How hot should a Q6600 G0 be on a Tuniq Tower at idle, mine seems toasty.

[yantorsen]

as in title, it's a Tuniq Tower, and in an Akasa Zen.

Is 37/38c idle normal for this kinda setup??

TIA Yanto.

 

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Stock or clocked?

stock, 2.4ghz.

 

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its just hit 39c, and this is wit the side of the case off.

btw the temps are from the bios.

 

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:S,

whats going on then?

the temps are exactly the same as they were with the stock cooler, if anything there hotter?

could I need to apply more thermal paste? whats going on?

 

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I did put a very thin layer of thermal paste on, becasue everyone says you should not put to much on.

Could I try putting more paste on?

 

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What programme are you using to monitor your temps! (try core temp),
Which thermal paste did you use.

Rob

using BIOS for temps.

and themal paste is Tuniq TX-1

 

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If you use to much it can make your temps worse, If you used Arctic Silver, you only need a small line accross the processor, which gets spread out by the Heatsink.

Ignore the above, down load core temp and see what that reads.

Rob

core temp wont install, says it has an error :S

 

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Are you using Vista 64bit!

If yes you will need the new version which was posted on these forums, I will go and seek.

Rob

yes im using vista 64-bit...

this comes up when i try to install it...

 

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http://forums.erodov.com/local_links.php?catid=18

I think this is it

Edit: After install, you need to click coretemp_startup file first then the application

still get the same error.

 

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http://forums.erodov.com/showthread.php?p=15559

This is where it came from and it worked for me. Did you un-install the first one?

the first one never installed.

 

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Hi,

Found the links, I've included the original thread from here, make sure you read the post in the second link because every time you start core temp you will need to click on 2 other files which are zipped to the same directory, I didn't and wondered why it did not work.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17801499&highlight=core+temp

http://forums.erodov.com/showthread.php?p=15559

http://forums.erodov.com/local_links.php?catid=18

Rob

still getting the same errors with all of those.

any other temp programs, speedfan?

 

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Just checked mine again you need to run Atsiv & Coretemp-statup before running the main programme.

Rob

thats what i did and what caused the errors.

 

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this is what i get on speedfan, I've no idea which temp to go by on it, so any help would be great...

 

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You can use speed fan but you will need to add 15c to temps being shown, as it seems to under rate the temps.

Bizar, try task manager just to check that the original process is not running, then try extracting the download to a new folder, just in case.

Rob

the original one can't be running as the error I got caused me to have to restart my PC, as the error kept coming up and wouldnt go away.

 

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the CPU temps are indicated as Core 0=25C,1=23C,2=20C,3=24C

You will need to add +15c to those temps

So basically there about 40c!!!

 

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anybody know what I could do? I feel sick, I've just bought this cooler after it was recomended here to overclock my cpu, and its worse than the stock cooler. I don't understand, is this some kinda joke.

 

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Seems to be rather high for GO stepper.

Have you rechecked your Tuniq? Or have you applied a fresh application of Artic?

I dnt have artic, its using TX-1, which is the stuff which comes with the tower.

What do you mean by rechecked my tuniq? I've just spent the last three hours trying to install it.

 

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What's your case cooling setup?
I have just got the same chip as you, with an Arctic Freezer and currently idling at 37,36,33,33 after just stopping 3 hours Priming. I'd expect the Tuniq to peform better - does it not come with compound pre-applied?
Plus, did you say you were at stock? I have a 900Mhz overclock with my temps!
Reseat your cooler with the specified amount of compund, applied horizontally.

the case cooling has one 120mm intake fan on the front, and one 120mm outtake fan on the back.

it does not come with the TIM pre-applied, this is the first time I've used TIM, so I may have not put enough on, but i spread it out as thin as it would go, as I was advised too.

and yes I'mt stock and it's a G0 stepping model.

edit: dont suppose somebody could post a pic showing how much thermal paste you should put on?

 

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This guide will help you Admiral Huddy posted pics how to apply the TIM.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17800415&highlight=applying+thermal+paste

yeah thats how I found out how to do it in the first place, and thats what I did.

oh well, this is just adding to the other great long list of problems I've had with this PC so far

 

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maybe thats where I went wrong I used a credit card, and my finger to spread out the paste.... would it make that much difference?