Q6600 Overheating Problem

Dean147

Dean147

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My Specs:
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
PSU: Lepa G-Series 900W
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II
RAM: 3GB
CPU: Q6600 Core 2 Quad Core 2.4Ghz

There is a Cooler Master Heatsink + Fan on the CPU but I don't know what model it is.

Hi guys any help with my problem would be appreciated.

For some reason just through general use my CPU is reaching temps of high 50's and often hitting low 60's. Most of the time running through 55-62 degrees Celsius when I'm using the web browser and a few other programs. Not doing anything settles the temp to around 45-50.

I've replaced the CPU thermal paste a few times, I wasn't sure exactly how much to apply. The first time I put on a thin layer but it didn't approve, second time I applied more but this didn't help either.

Because of this I looked into the BIOS settings and disabled the CPU Quiet Fan functionality and reduced the clock to 2.2 per core. This has improved but not by much, now running about 40-50.

I'm not sure what is the problem because I'm sure my case is cool because my GPU runs about 40, and never more than 55-60 in intensive graphical games.

Do I need a new CPU heatsink?

Sorry for long post, Thanks.
 
my Q6600s always been around 45-55c... as long as it dont go up to silly temps like 80-90c then your ok

I consider it normal temps 45-55c myself, anything lower then a noisy fan with a larger cooler would be it, but the humidity has been high lately...
 
Don't spread the paste. Use the grain of rice or small pea method. You can google it to find a good guide. Basically you just put a small blob of paste in the centre of cpu. The heatsink weight and pressure spreads the paste for you leaving no air bubbles. Also no need to have paste over the whole surface, just over the cores.

Mine idles at 37 at 1.34v 3.2GHz. Full load is 60-63c.

Do you have something limiting your case airflow or some dust in your heatsink?

Get it sorted then OC your Q6600 to give that 580 a bit of room to breathe!
 
Thank you all for the replies. I definitely think the hot weather has something to do with it as my room has been warmer than usual over the last week.

I will re-apply the paste again and make sure there is no dust in or around the heatsink.

Thanks

- Maybe once the temps are ok I will put the clock back up to 2.4 or 2.6 and turn on CPU Quiet Fan again. But we'll see.
 
yeah these temps and humidity been a right killer...

u also gotta let your heatsink/paste settle in before it gets to a norm temp

Really I dont think anything else to worry it wont burn out just auto downclock or switch off anyhow, the protections built in :)
 
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