nickk47 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Yeah I got my Wolfdale E6500 Pentium Dual core in there now, running at 4.0 GHz, seems to be stable but that is not confirmed yet as I am running Prime95 at this instant and will be for another 12 hours. Just a weird thing I'm seeing is that Core 0 is always around 4-5 celcius higher than Core 1. ALWAYS. Whether it's idling or on full load. Never had this much of a difference for my Core 2. What do you guys think? And what load temp would you guys tolerate for a Wolfdale? (for a system that will be on for at least 12-18 hours a day) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickk47 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) Ugh, Prime95 just detected hardware failure and stopped. It should easily reach 4.0 GHz though...Maybe it needs more juice. Im giving it 1.39 volts atm, and top temp was 65C, which is not even that hot is it? Edited August 18, 2011 by nickk47 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Don't worry about the difference in core temps as long as you're comfortable that you got your cpu cooler properly installed. You fail to mention exactly what the temps are during stress testing..... Hard to comment on whether they are good or not. Here's directly from Intel on the max operating temperature and voltage range; Thermal and Power Intel® Pentium® Processor E6500 AT80571PH0772ML 2.93 GHz 1066 MHz 2 MB Unified 65 watts...........0.85V – 1.5V...........5° C to 74.1° C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickk47 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) During the stress testing, the max temp was around 65-67 C, While the 2nd core is 61 C. This might be due to the Thermal Compound being fresh? It is probably not broken in yet. Thanks for the info. I think it is unstable because it does not have enough juice. I will give it more voltage, and watch the temps so it does not go above 70 C or so. Edit: Nvm, I decided to change the frequency to 3.93 GHz and go from there. I hope I can reach the 4 GHz club soon. It just sounds faster too. 4000 Mhz of goodness mmmm Edited August 18, 2011 by nickk47 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 19, 2011 Posted August 19, 2011 You're well within the thermal limits then, so add a little more juice and see where she'll take you What cpu core voltage are you currently running? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickk47 Posted August 19, 2011 Posted August 19, 2011 (edited) The core voltage is 1.368 v. It's been a whole day on that voltage, at 3.93 GHz rock solid. I think 1.38 ish voltage and 4.0 GHz is achievable? I will test this tonight. I won't be satisfied with anything less than 4.0 ghz!! Edited August 19, 2011 by nickk47 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 20, 2011 Posted August 20, 2011 Go for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickk47 Posted August 20, 2011 Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) Okay, so I upped the voltage to 1.425 which is a lil higher than I wanted it at but max temp was only 70 C with rock solid results of 8 hours of Prime95!! YEAHHH 4.0GHZ WOOOOOO Also had to fiddle with the fsb ratios, but its all good Edited August 20, 2011 by nickk47 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 20, 2011 Posted August 20, 2011 Congrats. Did you have to bump the NB voltage or anything else to get 4.0Ghz stable? You might be able to drop the cpu vcore down a little bit if you wanted to fiddle with the northbridge and cpu pll voltages............. just a thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickk47 Posted August 20, 2011 Posted August 20, 2011 Thanks for your continual input wevsspot. I think I'll leave it as is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Gratz dude. Glad you got the OC you were looking for. Enjoy it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Thanks for your continual input wevsspot. YW - glad you hit the OC you were looking for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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