Should I lap my Q6600? AND HOW?

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 12:41

Im on watercooling overclocked to 3.6ghz. My CORE load temps after an hour or so get to about 80 on all cores according to core temp.

It is a Go revision cpu.

Do I need to lap or are my temperatures ok (bearing in mind it is watercooling)

Would lapping make it a lot better?

Are there any good guides to lapping?

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 12:53

I would not like to have my cpu running at them temperatures.

How effective lapping would be depends on how concave your chip and water block are. If you get a razer blade or a metal ruler or something similar and hold it against your chip and waterblock you will be able to see how concave they are.

Garyj881 · 11 Aug 2008 at 12:54

What vcore are you putting into the chip?

80deg, is that on all cores?

Id hazard a guess at either, too much vcore, bad connection with block and cpu or poor watercooling and yes 80deg is too hot.

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 12:59

my motherboard automatically set it. On stress cpu-z shows 1.424v. So i reckon it is about 1.5v on the bios.
also it is a P45 deluxe

also my radiator fan is silent and im not sure if it is on 100%, is it at full speed by default

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:00

i have a alphacool nexxos extreme pro or extreme single radiator, and i used a block that come with the alphacool starter, and im using the xspc 750lph dual bay pump.

It does take a long time to get to 80 degrees. I have been priming for 10 minutes and it seems to be staying at 68 68 66 66.

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:01

Manully set the volts in the bios. The motherboard will be over volting it by quite a bit.

Although i have the same motherboard and cpu and i need 1.5v to get 3.4ghz stable and my temps never go above 70 with a tuniq tower.

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:04

i only really need it to be at acceptable temps as i am selling this pc and building a new one

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:05

shall i try 1.5

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:13

What VID is the chip.

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 13:20

Vid is 1.2625

When i put 1.4 cpu-z stress voltage was 1.408, auto it was 1.424, ill probably just keep it as it is on 1.4. Priming now, for 5 mins odd, 71 71 70 70

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 15:10

any help would be appreciated

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 15:25

How long have you primed it for and what are the temperatures?

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 15:31

Yesterday i primed it for an hour after it had been primed a few times already that day, it got to 80 core temperatures on core temp. But usually it is on about 70c and takes quite a long time on 100% 100% 100% 100% to get to 80 core temps

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 15:33

You need to prime it for longer than an hour. 8 hours is considered 100% stable.

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 15:40

its not about stable, its about temperature

Pilky01 · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:10

So you dont want a stable cpu?

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:57

Thats not what i'm saying, I know how to test and get it stable but i dont know why it is such a high temperature

EdGey · 11 Aug 2008 at 19:32

hmm.. u shouldnt get temps any where near that.

i got those temps on air!

try re-seating it.

engstrom0304 · 11 Aug 2008 at 22:11

i have tried that many times! Could it be the pump. It is an xspc dual bay 750lph pump but it has been very loud since i got it.

Waterblock is the one in the alphacool starter retail kit.