E6300 idle temps

robgti · 20 Jun 2010 at 23:47

I have currently got mu E6300 overclocked to 3.2Ghz but it is idling at 55c.

I am using a Arctic Pro freezer 7 the first rev and was wondering if that could be why the idle temps are so high? I am using the thermal paster that came with my TRUE which is currently on my overclocked Q6600.

Are the idle temps too high and which cooler should i go for to lower them?

Thanks

rickh · 21 Jun 2010 at 00:26

What are your load temps?

robgti · 21 Jun 2010 at 07:47

under load it goes up to around 65c

mp260767 · 21 Jun 2010 at 09:55

what voltage have you got running through the 6300 ?

is the pro freezer seated properly ?

robgti · 21 Jun 2010 at 10:35

Yeah it seems to be seated properly. The VID of the chip is around 1.325 so i think the highest i went to was 1.34v

fs123 · 21 Jun 2010 at 11:35

Those temps are close to what mine were when I had an e6300 @ 3.3Ghz with a Scythe ninja cooler. The load temp especially is very good considering my Q8400 goes up to 72c.

The idle temp for mine was around 46c so I think your temps with an arctic 7 are probably correct.

dlknight · 21 Jun 2010 at 13:26

Is this a Core2 E6300 Conroe? If so think your temps are a little high, this is what I was getting a few weeks ago @ 3.34GHz, my CPU and cooler are both lapped but there was only around 2-3C difference after lapping. I am also using Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. Load was two instances of Prime95 Small FFTs.

21C Ambient temp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhiteknight/4720259303/