Mine runs at 55-60c under 100% load, overclocked to 3.2, 1.35v, Noctua heatsink. That's with the CPU fan inaudible and case fans on low speed - could get the temps down but there's just no point. Anything below 70c is fine; in reality these chips will go much hotter, but it's not good for longevity or if you're overclocking. Mine was still going at 85c when my CPU fan stopped working.
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How hot should a Q6600 Run?
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That's reassuring.
I changed the TJunct to 90 deg [apparently the proper value] and my readings are more realistic. I might have a crack at bumping up the ram voltage [four DIMMs] and OCing it this weekend and see what I get.
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when you say its got a big cone round it, is it like a black plastic enclosure round the heatsink?
i had one of those on mine and all it was doing was re-circulating the air round the heatsink rather than round into the case, reseating my heatsink and getting rid of the plastic dropped my idle temp from 60 to 40 :O
i had one of those on mine and all it was doing was re-circulating the air round the heatsink rather than round into the case, reseating my heatsink and getting rid of the plastic dropped my idle temp from 60 to 40 :O