From Air to Liquid. My CPU thermal solution experience

[landdaddy]

I recently switched from an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro to a CoolIT TEC liquid CPU cooler and have some #'s if your interested.
I'm running an AMD 6000+ X2 at stock speeds and to monitor temps I am using CPUID Hardware Monitor. CPUID HM and BIOS readings at idle are within +/- 1c so I'm fairly confident my readings are accurate.
For my load temps I monitored my Boinc client as it ran CPDN and Seti @ Home. Ambient room temps ~72F (22.2C) give or take 2 degrees.
Max CPU temp per AMD is 63C I have my PC set to shut down at 60C.

CPU core order= Core 0 Core 1
Freezer 64 Pro: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal compound
idle- 42C 32C
70%CPU load- 54C 49C

CoolIT Eliminator TEC: Medium fan speed- (low noise) Factory slathered Thermal compound

idle- 33C 23C
70%CPU load- 49C 46C
80%CPU load- 52C 51C

High fan (moderate noise)

70%CPU load- 42C 36C
80%CPU load- 44C 38C
90%CPU load- 46C 40C
idle- 27C 14C (right now)

Well, I think the CoolIT Eliminator will allow me to further increase my BOINC CPU % usage, overclock a little and, for me, is a perfect thermal solution. A damn good choice for CPU cooling but @ $190.00 New Egg price it may be a tad much for many wallets.
The Eliminator is a closed loop, factory sealed pre-filled system.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835227001
Easy installation and bolts up to existing 120/92mm case fan holes.

[canetoad]

1. All sounds like bs to me

[landdaddy]

2. Interesting reply

please elaborate.

[jayfish]

3. I Dunno D.

Those temps seem awful high. What's the recommended range for that CPU? On your idle temp readings, is cool'n'quiet active or are you running full-bore?

Jay