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
I decided to go straight for 3GHz probably rather foolishly lol but here's a screenie doing small ffts in prime...
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
BIOS is 1.2v
SpeedFan reads 1.15v under stress so probably somewhere between those when idle!
Really need to get this WC sorted!
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
it will still last 7-8 years
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.