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Quote: Originally Posted by Spazzy67 I installed my new Contact Cooler and what a difference in temps!!! I can believe the size of that cooler compared to the stock cooler. It was like comparing a Hemi to a 4Cyl engine ! lol It fit with no problems in my Antec 300 case! I am running idle @ 34-36*C. On Primep5 @ full load I never went over 47*C! My core temps are steady at 25*C. I am stable at 3.6Ghz. Here is my updated post!...

Quote: Originally Posted by ShrimpBrime Funny how it still serves a better purpose as a sever than even my quad huh? Your TDP limit is much higher as well. So what's it's Athlon counterpart and what are the exact differences? And is that the supposed real deal 1207 that I was in mention of in the first place? You know the big one worth about 2 of my paychecks? Yea you know the Big one? It's only an x4 as well. LOLL come on......

Do you think maybe I am getting this error with prime95 because I am using win7 64bit?

well i got plenty kicking around now, one from a 9850, 9950 and a 940. i have been using after market cooling alot recently. appreciate the offer tho, thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by thisisgoose Nice job on air. Did you notice lapping decrease the temps to much? I think I will lap mine soon, or once I get my board back...assuming they will take the RMA, which they should since MSI says it has a 3-year warranty. Also do they have any way to check to make sure that it was their board that messed up and not my OC'ing that messed it up? Because if so I would be flustered, but am highly...

Nothing about those results are fishy. TGE is a big bencher from over on XS...

Yes but he's from XS so we should be impressed by that fact alone b/c as we all know they are the 1337.

Quote: Originally Posted by moosteve this seems to have become a group thread for C3 owners, so i hope its ok for me to post some results. turns out, even though there was nothing specific to MSI BIOS update page requiring a reflash for this cpu, it seems my board needed it. i thought i had this stable before and then ran into horrific stability problems (wouldn't even run stock) which ended with a completely unbootable vista...

Quote: Originally Posted by eligray still curious. Was it just exceptionally poor RAM or something?? I don't understand AMD AM3 ( especially C2)= Low ram speeds so tight timigns are better, I had bbse which wasn't ideal - hyper is ideal

i was very pleased with my sunbeam core contact. the only issue I had was the heat pipes create ridges or plateaus on the surface so the instructions said to be liberal with the thermal paste.