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tuftyfella

tuftyfella

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Recieved my 24pin extension cable today so could complete my build, spec below:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4
Geil 6400 2GB ULL
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 XT ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT
Scythe Ninja
Antec P180
OCZ ModStream 520w

+ LiteOn DVD + SeaGate SATA II HDD

had it all put together bar the 24pin powercable for the MoBo, wouldnt reach so had to order an extension...

long story short, plugged in the nessesities to compute, turned on power button and w00t,
[Dr Frankenstein] It's ALIVE [/Dr Frankenstein]

so chuffed you can probably believe, formatting now then installing windows, will start the OCing tomorrow once i figure out what im doing :)

/a very happy tufty :D
 
bah, got sum problems now, using CPU-z and TAT im showing 60'C as idle temps on both cores, what could be the problem?

Running F5 Bios and used AS5 Paste...
 
tuftyfella said:
bah, got sum problems now, using CPU-z and TAT im showing 60'C as idle temps on both cores, what could be the problem?

Running F5 Bios and used AS5 Paste...
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I've had similar problems with mine, with coretemp reporting my temps @ 51C idle, but if I go into BIOS it reads it as 43C idle :| Try reseating the CPU as it may have just got a bad contact and see if that makes a difference.

Kiz
 
Ignore what the BIOS or software says initially - they can be quite inaccurate. Run CoreTemp or TAT, and let it tell you the proper temperature. It should be a ~5-10c higher than a correct BIOS temperature. If the BIOS temperature falls within that bracket, then you're fine.

A 60c Core temp is quite common for an overclocked system, so I wouldn't worry if it's around that.
 
not done any overclocking yet though...

reseated the cpu (bloody fidly getting a ninja off) and re-applied the AS5 but temps are still idling around 57-60 on TAT and core-temp.

i got no idea what to do now :confused:

maybe sum bios things i need to sort? only thing i changed on the bios was time + date... wasnt sure about anything else tbh so didnt want to fiddle too much
 
just reseated my CPU again and reapplied the thermal paste...again, now showing 39'C idle on both cores :D now im even more chuffed heh.

thx for the replies folks, gunna whack on 3dmarks06 and see how the score looks, couldnt even get over 1/2fps on my last computer so quit it lol, bbs with a score i hope :)
 
5451

not a bad score i think?? the cpu tests went a little bit slow, getting 1/2 fps @ most, what may cause that?

anyhow, start reading the overclocking stuff now i think :)

*EDIT* just got a 29second 1M Super_Pi that good?
 
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