Q6600 temperature Query

[Kilkus]

Hey all, hope you can offer some advice on my question.

Basically i have overclocked my Q6600 from 2.6 to 3.2ghz. Its sitting inside a Antec Sonata 3 case (not the best for ventilation i know) but it has the Tuniq Tower 120, an added 120mm fan at the front and added system exhaust (Not great, but it offers extra cooling and costs £3)

Anyways when idle Coretemp shows the cores sitting between 32-35 and under full load (Prime 95) the temperatures shoot up to the range of between 62-69 now is this safe and is there anything i can do to reduce these temperatures.

Most ppl only seem to have a 15-20 degree rise under load not 30ish.

many thx in advance

 

[Pneumonic]

idle temps will depend on the ambient in the case to some extent buy 32-35 is fine... again you load temps in Prime95 are fine (personally up to 75c I am fine with)... saying that for your setup and heatsink the temps do look a little hot...

I would firstly suggest if you havent done so already you find the lowest voltage for that clock should be pretty close to the CPU's VID voltage

 

[Kilkus]

Ok i've been playing around a bit, i'm now running the CPU at 3.2ghz 9x356 (3204 technically) and i've taken the voltage from 1.34 to 1.265 bit of a beginners mistake but we all gotta learn some how

anyways the temperature under load is currently 54-55c max so thats a nice 10c lower, and is prime stable or at least has been for the past 20mins.

I did try to take it down to 1.245 but the computer froze when running prime.

Should i aim for lower or is this a acceptable running temperature?

thx for the advice thus far Pneumonic

 

[Pneumonic]

well those are prime load temps so never going to reach that in day-to-day running, I would suggest a maxium of 70/75c for prime95 load temps using Small FFTs, you certainly have some room there for some more clock