Freezer 7 + OC Q6600 = HOT

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I'm loath to go down the mobo out, Thermaltake Ultra 120 route, but if I need to I will - cost is not a problem

but wondering if anything else I can do with current setup

I had a Freezer 7 Pro ... broke one of the pushpins, so got a Scythe Mine REVB instead, well it was OK but a REAL pain to install, and temps slightly worse than the Freezer 7 Pro

got a new Freezer 7 Pro, and after 5 re-installs, temps are OK, but not as good as I had before (prehaps this freezer is less flat than old one ?) - at my quite high clock @ 3.4 gig @ 1.4 Vcore (1.325 VID :( ) I can get up to during the afternoon - 77C load small prime after a few hours .... obviously not ideal - but stable

if I take the PC apart straight after heatsink is pretty darn hot - which is a good sign as it means its getting the heat way from the CPU, but it seems to get saturated, ie not being removed fast enough from the heatsink.

would an additional fan the backside of it - ie a push-pull config help ? or is the acreage of the Freezer 7 just not enough for high clocked Q's ?

thanks, Mark.
 
Sounds about right tbh.

My very cool-running Q6600 was in the low 60's under load at 3.46ghz and 1.28v with an AC7 Pro. It's currently in the low 40's at the same settings under water.
 
thanks :) - perhaps I shouldn't worry too much - the only time it gets anywhere near 75C+ is under small prime. 1.28V for 3.46 gig sounds nice :) ! if only - on my chip lol !

even after hours of Blend its below 72C - which whilst not ideal - I suppose if its stable so what ....

I nearlly dropped some money on a Q9450 yesterday, but in -reality - what would I gain - about 60W less power usage, probably temps about 10C less, and a clock of possibly 200 MHz more ? Not a lot for 240 quid ?
 
You'd gain very little from a Q9450. Mine is only about 10% faster clock-for-clock than my Q6600, and my Q6600 clocks further than it in a decent motherboard (Q9450 craps out at 3.8ghz, whereas my Q6600 was at 3.9ghz with loads left).

The only reason to change a Q6600 is if you've got a B3 version, in which case you could try to pick up a used G0 and you'd maybe lose £20 at the most. But you'd get a cooler running better clocking chip for that £20.
 
thanks - that was one plan :)

but actually finding low-ish (not super low) VID Q6600s 2nd hand is quite difficult ! put a wanted thread up on here - and had just one offer and unfortuatnely the guy was not quite sure of the VID.

my friend bought his Q at the same time, and his is a 1.28X something VID and hes good 4 notches lower Vcore wise with same Mobo - so it obviously makes some difference
 
I was very lucky to pick mine up. I'd no idea what the VID was going to be, and the seller had no idea that he was selling a 1.225v Q6600 for less money than other people were selling their 1.325v chips for.
 
I'd get a new-un and take the risk - but the real new batches seem even worse !!

I wasn't lucky with my E6600 either !

1.225V VID :) - nice one
 
Yeah most of the new ones seem to be 1.325v for some reason.

That's why I wouldn't buy a new one now. You could spend a little while emailing sellers on the auction site to try to find a lowish VID chip, tho most probably haven't a clue what a VID is, and they may have already pulled the chip from their system.

So it's either a brand new one and probably get a 1.325v chip, or take the chance on a used one and maybe have a better chance of getting a lower VID one.
 
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