Q6600 Questions

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:01

Got my Q6600 running at 2970mhz using a artic freezer 7 and a p5k motherboard, temps while idle are being displayed as 42 42 34 32 on core temp, cpu-z is showing the multiplier going to 6 sometimes instead of 9 aswell, not sure if this is just cpu-z acting up though.

Is the idle temps for this overclock good? And is the CPU-z issue anything to worry about?

Cheers

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:20

cant really tell much from idle temps need to see what the load temps are, download prime95 and coretemp and see what you get when you load the CPU

What CPUZ is showing is speedstep, basically a power saving feature, where it drops the CPU multiplier and therefore clock speed to save power whilst the machine is idle or not doing much, nothing to worry about

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:48

Hi

Cheers for the reply, yeah it was running at around 68c using prime yesterday, in the small ftt test.

Is that any help?

Cheers

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:52

those look a little high, what are you vcore settings BIOS and then at load and exactly what P5K motherboard are you using?

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:55

I havn't adjusted the vcore setting as such, Im using the normal p5k motherboard. Its the q6600 scalar im using too, should I change the vcore then?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 19:58

that probably explains the higher temperatures as it more than likely putting through more vcore than you need...

have a read of this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17825087

and the linked threads in there should give you a good idea how to overclock it using multies / FSB / vcore rather than pre-set stuff

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:01

I used to do a lot of Ocing back in the day of 166mhz pentium mmx and 233 pentium 2s, and abit of amd ocing, but this vcore stuff is all new to me, all I've down really is upped the fsb manually to 330!

What sort of vcore you got running through urs?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:10

well vcore depends on the clock you want to run at would have a read through those threads will explain all and give you some settings to start playing about with

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:10

Just been reading that Pneumonic, its really telling me that my vcore is quite low compared to other oc'd systems, could it be a case of too much artic silver? or the way I've got the fan connected? Do you have you fan rigged to a 3 pin for mb control or hooked straight to the juice?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:11

whats your vcore under prime95 load? use CPUZ will show you this

my fans contect to 3pin slots on my MB

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:17

Which test will I run under prime?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:18

Small FFTs

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:32

Hi again mate

Just testing it here, and im doing all 4 cores, got the affinitys set on prime, and the temps according to core temp is 59,58,52,51 and vcore is around 1.160.

Thats the temps with all cores on test 5 of prime 95, which I got off

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

which I assume is the right version to use!

If this is running the same as last night I guess the ambient temps in my room might have been a lot higher last night!

Any ideas?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:35

yes i think that one will load 4 worker threads... latest version is here: http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_91_19638.html

well yes you have a pretty low vcore for that clock.. silly question!? are you running the Heatsinks fan @ max RPM?, does you case have good cooling? those temps are higher than I would expect

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:41

Got an antec p180, freezer 7 pro, all 3 120mm fans running at medium settings.

Is there much difference between, will asus probe show my fan speeds, not sure what rpm the fan runs at at full?

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:46

tbh I have no idea, for a prime95 test would run them all at full.. your pc for 24/7 use will never get as hot as it will when using prime you can drop them back down once you have got stable I should think

lance_biscuit · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:58

Alright mate, Well I reckon Ill leave the overclocking there now, was just worried about the temps!

It it 61c on that prime, but that should be ok, as you say its never gonna get that hot under normal playing conditions!

Cheers

Pneumonic · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:05

nope wouldnt start to worry till it tops 70c tbh 61c is fine