Noob watercooled build..

Man, that looks gooood...I've really gotta tidy my case up, looks like a chuffing rats nest in there. Am vagually considering on of those cases, looks like you can get it nice and neat looking....
 
I assume you have the Antec 900?

It's super easy to get that case looking tidy. Here are my efforts:

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Had a large post typed out ready to upload when my network crashed. :mad:

logged into my router and lost the whole page ARSE.

It really is now too late to go surfing for all the info I had but basically from what I read on toms hardware site tonight and intels own site about my processor specs.
The long and short of it is I should NOT be looking at core temps of my four processors but simply the CPU temp...
Picture to illustrate :)
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3.65 and stable @ 1.26Vcore under load
 
I'd love to see the info you had on that because the "cpu" temp is always way below the core temps, why would you ignore it???
 
Me too. As far as I know, cpu temp doesn't tell you the temps in the cores and it's those temps which are going to bring in instability or even kill the cpu, not cpu temp.

Take mine, it falls over once any of the cores hit 73 degrees. If I looked at cpu temp, it will still probably be under 40 which means nothing really.
 
you are correct, CPU temp doesn't tell you actual core temps. I know that.
what I am getting at is the design limit ( and the only figure) given by intel for each given chip type is measured at the CPU case not the CPU core.
I cant copy and paste stuff on this dam phone but have a look on my thread in oc and cooling about quad core and core duo processors.
 
nokinidea said:
you are correct, CPU temp doesn't tell you actual core temps. I know that.
what I am getting at is the design limit ( and the only figure) given by intel for each given chip type is measured at the CPU case not the CPU core.
I cant copy and paste stuff on this dam phone but have a look on my thread in oc and cooling about quad core and core duo processors.
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Still irrelevant. Say the design figure is 70c for the cpu case. You cores will have gone to high 70's and your system will have crashed well before you cpu case temp hit 70 (probably in the 40's)

SO I say again, I can't see why you would want to watch that and not your core temps?
 
i think what he's saying is it's all relative. I.e., your CPU design figure may top out before/after your cores do. I assume that the relationship between the two is linear however.


I'm no pro, but i just keep going until instability is reached. Then i adjust voltages etc and go again. I'm now at the point in which i assume that heat is my only barrier.

My 2p anyways..
 
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beh* said:
i think what he's saying is it's all relative. I.e., your CPU design figure may top out before/after your cores do. I assume that the relationship between the two is linear however.


I'm no pro, but i just keep going until instability is reached. Then i adjust voltages etc and go again. I'm now at the point in which i assume that heat is my only barrier.

My 2p anyways..
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Nope I've read the Intel pdf spec sheet and they say the max cpu case temp for the Q6600 is 71 degrees.

Since core temps are approx 30 degrees more than case temps you are talking about your cores hitting 100 degrees before you hit the safe limit that Intel dictates of 71 degrees for case cpu temp.

Hence why even watch it or worry? My point still stands, your computer will crash at 75 degrees on core (if your lucky, usually lower) and the cpu case temp will still only be in low 40's so case temp is irrelvent IMO.

That's all I'm saying. I've not read Toms Hardware yet but I am not seeing what the point is yet.
 
Just tired probably..

Dunno whether to temp fate or not but 20 mins and counting prime 95 stable @ 3.72 Ghz @ 1.27vcore

Where my radiator and bits are though, who knows.. :(

Need to take my shirt off, getting somewhat warm in here now.
Rad fan still only doing 1300 rpm but core temps are now mid 60's :o
(62,62,63,65)
 
Actually... before I do hit the hay...

Tjunction max for my x3350 is 105 degrees c..

TJuction max being max CORE temp.....


I'm not sure whether it will fall over if I push the core's to 71-73 or not.
Never pushed one this hard before.
 
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