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what temp for c2d ?

I'm not too sure as I don't run an Intel, but my bro's C2D rig (an e6600) overclocked quite a lot just hits over 50ºC! Thats on air with a massive 120mm fan (the YS-Tech jobby).

So if you ask me, your's sounds a bit on the warm side. ;)
 
That's hot, my e6300 @3Ghz, is running 60 a 61 under full load with TAT, Vcore 1.4.
normally to get 2.8Ghz 1.325v on the cpu should do the trick.
 
my e6400 @ 3.8ghz was hitting 72°c under water... some are hot, some aren't... i'd be happy enough to run it at 70°c
 
Try reseating it sounds way too hot for a tuniq tower.
Especially at such a low overclock try with arctic silver
a thin line down the middle but not all the way to the edges
a thin layer spread across the entire surface
a thin layer spread across entire surface and a small blob about half size of grain of rice
right in the center this will help if the cpu or heatsink is concave.
Im on a tuniq currently at 3.2 ghz idle is 25c load is 45-50c max.
On hot days load never goes above 60c.
 
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johnno93 said:
82!!! Thats above what I'd consider a good temp, if it runs that hot it could serously decrease the lifetime of the cpu.
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Doubtful it will decrease the life of the time he keeps the chip unless he runs it for 10+ years and who bloody cares, they're bargain basement chips anyway, cheap as chips (pardon the pun) to replace even if anything did go wrong :p
 
johnno93 said:
82!!! Thats above what I'd consider a good temp, if it runs that hot it could serously decrease the lifetime of the cpu.
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These are actually rated well over 80C - it will probably start to throttle about 85C and it'll shut itself down as it approaches 100C. That said - it does sound abnormally high for that CPU and cooler. You might look at reseating it?
 
Im wondering this as well-my E4500 hits just over 70 at stock (albeit with stock cooling, upgrading that soon). Ive heard that the E4500 will be hot due to the 11x multi though-is that right?

EDIT-thats obviously 70 at full load! Its around 30-35 idle.
 
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E6300 SL9SA L625A*** (Lapped) - 1.325vCore Bios - Thermalright Ultra 120 (Lapped) & Sharkoon 120mm 2000

Finally got my temps sorted out, before they were much higher but I have since found out that was due to some of my case fans (exhaust) not working and also the base of the Ultra-120 was extremely *concave*

I haven't got TAT installed at the moment but the temps above are full orthos small FFTs load, I think TAT would be an extra couple of degrees, however I am currently using cheap white thermal goo so I'm sure the temps would be a few degrees better with some AS5 maybe?

I didn't take any pictures but the image below is a reconstruction of what the heatsinks base looked like while I was lapping it, it took a while to get the silver anodised coating off in the centre, no wonder the CPu core was hot as it was hardly making any contact with the HSF.

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I did also lap the CPU which wasn't to bad actually, a tiny bit concave but nowhere near as bad as the original Ultra-120.

Lastly, it doesn't matter how good the HSF is, if the case is badly ventilated and overheating there is no way you can keep the CPu cool.

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I have a 6320 @ 2.8Ghz with 1.4v running 37c idle and 59c under Orthos.

Big Wayne is right in saying that good case cooling makes a big difference. My cpu temps were higher until I fitted 2 x Akasa Amber 8cm Fans on the side of the case along with the normal 12cm intake & exhaust fans. The temps dropped in the case by more than 8c which will in turn have temp drops on the cpu.

I only have a £20 Akasa 961 sat on the cpu but it seems to do the trick.
 
helmutcheese said:
The Intel site says 65C MAX for C2D, took me 5secs to get that info. ;)
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Thats like a supermarket saying that a bunch of bananas are to eaten by the use by date but their still edible 3 days later :)

Intel will always put a lower thermal spec on their cpu's than it really can take as to put people off from over volting & clocking the frequencies of them.
 
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