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Q6600 temps

lawz

lawz

lawz

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Had a read through of various threads, and decided to 'stress' my new q6600, or rather, try to :)

Anyway, I came up with this:

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Its the 'blend' test on Prime 95, I dont know if the program can stress the processors more through some other way?

Core #2 only seemed to go as high as 63, while #0 went on 70 briefly.

Left the pc idle for a while and idle temps were about an average of 50, with #0 on about 52 and #2 on about 46.

I suppose what im asking is, am i actually stressing the processors as much as I can, and are these temps too hot anyway for what im doing?

Played WoW earlier (:eek:) everything in full, average was I think about 70, some on 75 others on 70. Similarly, played BF2 with graphics on 'high' and it only reached what its doing now...

Oh, extra info, its on an IP35 mobo, 2 gb 6400 ram, and everything stock, ive reseated the fan once, which seemed to lower the temps a tiny bit, but im still a bit worried.

Plus all these threads on sanding down the CPU top and the heatsink are just scary....
 
You need the version of Prime95 that runs 4 sessions one on each core 25.3 is the version and you can get it here
 
OK, theres quite a difference from before! :D

@ Load for 25 mins (think thats long enough):

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Then let them cool down for about 5 mins to get:

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It doesnt seem /too/ hot to me, but then again ingame im going to have my GTS whirring away as well, although there is an 80mm fan blowing air directly onto it almost :)

I suppose as well since thats the CPU @ 100% that the temps really arent going to go any higher? (by more than 1 or 2 Degrees?)
 
Hot for stock speeds I would say..I guess you are using the Inetl stcok cooler though. How you case ventilation?
Also...the temps with get hotter the longer you run with Prime...Id say 1-2 hours required to get you full temp.
Im running my Q6600 at 3.5Gz on air and only getting these max temps also..after running prime for 5-6hrs. Mid 50's while gameing etc.
 
toxic said:
Hot for stock speeds I would say..I guess you are using the Inetl stcok cooler though. How you case ventilation?
Also...the temps with get hotter the longer you run with Prime...Id say 1-2 hours required to get you full temp.
Im running my Q6600 at 3.5Gz on air and only getting these max temps also..after running prime for 5-6hrs. Mid 50's while gameing etc.
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What cooler/fans are you using thats a good clock/temps!
 
I get mid 60's (usually 63 to 68 degrees) running the small torture test in Prime on my Q6600 @ 3.2GHz @ 1.375v with my P182 case fans on low and the fan in the Tuniq Tower's cooler on low.

Seems decent enough for a quiet system do you think?
 
You really should run small fft's for the CPU stress test. Blend is more apt to stressing memory and the system as a whole. You will get higher temps with small fft's;)
 
w3bbo said:
You really should run small fft's for the CPU stress test. Blend is more apt to stressing memory and the system as a whole. You will get higher temps with small fft's;)
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At the moment with 3.240 I get 63-65c running smalll fft's on my q6600, thats with an Ultima 90i w/120mm scythe 1600rpm fan in an Antec Sonata 3 (VCore setting 1.34 in bios).

I seem to have hit a brick wall and can't get 3.3ghz without the blue screen of death - Im thinking my 500w Earthwatts might be the prob? VCore set to 1.46 (mch & others upped a notch too) temps peaking at 71c -- then blue screen.:confused::confused:
 
ok, applied plenty of paste and reseated the stock cooler, but the temps are going 70 degrees+ when under full load with small FFTs.

Also, when core #0 and core #3 hit the 72 mark, cores #1 and #2 are still only between 65 and 62, is this difference in temperature normal?

Im sorely tempted to either buy a better cooler for it or just return the chip itself as that may be faulty?

As for case ventalitation, theres a 120m at the front pulling air in, a 80m on the side (but at the bottom of the case blowing onto the graphics card) and a 120m at the back almost right next to the top of the stock cooler fan pulling air out. Theres also an 80m on the top of the case pulling air out.

Any advice please?

Idle temps for core #0 and #3 are now 49 and 47 respectively, with #1 and #2 at about 42/43.
 
Applying 'plenty of paste' certainly wont have helped that's for sure. You only need a very small amount.

What paste did you use? If Arctic Silver/Ceramique, you only need a very thin line across the centre of the IHS. Take a look at Arctic Silver's site for details.
 
Your problem is the stock cooler lawz its not faulty they just run hot especially if you subject the CPU to something its never going to experience in normal running like small fft's prime stressing.

When you said you applied plenty of paste what paste are you using and how did you apply it? You should only need a thin line of Arctic Silver 5 or a thin layer of other TIM materials.
 
just used that programme on my stock qx6700, temp maxxed out at 62, which is not bad.

glad I got a new cooler, the intel one is rubbish, had a very hard time keeping it cool, would idle around mid 50's and underload would hit mid 70's :eek: plus it sounded like heathrow.
 
to be honest, you can grab pretty much any £20 cooler and you should be seeing 40's idle and 50's load, grab pretty much any of the massive 120mm coolers, thermalright 120 ultra, tuniq, noctua or whatever and you'll get even better cooling and all can be basically inaudible and give much better temps than you have, or very slight noise and great temps and either way the ability to overclock to 3.2Ghz incredibly easily, and maybe up to 3.6ghz.

the temps aren't dangerous, or bad, and deffo not faulty, they are just the temps 99.9% of quad cores will run at, most dell box's, and any others will run with quite small cheap cooling and thats the temp they will run at for 5 years no probs so don't worry. also the fact that unless you do video encoding you'll be extremely unlikely to see those temps in real usage.

a decent case + quiet 120mm fans and a £30 cooler can give you next to silent, and far faster computing, should you want it.
 
ok, reapplied paste using credit card to smooth it all out, all cores running at round about same temp, idle now at 40, but 100% load still pushes it to 70, albeit the temperature creaps up where as before it shot up like a rocket.

Im definetly going to see about purchasing a better cooler, theres also the fact this intel stock cooler isnt 'rock solid' on the board, it can move slighty to the left and right

And im using bog standard heat transfer compound, seems to do the job though :)
 
Check the Q6600 Overclocking thread. Theres a link there how to correctly apply the paste. It clearly says not to spread it and let the heatsink do that for you, you only need a very small line of it also. Have a look.
 
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