New cooler or use bolt-thru-kit?

Mr Goat · 8 Aug 2009 at 20:41

All, looking for a bit of advice.

I have a new G0 Q6600 that I've oc'd to 3GHz (333x9) and am using a coolermaster hyper tx 2 hsf on it. So far, idle temps sit in the low 40's and a prime95 4 core test takes it to high 70's. These temps seem high, I think?

I'm not convinced that the plastic push pins are giving as good a fit as they did originally (I have had to remove the hsf and re-fit as the q6600 was an upgrade from an e2220) so have done some research on these forums and elsewhere and it seems the Thermalright Bolt-Thru-Kit could be the answer, or should I get a new hsf/cooler?

quick note - temps are high 40's whilst I type this.

Any advice much appreciated.

Dave B.

cmndr_andi · 8 Aug 2009 at 20:46

Quick Q. - Did you set the voltage manually or did you leave it on auto?

The cooler is not the best in the world - but should certainly do the job at 3GHz.

Mr Goat · 8 Aug 2009 at 20:55

I set it to 1.325v I tried lower but my pc would fail to boot.

breadturbo · 8 Aug 2009 at 21:21

have you set the pcie clock manually? and what about ram speed?
most Q6600 G0 should do 3ghz on less than 1.3v with ease

Mr Goat · 8 Aug 2009 at 23:06

Haven't changed the pcie clock to my knowledge. Left the ram at auto speed (but with voltage manually set to 2.1) so cpu-z says it's at 416.2MHz 4:5 ratio and 5:6:6:18 timings.

Would these things affect my cpu temps?

breadturbo · 9 Aug 2009 at 00:14

well the voltage increases the temps, are the temps even or are 1/2 cores hotter than the rest?
what cooler are you using?

Mr Goat · 9 Aug 2009 at 07:59

I'm using a coolermaster hyper tx 2 and cores 1/2 were hotter than 3/4 when I first installed the q6600 so I took it off cleaned it, reapplied paste (AS 5) and refitted it. Now core's 1/4 are hotter than 2/3!

All my equipment, voltages and settings are the same as when I had my e2220 oc'd to 3GHz (250x12) and that would idle in the high 20's.

All the above is why I'm thinking that I either need a new cooler or better fitment for my existing one by using something like the bolt-thru-kit.