I just got a Noctua NH-U9B SE2 cooler for my I7-960 and when I installed it I don't think I tightened the cooler down %100. It is tight just not all the way. I am confident that my TIM was applied properly. When I ran prime 95 last night my temps were 69c kinda high I think for this cooler. When I got home from work I just tried dummy oc to see where I end up and I was pushing past 80c. My question is I want to tighten the HS down all the way and I don't want to pull it off and re-seat it because I am out of TIM, Do you think I should just try tightening it up all the way?

Yup just tighten it up.

That looks like it would be an awesome performing HS... what kind of TIM did you use?

woomdawg

I used IC diamond TIM. I had read so many good review with great results for the ic diamond and the HS ...maybee I am not so confident in my application now. Right now my only alternative is to re-seat the HS with the noctua NT-H1 TIM..ugghhhh 

Now, might be a stupid question, but how much did you use? the way you have mentioned that you are now out of tim makes me think you used the whole tube on the heat sink aplication. you should only need a dab the size of a grain of rice. if you get much more than that performance will drop because now the two metal surfaces are not touching together but are only touching tim.

No I had used the tube with two prior installs of the stock intel HS, and it was a small tube.

I used the pea method. I am going to reapply after dinner

woomdawg

I just got a Noctua NH-U9B SE2 cooler for my I7-960 and when I installed it I don't think I tightened the cooler down %100. It is tight just not all the way. I am confident that my TIM was applied properly. When I ran prime 95 last night my temps were 69c kinda high I think for this cooler. When I got home from work I just tried dummy oc to see where I end up and I was pushing past 80c. My question is I want to tighten the HS down all the way and I don't want to pull it off and re-seat it because I am out of TIM, Do you think I should just try tightening it up all the way?

I have owned it once before and tightened it as far as it goes.

woomdawg

Here is a link to my application of T.I.M. To much ? To little ?


My Temps did not change very much 

Could probably use half that.

Looking at the heat pipes, I do not think you can get to much better, really all it looks like to me is just an over sized Hyper 212+.
If wanted to go air, I would have gone
http://www.noctua.at/main...ducts_id=34&lng=en
 
http://www.thermalright.c..._cpu_silver_arrow.html
 
http://www.prolimatech.co....asp?id=155&page=1
 
Top 3 Coolers, not in any particular order.

IC diamond TIM rocks, but it's pretty expensicve. i think artic is making one now thats much cheeper and easer to spread. O.T. my method for applying TIM: "Thick and quick"

woomdawg

So after reading some posts on here about Dummy oc I gather that it is junk and creates alot of heat and that is what i have been using to test this HS and oc my system. Today I will remove the HS one more time clean it all off and re-apply the noctua T.I.M and try agian with a real oc, but I will have to do some reading.

Look on the innovative cooling website, it will show exactly how much to put on. 0.3mm diameter is the amount to apply.

Here is my latest application
 

 
Thanks for Help loveha it's allways good when the Navy and Marine's work together. 
 
Running prime as we speak
should I be watching the temps and all 4 cores with core temp or the cpu temp in ELEET ?
 

I am convinced that this cooler is no beter than the stock intel one.
 

Ok. Pics incoming my desk is a mess right now though.
 
 

when applying a little ( which you should) you have to make sure the headseak moves very little you really want to ajust the headsick, stick it then forget abotu it
 
if you move around the HS too much while installing some parts of the cpu may not have thermal compound on it