Help with Temp readings for Conroe 6600

[emissary]

Hi Everyone,

I have just successfully upgraded my rig to Core2 goodness, I have the following:

Asus P5B Deluxe (wifi) Bios 1004
Conroe 6600
2gb Corsair DDR800 6400 (4:4:4:12)
Tagan 580W

My problems encountered so far seem to be ones that quite frankly I didnt expect from such a decent bit of kit.

For example, upon installing windows and all my usual crap on there I noticed the sound was crackling from the speakers, an updated driver from Asus seems to have solved this.

Secondly, navigating between folders seems to be slow and laggy, I simply dont have the fluidity I had with my old Athlon 4400 X2.

Thirdly, the temperature of the cpu with the side panel off runs at a nice 34C, Arctic Silver 5 was applied to the stock cooler (paper thin layer on cooler and then a to the centre of the cpu, sized of a single grain of rice) however, with the side panel on it runs between 43-47C idle! Is this typical? Bearing in mind that I have a Coolermaster aluminium case. I am also using the Asus Ui utility to give me the readings.

I wish to overclock to at least 3.0GHz if possible so with idle temps that high, can anyone advise me what I should be looking for temp wise, obviously the lower the better but as a rule of thumb what is typical?

Is there a nice easy guide to ocing using a Asus P5B...and will my memory be able to do this? I am confused as to the FSB 1:1 ratio and what this means.

Lastly, do Conroes run better at 2T or 1T?

Thanks for any help,

emissary

 

[emissary]

Hi Corasik,

Thanks for the reply. Regarding the temps, With the side panel on the temps go from 43 - 47C. I will use the suggested applications for temperature monitoring.

My case is a Wavemaster with 2 intake fans and 2 at the back, but I only actually have 1 at the back at them moment.

I will use Prime95 to stress the pc for a few days and to see how it copes, my worry is when i come to oc it, it might get really REALLY hot given the current temps.

 

[emissary]

Hi All,

The fans in my system are all coolermaster 80mm, 2 at the front one at the back.