q6600 @3.6

[DieSeTTer]

Im wondering if my temps are good...

I have a q6600 "go" OC'd to 3.6ghz. and the temps at full load are aournd 56-60c. Im using Artic Cooling Freezer pro.


Thanks.

 

[PlasticSashimi]

Yeah, those temps are nice...

3 questions...

What utility are you using to read the temps?
Are those Core temps or Tcase?

Are you sure you're maxing all 4 cores? some versions of Prime/Orthos only stress 2. You can check to make sure all the cores are used with the ctrl-alt-del activity monitor

 

[althius]

And what is your voltage set at in the BIOS?

 

[bluesky-]

yeah...do you run your pc with case cover removed? those temperatures seen a little too good

 

[JonnyRock]

damn you are lucky, i can't get mine to clock past 2.88 😱 i680

 

[nkarasch]

Yeah and mine at 3.6 hits 73 degrees and I have to set the vcore to 1.5125

 

[DieSeTTer]

My voltage in bios is set to 1.525, but for some reason its only getting 1.456? Maybe i need bigger psu?
I run with the side panel off 2 120mm fans...maybe i was only stressing 2 cores? I ran Prime for 16+ hours
Does 3dmark stress all cores?

 

[Evilonigiri]

Are you reading 1.456v in cpuz or some program? If so, it's correct. This is due to Vdrop and Vdroop.

 

[DieSeTTer]

cpu-z
but also in bios i have it set to 1.525...and next to it says "acutal" 1.44

 

[Evilonigiri]

cpu-z
but also in bios i have it set to 1.525...and next to it says "acutal" 1.44

Voffset of some sort.

 

[DieSeTTer]

Is that okay?

 

[Evilonigiri]

Yeah, could you go any lower?

 

[PlasticSashimi]

My voltage in bios is set to 1.525, but for some reason its only getting 1.456? Maybe i need bigger psu?
I run with the side panel off 2 120mm fans...maybe i was only stressing 2 cores? I ran Prime for 16+ hours
Does 3dmark stress all cores?

You'll definitely want to check your temps using the latest beta of Prime95...

does someone have a link...it will automatically run one instance per core.

Like I said, Ctrl-alt-del during your test and bring up the activity monitor....check out the processor cores and see if they are all maxing out.

And no 3dmark is not as intensive.

You also might want to consider that running with the panel off is not always the best thing. Sometimes you can get more stable temperatures if you close it. (You can more easily affect air currents and drive away heat in a confined space than a larger open airspace)

that's alot of voltage, but if your temps are really fine it's not a problem....does the system become unstable if you use less?

Your results are very nice, I just want you to be sure everything is measured correctly so that you're not unwittingly melting your rig

 

[DieSeTTer]

okay...i ran prime on all four cores and it crashed after 10 min...my temp hit 71c


these are the setting i have in bios

CPU Multi: 9x
FSB:1600
Lync and sync
ram: 4-4-4-12
cpu: 1.500
fsb: 1.3

Can anyone help me?

 

[cnumartyr]

Yea, back up and get the board stable at 400x8 and then get the CPU stable. Odds are you need a ton more vCore.

71C is high.. is that CoreTemp or Tcase?

 

[DieSeTTer]

Okay i just want 3.4 stable heres what i have for settings now...
Does this look okay?

CPU Core: 1.4
CPU Fsb: 1.3
Memory: 2.1
SPP: 1.45
MCP: 1.525
HT Spp Mcp: 1.4

 

[Evilonigiri]

Yeah I don't see any problems with that.

 

[maverick7]

use core temp and then post a screenshot of that and dont edit out your window just post your entire desktop with cpuz open coretemp and speedfan

those temps seem like 5-10 under what they should be.

 

[DieSeTTer]

Why is Speetest showing temps so low?

 

[glasshouse]

what a bunch of rookies.........q6600 g0 3.6 gigabyte mobo water cooled vcore 1.356, full load 43c , idle 37c , ballistix tracer 800mhz 4 gigs ufo case....yall need to get it together q6600 has so much potential, you need help hit me up, air cooled sucks, get water if you want good temps and preserve the life of the processor..

 

[sportsfanboy]

You going to give me water cooling? THX!!!