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j0hn1215 · Rated PG

I am currently building my first DYI computer with a Pentium D 840 underclocked to 2.8GHz, but my bios is still reading an idle speed of 52C.

I'm read this forum over and over trying different things to cool my CPU (originally it was idling at around 62C) but I can't bring it any lower.

I have two 120mm (70CFM) case fans (although my case is open so those shouldn't matter much), a Scythe KATANA Cu HSF, and have applied my Artic Silver 5 thermal compund several times to make sure it's as thin as humanly possible. I also have nothing else hooked up (besides RAM) to prevent any heating from any other components.

I mean it's underclocked 13% of its maximum value and it's still running far too hot.

Please help! Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.