wc tempertures [Q6600 B3]

rome87 · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:41

Hi im looking for some quick advice on wheather these temps are good for wc

Im using a swiftech ultra WC kit for my B3 Q6600 with a p655 coolant pump

Q6600 B3 everthing stock idle 42,42,39,38 at load 57,57,56,57 amberiant temp 23c and in a small room.

Are these good or bad temps for a WC quad ?

thanks

weescott · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:42

look way too high for that rig.

rome87 · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:46

weescott said:
look way too high for that rig.

by how much roughly ?

Raikiri · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:48

15c or more with water cooling, anything else in the loop?

Edit: Maybe 10c idle.

rome87 · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:52

Raikiri said:
15c or more with water cooling, anything else in the loop?

nope just the cpu i got it like this res-pipe-pump-pipe-Rad-pipe-CPU-pipe-res.and already have reseated the cpu twice because of these unusal temps

well speedfan says its 30c i wish
any ideas ?

weescott · 10 Sep 2007 at 21:59

30c idle is believable. Have you tried using core temp?

rome87 · 10 Sep 2007 at 22:00

weescott said:
30c idle is believable. Have you tried using core temp?

yes core temps says the following 42,40,39,39/ TAT says 45c

rome87 · 11 Sep 2007 at 02:34

anyone else think my q6600 temps to high ?

{SAS}TB · 11 Sep 2007 at 07:38

I dont really know what you should get with water, but im getting 35 35 34 36 idle at stock with a B3 on air (thermaright U/E) - so would say they are high, yes.

Pooh · 11 Sep 2007 at 10:48

Way too high.

I would reseat the waterblock.

It could alse be a symptom of too much thermal paste.

I would expect at least 10 degrees lower than what you're getting

DaveMac · 11 Sep 2007 at 11:18

Are you getting full contact mounting on the IHS?

Where is the rad positioned?

What fans used and what speed and direction are they?

rome87 · 11 Sep 2007 at 13:44

DaveMac said:
Are you getting full contact mounting on the IHS?

Where is the rad positioned?

What fans used and what speed and direction are they?

rad is on the back with air being sucked towards the back of the case.speed is maxium,

weescott · 11 Sep 2007 at 14:44

It should be more like 10c over ambient at idle at most. Do you have air in your loop?

rome87 · 11 Sep 2007 at 15:33

weescott said:
It should be more like 10c over ambient at idle at most. Do you have air in your loop?

nope, no bubbles and also have the correct amout of coolant in the res.Have tryed testing the temp in a differnt cooler room temps have droped about 4 c at idle now is that still to high ?

weescott · 11 Sep 2007 at 15:46

moving the PC to a cooler room won't change the fact that the chip is hotter than it should be with that cooling.

Edit: I wonder if the block itself is really THAT poor at cooling quad, surely not.

rome87 · 11 Sep 2007 at 15:56

weescott said:
moving the PC to a cooler room won't change the fact that the chip is hotter than it should be with that cooling.

Edit: I wonder if the block itself is really THAT poor at cooling quad, surely not.

Strange thing is ive seen people running the exact same block that i have with a quad with lower temps.

DaveMac · 11 Sep 2007 at 18:01

rome87 said:
rad is on the back with air being sucked towards the back of the case.speed is maxium,

So external air is cooling the rad?

What about the mounting contact, concave IHS are quite common.

Have you installed the Apogee block the right way around?
http://www.swiftnets.com/assets/images/products/apogee/base-plate-installation.gif

rome87 · 12 Sep 2007 at 17:40

DaveMac said:
So external air is cooling the rad?

What about the mounting contact, concave IHS are quite common.

Have you installed the Apogee block the right way around?
http://www.swiftnets.com/assets/images/products/apogee/base-plate-installation.gif

yes external air is cooling the rad,not sure what mounting contact means ?

yes have just remounted and put the block the right way around but still seeing temps of on my q6600 B3 34c-44c idle and 52c to 56c at load, everything at stock

DaveMac · 12 Sep 2007 at 17:49

rome87 said:
yes external air is cooling the rad,not sure what mounting contact means ?

yes have just remounted and put the block the right way around but still seeing temps of on my q6600 B3 34c-44c idle and 52c to 56c at load, everything at stock

Mounting contact = area getting contact with the block.

Look at the imprint of the paste when you fully attach and remove the cooler, you should get an even & very thin layer of paste over the core area.

w3bbo · 12 Sep 2007 at 21:02

How can there be anything wrong with his mount? The delta between idle and load temps is quite good. If the mount was bad then load temps would rocket sky high. You can try remounting but I don't think that will solve your problems. You could try lapping but again if your mount is fine and the surfaces are mating correctly I doubt you will see much of a difference.

You probably just have a hot chip (B3's run hot).