Will in a moment, 2 notches higher and IBT still failing, one more notch, here we go!

went 3 small notches over 1.3 and now it passed 5 fine. Going for 20 @ max now. I believe its like 1.3125 or something like that? Ill check one sec with a definitive answer.

1.31875 is what its at now for CPU core. Going for 20 now.

didnt get passed 2 passes on IBT @ Max, another notch higher?

I see you are about to receive a member title change too....too bad you don't get an AUTO Blue Ribbon until you hit 1K posts....but, still kool anyway. Congratz!!!

That might be a very good idea....you do have good airflow through your case, right?? What temp is it idling at?
 
Another thing before you take it apart.....and I apologize for not asking this earlier.....you DO have your CPU Fan set in the BIOS to manually run at 100%......right?? If not, then you need to do that......regardles of new TIM or old.

See edit above. Those temps are not that bad. I use Arctic Alumina Ceramic Polysynthetic Compound. Been using this stuff for years:
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100015&cm_re=Thermal_Paste-_-35-100-015-_-Product

Hello there...Superclocked Member!!!

Oh...OK....when OC'ing, you should always run it at 100%. So, what is it set at in the BIOS??

OK....sounds like a wise decision. Please go "sign" my milestone post before you leave....thankx, man.
 
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010
 
If you can get some of this stuff...it is much better than alcohol.

vF-ePiC

ok ordered the arctic silver 5, and the cleaning stuff you advised. Should be here tuesday id say.
 
after reading the instructions for applying thermal paste, ive royaly ****ed up my thermal paste apply from the beginning. haha. Will do it correctly this time. I have a feeling it will drop my temps significantly.

OK....yeah, doing it correctly makes a real big difference.....follow the directions for using the cleaning solutions too...also very important.

Yep....this is a good time to go thru your case and thoroughly clean everything up. I like to do the cleaning of everything else first, before removing the HSF...that helps to keep dust and debris away from the CPU socket area. You don't want any of that crap getting into your new TIM. Good Luck.

wow what an improvement, after cleaning and regreasing ,the hottest im seeing the cores is this:

core1: 60C

Core2: 64C Havent seen it higher that that.
 
MCP Now isnt going up to 70+ anymore either, its now 64c at the highest, SPP is right  around 56c. NICE :D

jeffreyham

Very good...yeah, you gotta make time to check and clean as needed. I suggest you reapply the 1700MHz settings now and see what your temps look like. EDIT: I hope you cleaned out your 9800 GFX card too....if your CPU cooler was that bad, that card has to be pretty bad too.

ok ill try 1700 again after i sleep, i just got off working overnight. and yes I blew out the 9800 with some compressed air.

slept in way too late, damn :( gonna test now.

Not likely, Man. Your SPP is at 1.45v, right? What are your idle temps looking like now? I'm hoping we can get you to 1800MHz because if your board reacts like mine, you won't be able to run 8GB's at 1700MHz. Just remember, IBT at Max hammers your CPU hard for a fairly short amount of time....nothing you do on your system such as browsing and gaming will hammer it that hard so, temps won't be jumping up so bad.