CPU going haywire !

[ceddy78]

Hey guys, I really need some advice and help on my CPU.

My rig :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01197648&lang=en&cc=us&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=3550541&prodTypeId=12454

CPU : Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz

I put in a new GPU and power supply, Thermaltake 500W power supply and a NVidia Geforce GT 630 a couple months ago.

I've been wanting to overclock my CPU for quite a while since it is a quad core supposed to be running at 2.4 ghz, to 3.0 ghz.

However, after installing Everest to check the temperature of my CPU cores, all of them are at 60-65 degrees C !!!! That's just being idle too, when running Primer95 it goes up to 70-75 degrees.

That's not even the most messed up part. Everest also says that my CPU is currently running at 1.6ghz !!! What the *** ?!?

I'm running vista 32 bit by the way (I have 8gb of RAM i'm planning to put in and will get a copy of windows 7 64 bit pretty soon).

Should I get a new CPU cooler/heatsink ? What on earth happened to my CPU ? I play quite a lot of games and I'd really like to know how I can fix this.

Thank you for your time.

 

[ceddy78]

CoreTemp says that the cores are actually running at 70-75 degrees C without running any program or anything ;_;

 

[scottfree1]

What's the tjmax for your cpu?

 

[ceddy78]

100 C

 

[scottfree1]

Your safe at least, so this is the first time you've taken your comps temp?

 

[ceddy78]

Yep.

I talked to a friend and I'm gonna ahead and order this

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835999010

for americans :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835999010

 

[scottfree1]

I picked one of these up today for $29, but with gas prices driving to Cali may eat into your savings, but drop by if you do..

Corsair H50 Liquid cooling system
http://www.frys.com/product/6007318?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG