Core 2 6600 Temps

ADP · 31 May 2007 at 22:37

Hi there, I have just finished putting my new rig together,

Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 (2.4GHz)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7
Asus P5B Duluxe
Crucial Ballistic PC2-6400 (2x1GB)
ATI Radeon HIS X1950Pro

I haven't loaded Windows XP yet, I am just monitoring the temperatures in the BIOS at the moment. I am getting 41.5 degrees C.

Are these temperatures OK because I have read posts about some people getting their temperatures in the high 20's.

I have applied the Arctic Silver 5 paste exactly how it should be applied.

Is 41.5 OK,

Thanks in advance.

BBloke · 31 May 2007 at 23:23

Hi,

I have a core2duo E6600 and its in the high 20's. I'm not sure what it peaks at as I've never really paid any attention to it but I think its around the high 30's.

I have a Zalman CNPS 9700 heatsink and fan inside a well vented and cooled case (Antec nine hundred).

I dont know what the max temps are for the chip but I see nothing wrong with 41... even if it peaks at 55.

From a quick "e6600 idle temps" search on google I would say you are well ok.

Are you using a standard heatsink and fan? How about the case everything is in? Are the cables tidy?

JamesU2005 · 31 May 2007 at 23:34

Those are fine. 60s/70s on load would be a slight worry but your fine.

truebluecfc · 1 Jun 2007 at 01:04

Mine on full load is about 44/45c and idles at around 34c so its nothing to worry about.

{SAS}TB · 2 Jun 2007 at 09:24

Lo

Seems a bit higher than my, simialr setup, (CPU, Mobo and Cooler)

I have my 6600 @ 3GHz for a while and idle around 30-32 degrees with an Arctic 7 Pro in a Thermaltake Shark (added fans)

Odly enough though, just upped it to 3.2 GHz this morning and the idling temps havent risen

C64 · 3 Jun 2007 at 02:52

truebluecfc said:
Mine on full load is about 44/45c and idles at around 34c so its nothing to worry about.

You can post proof of this? i have a core 2 and it wont be 45c full load at default clock let alone overclocked btw am using a tuniq tower 120 what do you mean by full load are you using intel tat and running both cores on full or talking about when playing a game? i think even the best coolers on average people
get around 50-60c full load.

Justintime · 3 Jun 2007 at 03:34

Mind u all core 2s are not equal, some steppings plain run hotter, this may be real or a misread due to not being read properly by coretemp or TAT etc.. some speculate its due to the IHS being concave on some causing poor contact.

truebluecfc · 3 Jun 2007 at 04:30

C64 said:
You can post proof of this? i have a core 2 and it wont be 45c full load at default clock let alone overclocked btw am using a tuniq tower 120 what do you mean by full load are you using intel tat and running both cores on full or talking about when playing a game? i think even the best coolers on average people
get around 50-60c full load.

haha pal, so your saying im lieing? when i say full load, i mean running Orthos etc aswell as playing games for long periods of time, ive never seen it above 46.

tim_enchanter · 3 Jun 2007 at 04:41

Mine has a Scythe attached and idles in the 20s and I've yet to see it go into the 40s. It hits high 30s under load.
I've probably not fully loaded both cores yet, but the cooler only has a 120mm Akasa amber on low speed stuck to it anyway.

hp7909 · 3 Jun 2007 at 05:38

ADP said:
{snip}I haven't loaded Windows XP yet, I am just monitoring the temperatures in the BIOS at the moment. I am getting 41.5 degrees C{snip}

Read somewhere, that BIOS loads the CPU hence the (not so) high temp

jellybeard999 · 3 Jun 2007 at 06:05

These chips run fairly hot, and a temp in the 50s is about average.

Anyone claiming 30s or even low 40s is more than likely getting inaccurate readings, on air at least.

Holwill · 3 Jun 2007 at 07:18

My [email protected] under water idles low 20s and never goes over 45c even using tat for 10mins+!

Ambienst about 20c L644g380 batch

Hot Sponge · 3 Jun 2007 at 09:05

Mine idles in the late 20's but has risen a little due to the warmer weather of the last few days. Goes up to late 30's under load.

It was my understanding from all the reviews i've read that these chips were cool anyway due to the smaller due process.

Using one of those Zalman heatpipe round thingys by the way.

Deluxe1 · 3 Jun 2007 at 11:09

My E6600 at 3.4GHz is currently idling at 32c and at full load hits just under 50c thats with a Zalman 9700NT for cooling.

darwin · 3 Jun 2007 at 14:37

Mine idles about 43c, and then up to 55c under load but using 1.5V vcore as my particular proc does not seem to be a great overclocker. I recently reseated my Arctic Freezer 7 so I'm hoping the AS5 compound has yet to cure properly.

Ballistix · 3 Jun 2007 at 16:21

Mine is overclocked to 3.3 on air with the Arctic freezer 7, I get 26-7 idle and 44-5 under full load.

Alien8472 · 5 Jun 2007 at 17:38

I think the problem with quoting Cpu temps in general, let alone with the C2D is there are many variables which people dont state.

Firstly regarding the C2D, there is a very informative article over on tomshardware detailing all 3 sensors on the C2D.

Regarding the Asus P5B, if u enable PECI in bios it reduces the reported temperature (tcase) by a significant margin, in my case from 41 down to 21C.

Basically TAT reports the temps of the thermal diodes embedded in each core (tjunction), wheareas tcase is the temp of the thermal diode between the cores. Motherboards read this temp (tcase), and apply it to a set of tables which are in the bios, to estimate the average temp of the heatspreader.

This all sounds rather stupid to me as this temp is entirely dependant on what the manufacturer decides, and not on the real world temp of the cpu.

Then of course there is ambient temp, cpu speed, heatsink, etc etc.

Currently my Setup is a C2D 6600 @ stock w/stock heatsink

Ambient = 22C
Core1 = 28C
Core2 = 29C
tcase = 21C

This is with PECI enabled in bios

Hope this helps

ADP · 5 Jun 2007 at 20:36

Alien8472 said:
I think the problem with quoting Cpu temps in general, let alone with the C2D is there are many variables which people dont state.

Firstly regarding the C2D, there is a very informative article over on tomshardware detailing all 3 sensors on the C2D.

Regarding the Asus P5B, if u enable PECI in bios it reduces the reported temperature (tcase) by a significant margin, in my case from 41 down to 21C.

Basically TAT reports the temps of the thermal diodes embedded in each core (tjunction), wheareas tcase is the temp of the thermal diode between the cores. Motherboards read this temp (tcase), and apply it to a set of tables which are in the bios, to estimate the average temp of the heatspreader.

This all sounds rather stupid to me as this temp is entirely dependant on what the manufacturer decides, and not on the real world temp of the cpu.

Then of course there is ambient temp, cpu speed, heatsink, etc etc.

Currently my Setup is a C2D 6600 @ stock w/stock heatsink

Ambient = 22C
Core1 = 28C
Core2 = 29C
tcase = 21C

This is with PECI enabled in bios

Hope this helps

All this is interesting to know, thanks for this info.

BTW, what application is everyone else using to monitor their temps, I'm using Asus probe 2 and in windows it reports the CPU 40 degrees idle and motherboard 37 degrees idle.

Under load my CPU temps have never gone over 51.5 Degrees.

Sparky · 5 Jun 2007 at 20:43

Coretemp or TAT i use.

mgncdarkangel · 5 Jun 2007 at 20:49

I have a C2D 6600 with a Zalman CNPS 9700, my MB is a DFI ICFX3200-T2R, also running Vista Ultimate 64Bit.

Now i only fitted the Zalman Fan today, but i cant find and way on monitoring the Temperatue from inside windows. Ive tried a load of diffrent temperature programs but none of the seem to work! Most of them come up with a error message about drivers missing.... Ive been to dfi URL and download all Vista 64 drivers.... still comes up with error message!

Any one know how i can find out my CPU temperature..? I can get it off the bios, but that doesnt let me see the temperature when im playing a game, or when the cpu is under load!

DaRkAnG3L

P.S Any one else had similar problems....?