New super cruncher

WillLack · 9 Jun 2008 at 10:10

Added this to my crunching machines

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 1333FSB 6MB Cache Quad Core Core 64 Bit Processor 4 x 2.5GHz
2GB DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel RAM
500GB (2 x 250GB) Serial ATA II Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
nVidia 8600GTS 512MB PCI-E Graphics
20x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner
7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Nvidia 750i li Ready Chipset ATX Motherboard
Thermaltake Aluminium Full ATX Tower Case & Thermaltake 500W PSU
Not a great gamer so a mid level graphics card is fine by me...

Seems to be crunching very nicely - since 4th June when it was started it has been credited 4946 units - so that million mark will not be long now....

Also I have spent £35 to offset the CO2 output of the machine for its life time

booyaka · 9 Jun 2008 at 10:44

nice - get it overclocked!!

WillLack · 9 Jun 2008 at 11:31

Not sure how to do that, want to but I don't want to fry my baby - am alittle worried that Core Temp is showing all 4 cores operating at 70C - is that normal for cores fulltime crunching?

booyaka · 9 Jun 2008 at 11:33

@ stock speeds??

not really i would say that is way to high for stock speeds!

What cooling u got on there?

WillLack · 9 Jun 2008 at 12:01

Just air! 2 fans - one front of case one back of case plus the fan in the PSU - is Core temp accurate as putting my hand over the back vent I can't feel any great heat at all!

Biffa · 9 Jun 2008 at 12:35

I think he means what cpu cooler? Stock Intel one?

Berserker · 9 Jun 2008 at 13:13

Yeah - 70C is way high for an @stock system and I certainly wouldn't overclock with temps that high. The biggest causes of that are either a problem with the installation or using the Intel cooler and fan speed control solution (which tends to prefer quiet to cool).

Even a half decent cooler should get you down to 50-ish.

WillLack · 9 Jun 2008 at 13:24

can you suggest a solution - do I add a side vent fan - the case will take it - do I need to up the fan speed on the CPU cooler? If so as it is an Asus board can the fan speed be increased?

JamesM · 9 Jun 2008 at 13:55

With temps like that i'd say that the CPU cooler isn't seated properly.

WillLack · 9 Jun 2008 at 13:59

thanks for that I will open up and have a poke about and see if it seems loose etc

A.N.Other · 9 Jun 2008 at 15:18

It's either not seated properly or the fans aren't fast enough. I personally wouldn't be folding on it for the moment if it was that hot. Get a decent cooler on it the stock one is rubbish.

Wizardskills · 9 Jun 2008 at 16:30

Does core temp even read the temps correct on the Q9*** yet? May be worth trying realtemp and see what you are getting in that.

WillLack · 23 Jun 2008 at 18:22

I founf Asus PC Probe II and it reports temperatures of the CPU at 60C and the Motherboard at 43C under full load left on over the weekend.....

theheyes · 23 Jun 2008 at 20:07

For a stock cooler, 60C full load is okay. My e6300 overclocked on an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro hits 65C.

Snapshot · 23 Jun 2008 at 20:28

WillLack said:
Seems to be crunching very nicely - since 4th June when it was started it has been credited 4946 units - so that million mark will not be long now....

What client(s) are you running? That PC should be giving that many points every couple of days with the SMP client. I'm assuming you mean points rather than units.

Pumpkinstew · 26 Jun 2008 at 13:06

If it is ~100oWUs a day that would explain the high temps at least.

OP: You're unlikely to damage the chip overclocking it provided you leave the voltage alone.
The operating system is another matter of course...