Quad Core Thread: Overclocking, Cooling, Motherboards, Troubleshooting & General Info

[fat jez]

I suspect either Asus Probe or the sensor chip on your motherboard threw a wobbly. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Cheers,
Stephen

[vbnm247]

Thanks for the replies again. I would have gotten a better fan for my cpu but I didnt fancy removing the motherboard to fit a back plate. Is there a better fan than the Arctic Freezer that doesnt require a backplate?

[masscrazy]

Thanks for the replies again. I would have gotten a better fan for my cpu but I didnt fancy removing the motherboard to fit a back plate. Is there a better fan than the Arctic Freezer that doesnt require a backplate?

Scythe Ninja, you dont have to take the motherboard out to install this.

[vbnm247]

Scythe Ninja, you dont have to take the motherboard out to install this.

Really? I thought it did. I might have to get this and see if it can lower temps some more.

[mrk]

Temps of 60c is absolutely fine for G0..and there are better air coolers than the AC7....like Thermalright ultra + Tuniq Tower.

Hmm what would ideal temps be for a B3 Q6600 @ 3ghz would you say? I am tempted to clock mine (I have XMS2 DDR800 ram on a P5KC) but am unsure if I should do it still or better yet which way to OC it, raise the FSB or use an OC profile etc ?

[D-BEAR]

Hmm what would ideal temps be for a B3 Q6600 @ 3ghz would you say? I am tempted to clock mine (I have XMS2 DDR800 ram on a P5KC) but am unsure if I should do it still or better yet which way to OC it, raise the FSB or use an OC profile etc ?

Well the G0 has a max of 71c...while the B3's max is 62c...so it's whatever your confortable with i guess.

[daza]

Well the G0 has a max of 71c...while the B3's max is 62c...so it's whatever your confortable with i guess.

Which get blown straight out of the window when you oc, mine has run at 65c for 12hrs stable and is still beating.

Basically anything under 100c is fine.

[mrk]

Hmmm! well mine is 40/40/35/35 idle (in order of core number) and under load 51/51/45/45 give or take a few.

How should I oc it, just raise the FSB a bit at a time? by my calc a decent oc would be on an FSB of around at least 300mhz instead of the stock 266mhzx4

I have the cpu fan at 50% power btw as I hate having a noisy fan

[fat jez]

Which get blown straight out of the window when you oc, mine has run at 65c for 12hrs stable and is still beating.

Basically anything under 100c is fine.

Anything under 100 is fine as long as it's the core temp, not the temps read by Asus Probe or speedfan.

Cheers,
Stephen

[daza]

Anything under 100 is fine as long as it's the core temp, not the temps read by Asus Probe or speedfan.

Cheers,
Stephen

Ahhh forgot to mention that thanks.

[D-BEAR]

Which get blown straight out of the window when you oc, mine has run at 65c for 12hrs stable and is still beating.

Basically anything under 100c is fine.

I gave only what intel recommends....whatever peeps run them @ is entirely up to them....i've seen peeps running in the 80's with the G0 when priming.... not sure but i think it's 96c before the G0 starts to throttle....The max temp for a Q6600 B3 is about 72c (Tcase of 62c) with the throttling temp somewhere around 82c.....mine with prime running hits 60c @ 3.5ghz.

[Clunk]

I gave only what intel recommends....whatever peeps run them @ is entirely up to them....i've seen peeps running in the 80's with the G0 when priming.... not sure but i think it's 96c before the G0 starts to throttle....The max temp for a Q6600 B3 is about 72c (Tcase of 62c) with the throttling temp somewhere around 82c.....mine with prime running hits 60c @ 3.5ghz.

A B3 Quad @ 1.45v @ 3500Mhz @ 60c under load in prime?

Whats that measured with? Sounds dubious to me

[jjcave]

A B3 Quad @ 1.45v @ 3500Mhz @ 60c under load in prime?

Whats that measured with? Sounds dubious to me

Isn't he running a G0 Quad (saying this by looking at his sig)

[Clunk]

The max temp for a Q6600 B3 is about 72c (Tcase of 62c) with the throttling temp somewhere around 82c.....mine with prime running hits 60c @ 3.5ghz.

Thats how I read it.

Even so, with 1.45v going through it, 60c is optimistic, but I would like to be wrong

[Agrippa]

Finally ordered a Q6600 and received an SLACR today. Haven't tested max o/c and probably won't since with 4x2GB RAM I can't push it beyond 800MHz, but I may try for 9x400 later on just for kicks. Anyway, with a Thermalright Ultra Extreme and a 120x38mm Panaflo fan I get 40C idle and 65C load @ 3.2GHz (8x400) and 1.425V with 2x Orthos running. Quite happy with that.

[fat jez]

Thats how I read it.

Even so, with 1.45v going through it, 60c is optimistic, but I would like to be wrong

If he's on air, I'd be will to bet a small sum of money he's not reading those temps with coretemp. I reckon we can add 15° onto them.

My Vcore is about the same, I'm overclocked to 3.42GHz and I'm currently hitting about 55°C full load, but it is pretty cool in my computer room (19°C) and I'm watercooled.

Cheers,
Stephen