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

dr. sarf · 11 Dec 2007 at 21:03

yantorsen said:
I decided to go straight for 3GHz probably rather foolishly lol but here's a screenie doing small ffts in prime...

Thats OK, I'm on 3.3Ghz with new TIM

SkeeterUK · 11 Dec 2007 at 22:41

Nice speed and good temps at load for 3ghz. N1.

You should be able to go another 100-200mhz more and the temps shouldnt go past 55 or if they do they will go 56-57 i think and as long as there under 60 ** doing ok.

yantorsen · 11 Dec 2007 at 22:43

cheers

if i clock it further it means overclocking the ram, but when I upped the ram to 750mhz it wasnt prime stable, so i'll have to try it at 725mhz perhaps.

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:28

idle temps are starting to drop...

still with side panel off mind.

tsinc80697 · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:44

My idle temps under water are higher than yours, but my load temps are lower, weird!

35c idle
45c under load

Thats using same FSB and voltage

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:46

tsinc80697 said:
My idle temps under water are higher than yours, but my load temps are lower, weird!

35c idle
45c under load

Thats using same FSB and voltage

ahh my voltage is actually lower than what coretemp shows, it's actually at about 1.2, so that could be effected temps.

mine are only slightly hotter under load aswell, there about 48 under load now.

what watercooling are you using?

tsinc80697 · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:52

BIOS is 1.2v
SpeedFan reads 1.15v under stress so probably somewhere between those when idle!

Really need to get this WC sorted!

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:53

tsinc80697 said:
BIOS is 1.2v
SpeedFan reads 1.15v under stress so probably somewhere between those when idle!

Really need to get this WC sorted!

yeah, speedfan reads 1.184 on mine :S

what wc kit you got?

tsinc80697 · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:58

EK Supreme
Laing DDC Pro 10W
Thermochill 120.2

Its screwed at at the moment though I think.
Must be trapped air in the rad as its cooling ability is pee poor and definitely not worth it as the price, hopefully sorting it at the weekend though, hopefully the key word

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 02:01

lol, good luck mate.

do waterblocks still use TIM? if so I guess you could reapply it, i dnt know what im out of my depth now tbh though lol

tsinc80697 · 13 Dec 2007 at 02:02

Yeah they do still use it, first time using watercooling so things like amount of pressure the waterblock needs to be on the CPU and best position for stuff and getting trapped air out is new to me, all good fun but annoying when you have lots of uni work to do!

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 02:03

ahhh i know the feeling, getting my rig to work when ive got loads of gcse coursework.

watercooling just seems like too much hassle to me tbh.

tsinc80697 · 13 Dec 2007 at 02:09

Just how I feel at the moment with it!

dbmzk1 · 13 Dec 2007 at 06:58

One thing I found out about temperatures a long time ago is as long as you are not nearing the maximum, which is like 80C in this case, then DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! As long as your PC is stable and doesn't crash then your temps are fine. If you start to have problems then investigate further. I know people love getting their temps lower, but it just does my head in these days and usually ends up costing a fortune as I buy loads of junk to reduce them further! Don't fall for it! hehe

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 16:08

dbmzk1 said:
One thing I found out about temperatures a long time ago is as long as you are not nearing the maximum, which is like 80C in this case, then DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! As long as your PC is stable and doesn't crash then your temps are fine. If you start to have problems then investigate further. I know people love getting their temps lower, but it just does my head in these days and usually ends up costing a fortune as I buy loads of junk to reduce them further! Don't fall for it! hehe

but doesnt heat reduce the life of the system?

MumboJumbo · 13 Dec 2007 at 16:33

it will still last 7-8 years

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:18

8igdave said:
it will still last 7-8 years

what, even at 80c? being used 14 hours a day, 7 days a week?

MumboJumbo · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:24

5+years at least. i doubt youll keep it that long.

3 years ago i had 256mb ram, now ill have 4gb. Imagine in anotehr 3 years, especialy with cpus going this fast.

yantorsen · 13 Dec 2007 at 18:17

8igdave said:
5+years at least. i doubt youll keep it that long.

3 years ago i had 256mb ram, now ill have 4gb. Imagine in anotehr 3 years, especialy with cpus going this fast.

before my current pc I was still using a PC that was 6+ years old, and I want this PC to get me through uni at least. well the cpu and mobo anyway, may upgrade gfx etc...

MumboJumbo · 13 Dec 2007 at 18:34

Even overclocked it will last 6+years quiite happly, unless your psu kills it