Flibo Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 Hello! I have a Q9300 at 3,4 GHz with 1,36V set on bios and 1,336V in cpu-z. From what I've read, those are pretty high voltages, but I couldn't get it stable with less. Anyway, I bought a Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme cooler some time ago and I'm not sure if my temps got so much lower... At idle I'm at ~40 degrees and in stress more like ~63 degrees. From what I remember, the idle temperature wasn't much higher with the stock cooler, so is Ultra-120 eXtreme just really bad at idle temperature or is that normal or what? However, the load temperature dropped with like... ~20 degrees? So at least that's fine So if there is a problem, what is it? Badly applied thermal paste? Bad thermal paste? Bad cooler? Bumpy cpu? Maybe it's a stupid question, but forgive me, I'm a new one here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 ~63 is fine for the Q9300. A bit hot for my taste but I'm on water. What program did you use to stress it? Those temps look pretty much normal for a quad with high voltage on air. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flibo Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) I used IntelBurnTest, I suppose it should get it pretty hot? EDIT: By the way, is there a way I could lower the vcore? By raising other voltages or such? Edited April 5, 2009 by Flibo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 You could try playing with the vcore and nb voltages, but for me it's a simple matter of crank the vcore to max and raise the mhz until its unstable. The Q9450 I have does 4 ghz on 1.45 volts but doesn't do 4.05 at 1.8 volts. Gotta hate fsb walls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 ~63 is fine for the Q9300. A bit hot for my taste but I'm on water. What program did you use to stress it? Those temps look pretty much normal for a quad with high voltage on air. Since when? While it is under the maximum spec 63 C is still hot for a C2Q at 3.4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 Since when? While it is under the maximum spec 63 C is still hot for a C2Q at 3.4 Mine runs at 75 C full load after about 10 minutes of IntelBurnTest. 63 is good even with an excellent cooler AFAIK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turophiliac Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 63C is a decent load temp, maybe a little hotter than your average quad under a TRUE, but still not dangerous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee90 Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 Yaaay! Another user with the Q9300 oddball! I got the TR TRUE Black cooler for mine, and my temperatures are similar to yours, somewhat less due too lower clock. I was thinking if I should lap my cpu/HS... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flibo Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 Okay then! Good to know that it's running with somewhat normal temps :=) . Thanks for your help everybody! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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