q6600 Overclock Help

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 17:50

how does this look to you
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Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 17:55

Looks grand.

Tho your idle temps are very high.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:04

how do i get them down

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:15

Which cooler are you using?

If it's the stock cooler then make sure that all 4 legs are clicked in fully.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:21

it is stock and all four are
do i need a after market one

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:26

Firstly, and since the image is a little small, can you confirm that they are in the 50's.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:32

high 40's
47-49

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:58

Yip they're high. Tho it could simply be because your fan is running slow.

Do you have any air flowing through your case.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 19:23

yes i have plenty of air flow

don't suppose it could be the asus q fan controling the fan

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 19:26

Probably. You can disable the fan control in the BIOS.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 19:36

disabled q fan and the idle temp is down to 44-45

it was in the low 40's at stock

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 19:45

Still a tad high. Run Prime95's Small FFT's test for 10 minutes and see what your load temps are like -

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 20:03

just done that and the temp was up at full load 67-70

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 20:05

That's about your limit. You don't really want to be going much over 70c running Prime95.

daz_f · 4 Jun 2008 at 20:06

would a better cooler than stock be worth getting

Cob · 4 Jun 2008 at 20:09

That's upto yourself tbh.

But it would be a crime to run the stock cooler on a high-end system like you have. Take a look at the Tuniq Cooler if you do decide to get one.