Q6600 temps and voltages

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Right, following my bad ram stick episode, I've been able to clock this Q6600 up to 3.6 ghz quite easily. AndyOCUK had an identical setup to mine (bar gpu), and at 3.6 his rig ran at:

Vcore : 1.4475
RAM: 1.6
NB: 1.45
ram timings : 9-9-9-24-2T

I'm running mine with 1.5vcore, because I guess it needs more. Actual cpu-z is 1.55 in windows.

I'm getting idle temps of 35-40 and load of 50 during gaming, nearing the higher 60s during Prime95, even low 70s with Intel Burn Test.

I only want to use this pc for gaming, so are these temps and voltages ok for 24 / 7 use?
It is the 95 W SLACR edition with a thermal specification of 71 according to the intel spec sheet.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLACR

Would a gaming max of 68 be ok? Or too high?


Thanks for any help. :D:D:D
 
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Most people tend to go by 70C being the maximum, intel say its 71C so as long as your below that thats fine. Plus it isnt going to be at maximum temp permanently, so will be fine for 24/7 use.

Could always upgrade your cooler if your worried :)
 
Cool. I think I'll dial it down to 3.5 ish in order to get max load temps around 60.

A thing I notcied is, after playing a game, the pc will lag a little bit. Could an OC cause a pc to lag?
 
Well, after some thorough gaming with COD5 and GTA IV, I noticed that there is nearly no difference in temps between 3.4 and 3.6. it doesnt lag with 3.6. So, I'd rather be hung for a sheep than for a lamb. Temps max out around 62-63 after 1/2 hour of gaming. I've got ASUS PCProbe to alarm if it exceeds 65. We'll see how it goes.

As for lag, I am clueless. It seems to "recover" longer when shutting down games. it's wierd.

I found that I had a really bad RAM module, and that was causing my BSODS before, I installed my windows installation with that bad RAM in place. You think that could have caused a slightly corrupted installation?
 
I've found with my Q6600, which is water cooled, that the load temperatures only really start rising as you feed it more voltage. Although higher clocks need higher voltage :)

My poor Q6600 gets near to 70C under load for 24/7 operation, but its not died on me and I've not had any problems. I've got it at 3.8Ghz with a fair bit of voltage, not the best clocker out of the batch I must admit.

I did have problems with my memory being overworked at first, but playing around with the settings in bios sorted out my instability.
 
Am I right in believing this?

If I can get my clock stable with 1600fsb and 7x multiplier. Then to get it stable with 8x multiplier, it would just be the vcore that needs to be adjusted?

Thanks.
 
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