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Worrying Q6600 temps.

theforce

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I recently got the Q6600 and the temps are a bit worrying. Running on an MSI Neo-2 FR and using Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. I am running at stock at the moment since i am waiting for my new PSU to arrive and possible solve the temp porblem i am now facing.
My case is a Thermaltake Tsunami and it should provide sufficient airflow. Reading the temps from bios and now using CPUID Hardware monitor the cores run as follow CPU0: 47C / CPU1: 47C / CPU2: 40C / CPU3: 37C in idle which seems a tad high since my old AMD X2 used to be much cooler overclocked than the Q6600 in idle.
Could this be a bios issue not reading the bios correctly or a cooler issue since i don't put much trust in Intels method of securing the cooler. I didn't use AS5 since i heard that the cooler i bought uses the MX-2 compound which is equiveland or better than AS5.
Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance.
 
what does core temp say? what about under load? Yes the MX-2 is similar to AS5.

I sense concaved/convexed IHS.

I get the same/slightly lower idle temp with my B3 at 3.33Ghz 1.44V under a tuniq tower, both CPU and HSF are lapped though.
 
Check temps using coretemp or everest to be sure they are accurate...

47C idle is a little bit high (I'd have expected 40-44) but far far from worrying - the important thing is what temps you get running something like orthos - if they are going over 70C regularly then you may have a problem long term.
 
I have used coretemp aswell and it shows the same results. :(
All these programs are reading the temperature from the bios though, right?
All my attemps to flash the damn bios have failed since the MSI tool won't work on Vista 64-bit and trying to run the flash bios program through a bootable device tells me that that the bios flashing ins't compatible with my OS.
Using Orthos the temps can reach up to 77C which is worrying!
 
Use real temp 2.24 Its The ONLY one set to Quad and Duo Everything else CORE TEMP included give FALSE readings due to inaccurate TJunction settings
 
47C / CPU2: 40C / CPU3: 37C I get similar results mind u thats with a very poor generic socket 775 heatsink thats not even designed for my Q6600go it came from an P4-3.2ghz box lol

Either way not worrying about those idle temps if I recall even with a tuniq/thermalright xtreme 120 I use to get temps within there late 30s/early 40s on idle....

othos always tends to go wild and i got temps of 65-75c, still not bothered ;)

Id run orthos for an hour or 2 and if its stable, then simply forget about the whole temp worrying issue ;)

And if the worrys get the better of you then tuniq tower and as3 and perhaps better case cooling should be done imo.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
coretemp does not read the temps properly for the q6600 since it sets the wrong tjmax values. you need to use Real Temp to get proper temp readings.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179044
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i have never heard this and i have always used core temp along side with everest. Bth read the same temperatures tbh. Also you might want to look into getting a better cooler. The thermal right ultra 120 is the best for a quad i believe ;)
 
But that doesn't make a difference to the actual temp of the cpu. If it said tjunction was 80, then it would read 20c less than coretemp. CPU temp is still the same, just looks less. I would be looking at the difference between core temp and tjunction temp as a measure of how close to the limit it is.
 
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