Q9550 temps

[Mr-White]

I've just dropped a Q9550 into my Shuttle and the temps idle are around 40'c and under full load it rises to 80c

Both the heatsink and cpu have been lapped and used AS5, what sort of temps do they run at and what are their thresholds ?

MW

 

[setter]

Temps will vary quite a bit on various rigs according to airflow and cooling etc, but as an example my EO stepping at 3.6ghz idles at 31-30-29-29, loads at 54-51-47-47 in prime small fft, ibt usually adds 5c or so to those load temps, temp threshold is 100c.

 

[BIGBC]

My Q9550 is currently idling pretty warm too, 45 - 37 - 43 - 43.

 

[Mr-White]

currently running at 47 - 38 - 44 - 44

I'm just wondering how much tweaking I can get away with

MW

 

[sturmtruppe]

mines idle at 35, 25, 25, 25. Its pretty sweaty today so my gfx card is sitting at 71c idle which is melting the rest of my pc.

 

[Mr-White]

bah the fsb and multiplier are unlocked but can only select 6-8 where 8.5 is the default so i can only underclock the cpu. The 333 fsb also wont boot at 340

MW

 

[setter]

You may need a bios update to enable the 8.5 multi. I had the same issue when i first installed mine.

 

[Mr-White]

i flashed the latest bios 2 months ago

MW

 

[VoG]

ide expect it to be a little bit toasty in a shuttle tbh, which shuttle is it?.

 

[Mr-White]

SG31G2

MW

 

[BarKeep]

i flashed the latest bios 2 months ago

MW

Did you do a BIOS reset when you fitted the Q9550?

 

[Mr-White]

Did you do a BIOS reset when you fitted the Q9550?

I reset the bios when it failed to boot when I was playing around with the memory, the multiplier options didn't change.

MW

 

[STutheTerrorisT]

Have a C1 stepping which sits at 3.6, idles at 37-32-35-35 and under full load it's 68-66-67-66.. Have noticed temps increased a good few degrees with this run of hot (ish) weather, was sitting at 32-30-30-30 whilst idle.. On a side note beer does help for cooling tho

 

[BarKeep]

Sorry I meant Clear CMOS, including removing the battery....

 

[Mr-White]

Sorry I meant Clear CMOS, including removing the battery....

That's what i did

MW

 

[sxndy]

My one isn't overclocked atm and idles around 21 on all cores, hottests I've had it was around 38. This said, there are a lot of fans in my case and a third party heat sink on the cpu.

 

[wolvers]

What stepping is it? If it's a C1 then it's pretty normal, especially in a small case like yours.

I'd replace it with something else if it's a C1. They clock OK but you need mega cooling to keep it in safe temps.