Hi, guys!
I have recently assembled my new rig, here are the specs:
- CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 (Arctic Silver 5)
- Motherboard Asus Striker II Extreme, nForce 790i Ultra SLI
- GPU BFG GeForce 9800GX2 1024Mb
- RAM OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3- 1333MHz ReaperX
Custom watercooling:
- Pump Alphacool Laing DDC 1+ Ultra AGB
- Radiator Alphacool NexXxos Xtreme II 2x120mm
- CPU waterblock Alphacool NexXxoS XІ+
- Tubs Alphacool 10/8mm
- Liquid Feser One UV Reactive (Blue)
This is certainly not my first build, but I am new to watercooling, overclocking and quad-cores.
I therefore have several questions:
1) CPU temps
I am watercooling both CPU and northbridge with water coming from radiator to CPU and then to chipset.
I have overclocked the CPU slightly to 2.88GHz and you can see my IDLE temps on the screenshot below(LOAD would be 10C higher).
- First of all, why on earth are they so high (or are they)?
- Why Real Temp reports temps 10C lower than anything else? Which are right?
- Is there something wrong with my watercooling which I spent a fortune on?
And also, if I touch the waterblock on CPU it feels cooler than my hand…
2) Oveclocking
As I have mentioned I am very new to whole idea of overclocking. So I am overclocking with Extreme Tweaked in BIOS and using CPU LevelUp function. If I place match QX9650 e.g. @3.0GHz computer boots fine, but programs like antivirus randomly crash. If I put match QX9700 e.g. @3.2GHz computer does not boot at all. Any comments on this?
3) Memory
CPUZ reports 533MHz which in dual channel will give 1066MHz.
- How is this if memory is supposed to work on 1333MHz?
- I found the voltage on memory to be 1.6V. Shouldn’t it be 1.85V, as written in specs?
I would be grateful for intelligent answers and comments. Thanks a lot!
I have recently assembled my new rig, here are the specs:
- CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 (Arctic Silver 5)
- Motherboard Asus Striker II Extreme, nForce 790i Ultra SLI
- GPU BFG GeForce 9800GX2 1024Mb
- RAM OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3- 1333MHz ReaperX
Custom watercooling:
- Pump Alphacool Laing DDC 1+ Ultra AGB
- Radiator Alphacool NexXxos Xtreme II 2x120mm
- CPU waterblock Alphacool NexXxoS XІ+
- Tubs Alphacool 10/8mm
- Liquid Feser One UV Reactive (Blue)
This is certainly not my first build, but I am new to watercooling, overclocking and quad-cores.
I therefore have several questions:
1) CPU temps
I am watercooling both CPU and northbridge with water coming from radiator to CPU and then to chipset.
I have overclocked the CPU slightly to 2.88GHz and you can see my IDLE temps on the screenshot below(LOAD would be 10C higher).
- First of all, why on earth are they so high (or are they)?
- Why Real Temp reports temps 10C lower than anything else? Which are right?
- Is there something wrong with my watercooling which I spent a fortune on?
And also, if I touch the waterblock on CPU it feels cooler than my hand…
2) Oveclocking
As I have mentioned I am very new to whole idea of overclocking. So I am overclocking with Extreme Tweaked in BIOS and using CPU LevelUp function. If I place match QX9650 e.g. @3.0GHz computer boots fine, but programs like antivirus randomly crash. If I put match QX9700 e.g. @3.2GHz computer does not boot at all. Any comments on this?
3) Memory
CPUZ reports 533MHz which in dual channel will give 1066MHz.
- How is this if memory is supposed to work on 1333MHz?
- I found the voltage on memory to be 1.6V. Shouldn’t it be 1.85V, as written in specs?
I would be grateful for intelligent answers and comments. Thanks a lot!
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