Will a CoolIT ECO drop my CPU temp?

metalmackey · 23 Aug 2010 at 16:46

Hi Peeps,

My overclocked bundle is running at around 45C idle and goes to around the mid 60's during gaming. Prime05 goes to 95C after a few mins. My brother has reseated the heatsink (titan fenrir) and reapplied arctic silver 5 and its still the same. Would a coolit eco drop my temps or have I just got a hot CPU?

Thanks

Tealc · 23 Aug 2010 at 17:15

It may drop it a degree or two. You'd need to go high end air or water cooling to see a marked difference.

The OCuk voltage settings are sometimes higher than is necessary for every chip. Some chips can do 4Ghz volted a lot lower than others. You may be able to adjust the voltages yourself to trim off some temps. Or even drop the overclock to a lower clock if it really bothers you that much.

Idle 45 is fine.

Mid 60s during gaming is fine.

95 under Prime95 is not so fine. You won't find much that'll stress your CPU as much as Prime95 in the real world. Mine hit 91 degrees and I wasn't bothered. I only dropped it to 3.6Ghz to save power. (about 40 watts at idle)

chronic86 · 23 Aug 2010 at 17:18

mine hits 97c under prime with a corsair h50 so its not your cpu! i think custom water cooling loop would be better... i'm currently in the process of specing a loop for my self not many people like to help out when it comes to watercooling tho i have no idea why as if its only for the overclocking elite or something.

HW91 · 23 Aug 2010 at 17:18

woah that's hot

my Ven X got low 30's idle, ~50 gaming and ~70 prime95 with a 4GHz D0

I'd guess that's either a problem with the cooler mounting or the IHS on the CPU isn't on properly in which case you can't really do anything about it because taking the IHS off can split the die

chronic86 · 23 Aug 2010 at 17:30

depends what his vcore is as well, i need 1.39 for 4.2ghz which is not great

metalmackey · 23 Aug 2010 at 17:50

Thanks guys. My Vcore is 1.30625v and RAM is 1.64v. The other 2 are on auto.

HW91 · 23 Aug 2010 at 18:00

for 4GHz?

try 1.26375v(or something like that), mine runs at 4GHz 1.25v

Tealc · 23 Aug 2010 at 18:03

You can't do much with the RAM voltage but you might be able to drop the vcore. I've been working mine down by adjusting qpi/vtt voltage and vcore. I have vcore at 1.1875v and qpi/vtt at 1.275 for my 3.6ghz clock. Now low 70s with my Noctua cooler, was reaching 80s with stuff on Auto.

chronic86 · 23 Aug 2010 at 18:05

i need 1.32vcore for 4ghz

metalmackey · 23 Aug 2010 at 18:09

Load-Line Calibration is on level 2 if that makes a difference.

metalmackey · 24 Aug 2010 at 16:36

Hmmmmmmm, LLC can increase temps, is this true?

Mr Krugga · 24 Aug 2010 at 16:45

It's true, it does increase voltages under load, that is why. In my case it can be 5*C difference between vdroop on and off.

metalmackey · 24 Aug 2010 at 19:10

Think I'll leave it as it is. It works so s*d the temps LOL

Frozennova · 24 Aug 2010 at 19:21

chronic86 said:
mine hits 97c under prime with a corsair h50 so its not your cpu! i think custom water cooling loop would be better... i'm currently in the process of specing a loop for my self not many people like to help out when it comes to watercooling tho i have no idea why as if its only for the overclocking elite or something.

due to the nature of watercooling your likely kill components or a whole rig if you dont take care in preperation and the build so you should have the knowledge to spec your self after plenty of research to ensure damage does not occur

metalmackey · 25 Aug 2010 at 16:08

I changed my mind LOL. Changed LLC from level 2 to level 1 and has took a couple of degrees off load temps

Seems to be stable still too.