Q6600 overclock details.

Scharnhorst · Rated PG Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

according to this i might've put too much on. But for my heatsink fan and a quad core are these temps high?

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:05:21 Post Subject:

I don't agree with their method at all... Put on a line and let the CPU spread it? Uhhh... How do you know your line was big enough, or that it will spread evenly?

Somewhat coincidentally, SVC.com has an article on this subject in their newsletter today... I agree with this one:

http://www.svc.com/article-thermal-compound.html

Scharnhorst · Rated PG Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

What should my temps be at? Maybe my temps are normal we have the same case by the way

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:13 Post Subject:

Scharnhorst · Rated PG Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

OK I did the thermal paste over, removing the heatsink and cpu to spread it evenly and thinly. I then realized the heatsink fan was blowing air towards the front of the case when it should be blowing air out. I also ziptied the wires in the case hoping that would help bring temp down.
So for core temp is showing high 30s and low 40s at idle. Plus that thermal paste is suppose to sit for around 200 hours before it reaches full effect. So i dropped the temperature i'd say 10c

acruxksa · Posted: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:11:55 Post Subject:

High 30's low 40's (at idle) is what I was getting at stock voltage and speed, so that looks good. If those are your overclocked temps, I'm envious. Smile

I also prefer CoreTemp. TAT (Intels's Thermal Analysis Tool) is also good. Either one should give you pretty accurate temps, so pick the one you are comfortable with.

Scharnhorst · Rated PG Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

No these are not overclocking temps. After the computer has been on awhile though the temps go up I realized. Intel says now 48-46, while core temp 47-44

This is a significant drop from the zalman fan and redoing the paste.

Scharnhorst · Rated PG Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

I put my old zalman fan on my bros who has a e6600, is there anything special i should consider when overclocking his?

As for mine lets see if i got all this info down before I attempt to overclock.
Voltage should be set to 1.325v
memory set to 667mhz
simple setting would be 9x333
Do i set the memory and cpu thing to linked, unlinked?
Anything else i need to do? i know orthos and how to test stability. what temps should overclocking get my temps to?

wes9555 · Rated PG Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:21:37 Post Subject:

Scharnhorst,
I'm not sure what bios settings are available to you, but basically you want to run the cpu at 9x333 and the memory at 667. Doing this keeps them both at the same speed...............(ddr2 = 333x2). Your memory should have no trouble with this speed. Keep an eye on your cpu voltage, you might have to go a little higher to get stability, but 1.325v would be a good starting point.
I wouldn't let loaded temps get higher than the mid 60's. Judging from your idle temps I'm guessing, but with voltages at or around 1.325 - 1.35 and the cpu at 3.0 Ghz your loaded temps will likely be right around low 60's or maybe high 50's. This is just a wild guess on my part, so keep an eye on them.

Also, it can help to disable unneeded options/devices in the bios, like serial ports, firewire, printer ports midi ports etc. If you are not sure what an option does, leave it at default. If you still have trouble let me know what brand mobo you are using and I will try to get more info on bios settings to tweak things a bit more.

Wes9555,
You need to pay attention to the core temps. Those look like nice idle temps for a stock cpu. Mine idles in that range, perhaps a little lower, but my computer rooms ambient temperature is probably a bit lower than yours which would account for the difference. It does seem like a wider range between the cores than I usually see, which might suggest that the hsf is not seated evenly. I say might, because it is normal to have some variation in core temps and every cpu is slightly different.