First Shot at Overclocking

[ste-sim2x9]

I have had a go for the first time at overclocking, I have got my Q660 running at 3.2ghz with not errors at the moment but i would like to know what the temp should be under stress as my cpu is reaching 75c. I have put a pic of the testing and settings below i have been doing below.

Robust graphics booster auto
cpu clock ratio 8
cpu freq 3.208

cpu host clock control enabled
cpu host freq 401mhz
pci express freq 100mhz

cpu clock drive 800
pci express skew 0
mch clock skew 0

performance enhance standard
mch freq latch auto
system memory multiplier 2.66d
memory freq 1066

ram timings 5 5 5 18

 

[Angst]

70c is really the max temp you want

 

[ste-sim2x9]

I have set my system back to stock setting for the moment. My cooler is a tuniq tower and have been using the cpu paste that came with it. Would it be better to get some artic silver. I have always used everest to monitor the core temps but i downloaded the program real temp and that shows higher temps. My temps are 39c on idle with stock settings when read with real temp but everest shows 28c.

 

[PaulyD]

sounds like too much thermal paste or heatsink not mounted correctly, should be getting lot better temps than that

 

[ste-sim2x9]

I can get the temp down abit more if i turn the tuniq tower fan up to the full 2090 rpm but the fan is loud as hell so i run the fan at 1271 rpm.

 

[Katoom]

Your RealTemp has the TJMax set at 100deg, this is what B3 quads should be. I think your GO should be 90.
28 at idle sounds about right if your room temp is about 20 deg.

 

[ste-sim2x9]

I don't know if this could be a factor why my temps are abit high, my tuniq tower cpu cooler seems to overhang the cpu socket and sit above the 4 capacitors i have ringed in red on the picture below.

 

[fro5tie]

doubt it would be, tuniq is huge and other people have got them giving good temps. most other decent coolers are big too and cover the area around the cpu socket

 

[ste-sim2x9]

I'm gonna buy some artic silver tomorrow and reseat the cooler but i hate doing that as i have to take my motherboard out to do it. I have a hole on the motherboard tray to remove the cooler bracket but its getting the right back cooler screw back after without taking the board out that is the problem.

 

[ste-sim2x9]

I have used some artic silver and reseated the cooler as it was leaning up on the capacitors to the right of the cpu socket. These are the temps i am getting from pc turn on. Are these right now

 

[CK61938]

wow...well I am sure you can see for yourself that the temps are much much better. So yeah thats much better indeed...

 

[ste-sim2x9]

do i let the artic silver time to settle before trying overclocking again.

 

[CK61938]

well not really...when i got my G0 version of the Q6600, I pretty much overclocked right away after applying the arctic silver...and got upto 3.5Ghz with ease...its currently at just under 3.6Ghz (3.58GHz to be exact but I like to say 3.6GHz to round it off lol). So u dont really have to wait...go for it...but do it in short increments...

 

[ste-sim2x9]

For some stupid reason i can't get my pc to overclock now with the settings i put in before. Everytime i put my settings in the bios for 3.2ghz my pc restarts 2 times then boots up but it has my cpu set to 2.13ghz. I used these settings below.


Robust graphics booster auto
cpu clock ratio 8
cpu freq 3.208

cpu host clock control enabled
cpu host freq 401mhz
pci express freq 100mhz

cpu clock drive 800
pci express skew 0
mch clock skew 0

performance enhance standard
mch freq latch auto
system memory multiplier 2.66d
memory freq 1066

ram timings 5 5 5 18