I replaced my DVD-RW drive yesterday and since then I've been having a few small problems with the computer. One time I loaded it up and the overclock wasn't registering. Luckily a quick restart sorted it out.. But now, the temps are ridiculously high. I've got my E6300 overclocked to 2.8GHz and I'm using one of those Arctic Freezer 7 Pro's... 100% load temps were at about 59/56 (each core respectively) and at idle 49/44. Now my room is fairly hot right now and I do have the case off. I'm assuming the case being off makes the air flow less efficient within the case but should it make such a large difference?
Hmm.. E6300 Overclocking Temps
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Phyre said:
From what I have read and understood I think anything <= 65 degrees is generally ok. iirc the cores do not start throttling until they reach 80 degrees.
I run an E6300 with an Arctic Freezer 7 and I get idle temps of approx 43 degrees and 100% orthos load temps around 54 degrees. I will be happy until I see anything over 60degrees, then I would ake action to reduce the temps.
You are correct, get the case back on as soon as possible, cooling is generally much more efficient when you have the 'wind tunnel' effect
Phyre said:
I would imagine that looking at your idle temps of 49/44 that core 0 was not exactly idle at the time !
I spent days worrying myself over temps, running TAT/Coretemp all the time, eventually I just decided to accept that as long as my rig is stable and it's not throttling then just accept it and enjoy it !!
Get that case back on mate, and get back to enjoying whatever you use your rig for
Also, if you wish just check what VCORE you are pumping through the processor. With my E6300 I only need to run VCORE at 1.25V to get a stable 2.8GHz overclock. With my Asus P5b board I originally had VCORE set at AUTO which forced the VCORE at around 1.4V, which introduced un-necessary heat. OF course all chips will vary, but just double check VCORE value to be sure (CPU-Z can provide this information)
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Mortster said:I would imagine that looking at your idle temps of 49/44 that core 0 was not exactly idle at the time !
I spent days worrying myself over temps, running TAT/Coretemp all the time, eventually I just decided to accept that as long as my rig is stable and it's not throttling then just accept it and enjoy it !!
Get that case back on mate, and get back to enjoying whatever you use your rig for
According to task manager, it's idling at 47/43 right now. Core 0 isn't do anything more than Core 1. What then could be causing this??
Phyre said:
You're welcome! sorry I couldnt' be of any real help though.
You could always try reseating the Arctic cooler. Although to be honest I am not going to re-do mine in a hurry, I had a bit of a nightmare with the damn push pins on mine originally !
If you do take it off though make sure you get some sort of TIM cleaner/remover to get rid of the factory paste and then put a small blob of Arctic silver onto the CPU. You will need to do this, as when you take the cooler off you will be breaking the seal created by the original paste, and it will not work as well if you re-install it back (without re-applying new paste)
