How low can you go?

[crazy]

Q6600 @ 3.2ghz is around 30'C idle

[Lanky123]

My E6600 runs at 38'C with stock heatsink!

The stock HSF isnt going to be cooler than the Arctic Cooler 7 Pro, probably even with overclocking involved...my stock E6750 runs at about 40C.

[lost eden]

A couple of years ago I came up here to St Andrews to visit the university, arrived at about 5am off the sleeper train & had nothing to do for 2 hours until Starbucks opened, so I was left wandering around in the fridgid North Sea winds. I sat down on a bench, opened up my ThinkPad & the CPU initally reported 5dc. Now that is impressive for air cooling!

[fayraz]

The stock HSF isnt going to be cooler than the Arctic Cooler 7 Pro, probably even with overclocking involved...my stock E6750 runs at about 40C.

So is that normal temps for the E6600.

[hitman67]

According to my machine it's currently running at 24.6 Celcius with the heating on and in a fairly warm room, Skt AM2 Athlon64 x2 4200+ on Standard cooling.

[Million]

After using Clunk's extremely helpful guide to C2D overclocking, and my watercooling modded P180 I have a silent e6600 3.28GHz at ~30* idle, max. 50* with Orthos. Is this good? It's my first time at overclocking, so i'm pretty green

[Lanky123]

So is that normal temps for the E6600.

Chips vary but I think Intel quote a max temperature of 60C (not 100% on that - anyone want to confirm/correct?) and you probably woudnt kill it until quite a way beyond that - so its nothing to worry about if thats what you mean.

[V|per]

I once managed to run an x6800 at 5.5ghz at a load temp of 2°c...

That low enough?

[hitman67]

24.2 now so still running cool enough for my liking, even under heavy load I have never seen it read above 35.

[fayraz]

Chips vary but I think Intel quote a max temperature of 60C (not 100% on that - anyone want to confirm/correct?) and you probably woudnt kill it until quite a way beyond that - so its nothing to worry about if thats what you mean.

I am a bit scared now of killing it; seeing other temps I just thought I'd better make sure.

[moogle]

Booted this morning. The room is about the same temp anyway

[lost eden]

I once managed to run an x6800 at 5.5ghz at a load temp of 2°c...

That low enough?

Cascade phase-change by any chance?

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Booted this morning. The room is about the same temp anyway

lol nice