Temps too high ??

Rensin · 11 Nov 2009 at 18:53

Could someone take a look at these temps. Overclock is @ 3Ghz. As you can see max temp was 85 :eek:

Cooling is Arctic Pro, 4x 120mm Sharkoon 2000

cheers

funkeh · 11 Nov 2009 at 19:15

Thats very hot, my q6600 never goes past 60 loaded 35 idle.

setter · 11 Nov 2009 at 19:17

Those are extremely high for a 3.0ghz overclock, make sure the cooler is seated properly and try to see if you can lower the voltage a bit, most q6600's should do 3.0ghz on stock volts or a slight increase.

entireweb · 11 Nov 2009 at 19:17

They are a tad too high IMO. My old q6600 in a p180 at 3.2ghz was running 70 degrees max on prime 95.

I hate coolers that use push through clips like the arctic.

First check that the clips are all the way through the motherboard and the heatsink is making even contact. Also what thermal paste are you using? Did you put on too much?

bifday2k · 11 Nov 2009 at 19:21

IBT will add far more heat then prime will do, try running ur clock on prime for 15 mins and see what the temps are on that, as most things u do will ever reach IBT loads/temps.

setter · 11 Nov 2009 at 19:24

Generally i found that IBT added about 5c to load temps compared to p95. I had a q6600 at 3.8ghz with 1.5vcore running through it, temps running IBT were in the low 70's.

Rensin · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:38

motherboard was replaced yesterday so fresh Arctic 5 TP was applied.

Have lowered the vcore to 1.2000 (slightly under) and temps seem to idle at 40 and under prime max 58.

Rensin · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:39

Do these BIOS settings look right?

setter · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:47

Temps seem a bit more like it under p95, ibt will make things run a bit hotter. How much paste did you apply?

Rensin · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:53

setter said:
Temps seem a bit more like it under p95, ibt will make things run a bit hotter. How much paste did you apply?

not sure on the paste fella as the mobo was fitted by my local shop

bifday2k · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:55

Ah local computer shops gotta love em, when i took mine in for a repair i could'nt do myself due to lack of software at the time, i noticed my temps where off abit, so i reseated my cooler with far less TIM and lower temps came lol.

setter · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:58

Theres a possibility they may have slapped on a bit to much, all a q6600 needs is a fine line across the cores, then the pressure of the heatsink will spread it out. If you decide to reseat the cooler and reapply the paste yourself, follow this guide here.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

Rensin · 11 Nov 2009 at 21:10

don't think i will attempt to reapply the paste as i tried a week or 2 back and knackered my board hence it just being replaced

don't fancy taking out another one just yet