New Cooler arrived- oc done

El_Commi · 30 May 2011 at 20:07

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1844405

Left it at 4.5.
Had the multiplayer at 4.8 np's, idle was about 36, but running intelburn got it to 90 quite fast.

At 4.5 intel burn hits 70-75 ith 27-29 idle.

So, I'll stick with a slower clock and lower speeds. Overall pretty happy with the cooler, it's reasonably quiet, and makes a marked difference in cooling from stock.
On stock clocks was getting pretty high 70-80 temps on standard with intel burn. 98 on max.
Now only 70.

*edit*
Want to ask if its normal for CPU-z to always show the clock as being 4.5
I assumed speedstep would underclock when the cpu wasn't in use. Not that it matters too much, but I think I'd prefare it to step down when not needed.

panyan · 30 May 2011 at 20:38

well put us out of our misery - what cooler is it?!?

AshenShugar1873 · 30 May 2011 at 20:41

panyan said:
well put us out of our misery - what cooler is it?!?

Lol, I was wondering too. I'll guess the tranquillo, no other reason than I have it on my 2500k :-)

El_Commi · 30 May 2011 at 20:50

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler.
I read the comments with everyone complaining how difficult it was to fit with those pushpins. So I was expecting a long time of it. I found it harder to put the power jack into the pins on the mobo cause of my fat fingers. Very easy to set up

panyan · 30 May 2011 at 20:54

i have that cooler too, and dont try too heavy an overclock - it can get rather toasty - it is only a small cooler

El_Commi · 30 May 2011 at 21:00

Yeah- seeing 90 degrees in Realtemp with intelburn scared me off, so dropped it back down to 4.5GhZ from 4.8.

Only thing is, it seems to be stuck permenently @ 4.5GhZ. I'm fairly sure, it should auto downclock to 1.6 or something on idle- but it isn't. Humm

C64 · 30 May 2011 at 22:48

check settings in bios

El_Commi · 31 May 2011 at 07:37

Speed step is turned on, as is Powersaving. So I be using X.M.P or auto or manual?

logi-cat · 31 May 2011 at 21:11

this cooler is not designed for heavy overclocking. I would be quite worried if i hit 90 degrees.

El_Commi · 31 May 2011 at 21:16

logi-cat said:
this cooler is not designed for heavy overclocking. I would be quite worried if i hit 90 degrees.

That's why I turned the clock back down to 4.5Ghz. It was on intelburn max, which seems to make things go very very hot. It only spike to about 65-70 with it on standard, but I thought it best not to risk it.

I have a new problem now anyway. Trying to figure out why it doen't downclock