this problem, so far ive read the XP-120 by Thermalright is the best for socket 478. Anyone else got any others i could look into?

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http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=147&code=005009 Have a look at the link above. This is good equipment also. The oem hsf is good also but as to why you having such a gigh temp beats me. Now what you also might consider is that the reporting temp between the 2 boards may not be on the money eather. As I said befoer makse sure the bios os the latest release for your board. But can I suggest something to you, when the sytem is up and running for a while, very carefully place your finger on the current hsf and see if in fact the thing is as hot as the temps suggest. If the heat sink feels just warm it is not at 50 C it will be more like 40, id the thing feels hot and you cant hold your finger on it for any length of time eg a minute or 2 than the thing would be over 50 c. How does the HS on the north bridge feel ?? Warm or hot ?? Going on the temps you have provided it should feel very hot !!! IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel GV-NX6600128D PCIX Graphics Card Ggbyte GT Pro CPU Cooler Zalman VF700-CU VGA Cool

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Yeah, its really really hot, like to the point where it feels like an electric stove turned on, and u touch the stoves heat plate. As for Bios update, i checked the info for bios updates, and i currently have the latest update F5, but by date is rather old 9/9/2004 not too old i guess...

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