e6750 Temp Confusion

[hawler]

Ok guys, I know you are gonna wanna kill me for posting this cause I'm sure it's in a few places already but it seems the more I read the more I see things that contradict each other and thoe more I get confused so I'm just gonna ask it here.

I was hoping you guys could tell me which temp(s) it is that really matter for my C2D and what I should aim to keep my e6750 under. Also what tool is a good one for measuring said temp cause I've used a few and sometimes get very different temps, sometimes as much as 15 C.

I am curious cause I currently have an OC of just 3.2 GHz and I want to push it farther but I wanna be safe. Then again I'm not too worried if I blow my chip as I'll just get an e8400 but obviously I wanna try avoiding that lol.

Thanks alot.

 

[hawler]

oops

 

[halcyon]

For the E6x50 chips current revisions of Core Temp, Speed Fan, or Everest should be fine. You'll want to look at the core temps, not the bios (Tcase) temp.

 

[CompuTronix]

Why not both?

 

[hawler]

Looking at them both makes sense to me, the only thing is I'm not really sure of the range for either of them

 

[CompuTronix]

That information is clearly shown in my Temp Guide, as well as the techniques to calibrate both sets of temperatures. Just curious, but is there a reason why don't you recommend Real Temp? The OP is confused and is looking for a clear directive.

 

[CompuTronix]

Hawler if you'd like to have the most accurate CPU temperature AND Core temperatures possible, then use my Core 2 Quad and Duo Temperature Guide to calibrate SpeedFan specifically to your rig: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/221745-29-core-quad-temperature-guide

From the Guide:


Section 6: Scale

Scale 1: Duo
E6x50: Tcase Max 72c, Stepping G0

-Tcase/Tjunction-
--70--/--75--75-- Hot
--65--/--70--70-- Warm
--60--/--65--65-- Safe
--25--/--30--30-- Cool


Your next solution is Real Temp: http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

Real Temp is quite simply the best Core temperature monitoring utility currently available. Read the following documentation - http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/docs.php - to understand how Real Temp addresses sensor linearity problems that other popular utilities do not. For this reason, I do not recommend Core Temp to anyone.


Hope this clears up the confusion,

Comp

 

[hawler]

Thanks a lot CompuTronix, I'll read over your full guide later but that snippet there is what I was looking for.

So i Guess for my e6750 my idle core temp (measured with real temp) of 31 and load of 47 are fine....looks like it's time to start OCing a little more, and luckily I have tons of room on my Vcore before i near 1.5V which as far as i can gather is what most people say is a good limit for e6750

 

[CompuTronix]

That's correct. 1.5 Vcore is Intel's limit, according to their specifications in the Processor Spec Finder: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLA9V

With an above average e6750, a good motherboard and high-end cooling, some users have reported 4.0Ghz with safe temperatures.

 

[hawler]

Yeah, I've got a Scythe Infinity on mine now with two 120mm Fans in a Push-pull configuration with airflow going towards the 200mm fan on my Antec 900 case. Im thinking I migth try the 4 fan scythe infinity setup with a push-pull cross wind approach. I have a feeling my NB will die before my 6750. I'm using an XFX nvidia 680i. But i'm planning on getting a better NB HS when I grab a couple of HSs for my 8800 GTs....my computer is going to have waaaay to many fans...it's already got the 4 120mm case fans and the 200mm case fan and 2 120mm cpu fans and one internal 120mm that kinda just floats in the middle of nowwhere.....and now it looks like i might add 2 120mm to the CPU, an 80mm to each GPU and a small spot cooler to my NB. This might get loud....