Winter is......awesome?

xiphrex · 25 Nov 2010 at 18:16

Came home today and the highest temp core on my cpu was 32C! Freezing cold though!

Anyone taking advantage of this cold weather to get more megahertz?

setter · 25 Nov 2010 at 18:44

Cpu idling here at 33-27-33-27, i7 @4ghz on air, gpu's at 30 and 29c, overclocked to 751mhz, havent thought about raising the cpu higher though.

ahenners · 25 Nov 2010 at 19:11

I remember last winter I left my window open in my uni room while I was out at a lecture. Came back and the pc was idling at 17-19c, that was an air cooled q6600 at 3.2ghz. Room was absolutely freezing though but I was still impressed with the temps lol.

Not taking advantage of it now, temps are a couple of degrees lower but it seems to have lesser an effect on my rig now its on water. Maybe I just need some better rad fans

bainbridge · 25 Nov 2010 at 19:19

My Q6600 normally idles at 37c but today its down to 31c.

Not attempting to overclock beyond 3.6Ghz though as already at 1.5 volts

nicnik · 25 Nov 2010 at 19:40

amazing my gpu tops out in furmark around 46C

Justintime · 25 Nov 2010 at 20:02

As i prefer an all weather overclock i prefer summer for testing or central heating at full belt (although this dosen't really emulate summer humidity etc..), winter temps can be deceptive hehe.

setter · 25 Nov 2010 at 20:13

^True, in summer i usually have a 5-6c rise in temps.

JeffyB · 26 Nov 2010 at 10:40

Didn't have the heating on in the lounge the other night and my water was 16 degrees in the morning!

mmj_uk · 26 Nov 2010 at 10:42

xiphrex said:
Anyone taking advantage of this cold weather to get more megahertz?

Worst time to overclock right now, many overclocks stable in winter will fall flat on their bottoms come summer.

mast3r · 26 Nov 2010 at 10:47

ill be opening my window later, see if i can play blackops any better!
But i use my PC the other way arround, turn the heating lower and use the heat from my PC to warm the house!!!!

DragonQ · 26 Nov 2010 at 10:53

Ambient temperatures don't seem to affect my CPU at all - my temps now are about the same as they were during the 2009 heatwave when I first got it.

DiCe! · 26 Nov 2010 at 12:07

Atic room here. summer is roasting, winter its like an ice cave. will hopefully be OCing over the weekend so ill be putting my rad on full before i do it

Armitage Shanks · 26 Nov 2010 at 13:57

mast3r said:
ill be opening my window later, see if i can play blackops any better!
But i use my PC the other way arround, turn the heating lower and use the heat from my PC to warm the house!!!!

I've got a small room warmed by a Q6600 heating system

OLDPHART · 26 Nov 2010 at 13:57

Winter is......awesome? > no it's not, thank god for central heating....

mast3r · 26 Nov 2010 at 14:19

I have just been home to put the heating on, i was then thinking, perhaps i should put all the PC's on, i have a PC in each room of the house, appart from the Bathroom, i think the GAS bill would be cheaper than the Electric bill.

Frozennova · 26 Nov 2010 at 14:24

winter just means I can have a silent system and have it on crunching more as the noise doesnt bother the misses. Come summer it'll be off a night again

OLDPHART · 26 Nov 2010 at 14:53

mast3r said:
i have a PC in each room of the house

IMHO > either you have lot's of kid's or you need to get out more often....

Defunkt · 26 Nov 2010 at 15:55

17C low on my i7 920 @ 4ghz on air (Venomous X HSU) right now.
averaging about 20C idle.
Heating is going on soon though.

BriT · 26 Nov 2010 at 16:12

Yeah my 580 idles at 35c and my CPU idles between 30c-34c..could push for 4.2ghz but don't really see the point.

mjones1 · 26 Nov 2010 at 16:16

My amd x2 550 was at 13c on my water cooling loop.