Is 57C too hot for my q6600?

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I have looked http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/221745-11-core-quad-temperature-guide but there is a lot there and its really confusing.

I have the asus maximus forumla and there is a good feature in the BIOS which does all the overclocking for me. I used the CPU level up feature and set it to QX6800. I booted my computer up and started playing a game, according to ASUS ai suite and speedfan the temperature is 56-60C.

Is this dangerous or too hot?
 
60C is fine for load.

I would not recommend automatic OCing, you should always do manual OCing. The auto feature usually overshoots the voltage, and thus creates more heat than necessary.
 
Well i think i would mess it up even more if i did it manual. I thought this CPU level up feature was really good. I have set it to QX6700 now.

Now i just need to overclock my ram because its running at 400 mhz. Which settings should i look at in BIOS for ram overclocking? Just voltage?
 

Are you sure it's not running 800MHz? For DDR2, you need to multiply by 2.
 
ASUS AI suite CPU level up overclocked my FSB to 1184 and the CPU to 2.6 GHZ.

If my ram is running at 740 MHZ thats still too slow really. I would like it at 1066.
 
So it's 296MHz. And your ram multiplier is 2.5. In your bios, set the system memory multiplier to around 3.6. That will give you a clock speed close to 1066, but if you have everything left on auto, it's kinda pointless to increase the speed.
 
Why doesnt CPUZ say the actaully speed of RAM for me?
I thought my ram multiplyer was x2.0 ?

I have an application to change the RAM which only has 2 settings for me called ASUS AI booster.

The settings are: DRAM Voltage: Auto
DRAM Freqency: 833 MHZ.

I can change the frequency to 1066 and leave the voltage to auto cant i?
 

Your ram ratio is converted to a multiplier, which is not always 2.

You can probably change the system memory multiplier without the changing the voltages, however if you don't manually change the timings, your ram could end up slower than what you have at now.

This is one of the reasons why you do it manually.
 
if you're interested heres my settings for 3.24ghz (57 degrees, prime95 load) with zalman 9500 (not the best cooler for a quad)
multiplier X9
FSB 360
CPU vcore 1.300v
NB 1.29v,
SB 1.050v
SB 1.5v voltage = 1.50v,
FSBT 1.30v,
CPU PLL 1.50v,
PCI-E 100,
FSB strap auto,
CPU spread spectrum disabled
PCIE spread spectrum disabled
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled

for everything MAXIMUS try here
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168119
 
I checked the specs of my ram on the site and it says:

"Tested at EPP SPD settings (5-5-5-15-2T) at
2.20V* at 1066MHz"

Does this mean i can put it to 1066mhz and keep the latency the same?
 
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