Q6600 overclock details.

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

acruxksa,

Thanks for the input. I OCed it to 3ghz and i've been running a full load with prime95 for about an hour and the max temp has been between 73/73/67/67 to 74/74/68/68.

Is this too high and if so what can I do to fix it? I just noticed while looking in my case that I installed the tt120 so that the fan is facing up and down instead of towards the back of my case and out.

How much of a difference would it make if i reseated it so that the fan blows out the back of the case? I'd really rather not reseat it since it was such a pain in the a$$ to put in but if it would make a huge difference I might do it.

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:01:01 Post Subject:

Those temps seem a bit on the high side, How much voltage are you using? If things seem stable, try lowering the cpu voltage in small increments to get the temps down. If that doesn't work, I would recommend re-seating the cpu. Dr. Feelgood (BB) posted a link above to a good thermal paste application guide so you might want to have a look at that. Orienting the hsf so it blows directly out of the case is a good idea and should lower temps by a couple degrees.

Your loaded temps won't kill the cpu immediately, but you don't want to leave them there for an extended period of time.

Please note that I added a bit to my post above about your cores temp differences seem a bit large. This may be an indicator that your hsf isn't seated evenly.

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

Yeah I figured they were a bit high. I've built a ton of computers but this is my first actual quad core so I followed the directions on the arctic silver website. The voltage is regular, although I have an MSI Platinum SLI motherboard and there's no way to set it exactly...it stays at auto and from what it detects you can add to that.

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

Quick update: I took off the tt120 and cleaned it and the processor and put it back on using doc's instructions and made sure it was evenly seated. I clocked my comp back to the stock 2400 and i've been running prime95 for about 45 min now and the temps maxed out at 72/72/69/69. Isn't this still high? I also made sure the fan on the tt blows out of the case. I'm not if there's anything else I can do to make the heat less and if it's running that hot at stock im not sure i'll be able to keep it at 3 ghz Mad

edit: both everest and cpuz are reporting the cpu voltage at 1.28

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:51:23 Post Subject:

Wow,
That's a pretty hot running cpu. You can't really get much lower than 1.28v and the TT120 is about as good an hsf as they make. The only other items worth mentioning are case ventilation and IHS lapping. Seems awfully hot to me.

One the plus side, the core temps seem to be a bit closer together.

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

Yeah I really don't knwo what the deal is. I've a 120mm front intake fan and a 120mm back exaust and a 90mm above that and then a 90mm exause at the top of the case. I have most of the wires together with wire ties so i'm not really sure why the heat is such an issue. As far as applying the as..does a dime size in the middle or a strip along the processor (as on the as website) make much of a difference?

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

i've got a 680i mobo

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

How can I tell if the tt120 is seated all the way? I'd say i'm completely positive it is but my temps are insane...

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:30:39 Post Subject:

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

I used coretemp and got the same idle temps as I did from everlast. I didn't try it with a full load though, I just assumed if the idles were the same then the loads would be the same as well.