It is found out that my board sensor is faulty for my high temp readings. After sometime I re-applied the thermal compound I decided to buy a after market cpu cooler as the temp is still quite high (65 - 69C at stock 3.0ghz).

So, I bought the Xigmatek Achilles and applied the Tuniq thermal compound with it and I found out that my Idle temp is still the same as before which is 40 and 41C. Thus, I think most likely the sensor on my board is bad.

Now I had overclocked the processor to 3.6ghz and Idle is still the same, and max temp is around 56C.

I wonder whether this cpu cooler, Xigmatek Red Scorpion could fit in my Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case or not with a side panel fan facing almost directly to the cpu.

Xigmatek Red Scorpion:
http://www.xigmatek.com/product/air-redscorpions1283.php

ahh so you say its not the best for OCing. i plan to overclock my cpu a little, as its only an E4500 @2.2ghz... would that be possible?

also.. would http://www.i-tech.com.au/items.aspx?id=39014 be a better option?

sorry if im being annoying at all, its just im 16 and dont really have alot of money to waste haha. i really appreciate the help though.

adzobren44

But , i mailed to Cooler Master Regarding with my PSU , and i got a response from them , they suggest me Real power 620W , that why i confuse My system Configuration is Asus Maximus Fromula intel C2D E6850 Corsair 2 Gb Ram Lg DVD Writer WD HDD 400GB and xfx 8600Gt and i want to upgrade it with gtx 275Gamers_cool

I have cooler master 520 Real Power supply , and i m confuse that is my power supply i sufficient to run zotac 275 AMP! Gamers_cool

hmm that eXtreme Power Plus 460W looks good :) will it run any 9800gtx+? do diff brands have different power requirements?

adzobren44

I am running the zotac 9800GTX+ with a 460W PSU (CoolerMaster 460W Extreme Power Plus)
http://www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?act=detail&id=3724

I suggest you better don't buy this card for year 2009. GPUs that are better than the 8600GT is
Nvidia 9500GT, 9600GSO, 9600GT and 9800GT (9-series)
ATI HD4830, HD4850 ( I suggest this two,I think the HD4830 is better than the 9800GT)

Fo my case is the ram... That time I re-assembled my old hardwares and the pc doesn't boot up and having a black screen but the cpu and gpu fans are running. I tried to plug in and out both of the rams and also boot the pc with either one of them in different slot but it doesn't work at first, then I put in my new ram from another pc, somehow it successfully booted.

The weird thing is, after that, I take off the new ram, and put in the old ram again, it booted. Lol

I own a 9600GT and a 9800GTX+ .. both of them are great cards.
The 9600GT could play most game titles on med/high settings in 1920x1080 and the 9800GTX+ could max out almost everything with that resolution except for crysis. I would suggest you to buy the GTS 250 since is a newer product :D