Q6600 overclock temperature survey, please help.

[Peter Tsang]

Hi folks,

After 2.8 years running this babe at stock speed, I'm overclocking it now.

Yet I still want to keep it 'healthy'. Therefore, I am imposing temperature control. And I need your help to provide as much information as possible. Just to share with everyone the temperature at various frequencies so everyone can benefit from it more or less.

I've chosen 4 speeds: 1) 3.2GHz, 2) 3.3GHz 3) 3.4GHz 4)3.7GHz

Could you share what temperature at idle and under loading?

Many thanks!!

 

[helsinki98]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10096083

That thread has a lot of information on q6600 overclocking stats from various people. No idle temps though.

Mine personally is a bit of an insult to the q6600, 2.6ghz (best I can get, im a noob though) at 50 idle and 65 when being used

 

[Mr Paul]

Well I'm at 3.6Ghz. Idles at 40~50°C and loads at around 70°C +/-5°C

 

[Peter Tsang]

Well I'm at 3.6Ghz. Idles at 40~50°C and loads at around 70°C +/-5°C

Maybe my management is bad. Mine is at 3.7 and idle is 37~39. Under load could go as high up as 79, a record.

 

[Buckster]

mines at 3.3 gig - but have it anywhere up to 3.55

Idles 40-50C - and temp under load (Prime95) about 70C - more like upper 70s inIntelBurn

at 3.55 - I'vehad it up to 85Cin IntelBurn and still totally stable

 

[j.col]

Hi Peter, this survey will not work i am afraid.
As different coolers and cases will give you different temps.
So someone with a top of the range air cooling or a custom water loop, can have a lower temp than you at a higher cpu frequency, and this also depends on stress testing conditions. they would all have to be exactly the same, which is near impossible to do, imo (eg. amount of gflops in IBT.)

 

[Justintime]

Exactly, for instance i can tell you that one of my memorable Q6600 did 3.8Ghz 1.45v and idled at 40C and loaded at 78C via IBT in 30C ambient, with a TRUE 2 scythe fans i can't remember the name of and Antec 1200 case, same setup with an Arctic freezer 7 (was waiting on fans for TRUE) idled about 40 as well but hit Tjmax when loaded and shutdown . But this tells you nothing really as another similar chip may have a different thermal profile.

 

[Kohaashi]

Mine's 3.2Ghz. Idles at between 35-40 and under load it's between 55-60 for games and 69 with Prime95

 

[jennidc]

I could only get mine to 3ghz before lapping it (and my Tuniq Tower) now I'm at 3.6GHZ on 1.45V.

 

[Peter Tsang]

Mine's 3.2Ghz. Idles at between 35-40 and under load it's between 55-60 for games and 69 with Prime95

Mine soars to over 70C with Rpime95. But with games that's max at 58C flight simulation that was.
Tonight after work I will go test Crysis 1 and Far Cry 2.

 

[realscot]

I've got a custom water loop and I can bench at 4ghz on 1.52v, its prime stable but not BC2 stable (only thing that makes it bsod) At those voltages im looking at high 30's idle and low 60's when maxed out. I settled for 3.8ghz at 1.425v as the temps are low 50's full load there and about 5c cooler idle, and its stable at everything. I find my nb/sb gets a little toasty as its still relying on air cooling.