Building right now... need a little help

[somecanadianguy]

I was able to get into BIOS and set to boot from CD...
I'm trying to load vista now.
I hope I did this right... I messed up and powered off when it was asking for a system disk (after verifying DMI).

So far it's saying "Windows is loading files..."

**edit**
now it's stuck at a weird blueish greenish screen... looks like a background or something.

[somecanadianguy]

Do I have to install anything from the motherboard disk first?

[somecanadianguy]

Well, Vista is installing.

I'm wondering... how long should I give this thing (if all goes well) before I can consider it stable? I don't plan to overclock just yet.

[somecanadianguy]

RealTemp 3.0 is giving me this...

Core 0 - 39
GPU - 40
Core1 - 38
Core2 - 39
Core3 - 37

I'm not quite sure how to configure RealTemp... I'm used to speedfan.
Can anyone help, or point me to a tutorial or something?

[3.0charlie]

Realtemp is designed to be used with default settings. No changes needed. If you left all voltage and blck settings to stock, then your rig is probably stable. Install OCCT, let it run for 2 hours to confirm.

[somecanadianguy]

Well I let OCCT run for just over 30mins... then I had to go out and was a little afraid to leave it going. OCCT showed that core temps got just over 71c... 81 according to RealTemp. I might try it again, but everything seems to be running fine.

A few graphics programs I use get temps around 80c... 84 max so far. From what I've read these temps are decent for stock speed and cooling. I do have a better HSF that I'll be putting on soon ( NCIX.com - Buy Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 1366RT Heatpipe Cooler LGA1366 120MM Fan FDB 1600RPM 28.0DBA 63.7CFM - ULTRA-120-1366RT In Canada. )which should help... especially when I start to overclock. I may need help installing it, but we'll see.

[Realityshift]

Ouch those are some damn high temps man, I didnt know those things got so hot at stock... if you have the TRUE on hand you should just pop it in and try seeing what temps you get off that. Btw max temps for that CPU are 90c so considering your running that CPU at stock speeds your temps are a little high for my tastes. Ive seen temps that high @ 3.8ghz with a TRUE...

[element291]

That does seem very high for the temps. Did you forget to apply the TIM?

[somecanadianguy]

I may have messed up and not put enough TIM.
I'd like to put the other HSF on, but I'm a bit confused by it.
It's a little trickier than the stock cooler.
Which way should the fan point?
How careful do I need to be?
When I tried putting it on, the springs on the screws were making it really tight and I was afraid I'd wreck something.

Motherboard:
NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte EX58-UD3R-SLI ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 2PCI-E SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN CrossFireX SLI Motherboard - GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI In Canada.

As I've said many times, I haven't done this before. I'd have no way to replace parts if I ruin something and maybe I'm being overly careful and gentle. Whenever I have to apply any pressure to something I get nervous.

[somecanadianguy]

I may try and reapply the TIM if I don't feel like tackling the HSF right now... I have no alcohol at the moment though, so how should I clean the CPU off? I suppose I could walk down to the store and get some.