Hey guys, i've got my q6600 G0 stepping @ 3.2ghz @ 1.36V right now, but under prime 95 load its hitting 70 degrees reading after a few hours (max temp for this cpu should be 61). I know nothing is ever going to tax the cpu this hard, but its even sat at 50 idle. I am puzzled, as this is with a scythe ninja & the fan on. In contrast, a system i built the other day, the q6600 was sat at 25 degrees idle with an arctic cooling freezer. Im pretty sure the scythe should be on a par with this if not a bit better really.
Thermal paste was applied with one stripe accross the middle as in the recommended diagram, although the arctic freezer pros always come with the full square.
The only other thing i can think of, is numb nuts here when building his pc managed to accidentally power up the pc before the cpu fan went on and left it on for a good minute!
My current thoughts are as follows:
1.The IP-35-E may run really hot
2. The recommended application of thermal paste aint cutting it
3. I fried the chip, even though the pc is absolutely stable
4. The scythe ninja is actually pants, or i have a poor connection from chip to heasink
5. Test with another q6600 next time i get my hands on one
Any thoughts greatly appreciated ;p
Cheers