Q6600 - Leave well alone?

chrispystix · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:18

I have cranked it up to 3.4ghz (almost) with a freezer pro and stock vcore. She now runs around 44c and 62 under Prime (coretemp, as Bios tells me more like 65c).

I have been thinking about going for a Thermalright 120 but with three reservations;

1. Just spent cash on the rig and it would be a waste
2. I would have to take the whole thing apart to fit and it might bust
3. Is it really going to make much difference to push to maybe 3.8ghz.

Games seem to be GPU limited and other than a bit of family video not much else troubles the rig.

views??

Cr0fty · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:19

If i were you i wouldn't be that bothered.

However if you really want to see how far you can push the chip then go for it...

Pneumonic · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:24

Really I dont think day-to-day you see much difference past 3.2/3.4 but its a hell of a lot of fun finding out what your CPU can do

AndyOcUK · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:26

Pneumonic said:
Really I dont think day-to-day you see much difference past 3.2/3.4 but its a hell of a lot of fun finding out what your CPU can do

Agreed - apart from some benchmarks.

chrispystix said:
She now runs around 44c and 62 under Prime (coretemp, as Bios tells me more like 65c).

Who is "She" by the way? Did you manage to get a hand picked female version?

chrispystix · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:30

AndyOcUK said:
Agreed - apart from some benchmarks.

Who is "She" by the way? Did you manage to get a hand picked female version?

With big cans!!

Ben M · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:35

be prepared to lap your cpu and heatsink if you are to get a 120 extreme

if you're not, and you want better cooling ( that's quieter than the af7 on full whack as well) get a tuniq tower

chrispystix · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:41

Yea I keep looking at the Tuniq too. The uneven surface on the Thermalright seems too poor to be true. Is it still a problem?

AndyOcUK · 13 Jan 2008 at 19:46

chrispystix said:
With big cans!!