Mr. Patman Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Alright guys, I'm fearing the worst here. It seems as tho my Q6600 is running seriously hot. I started to overclock sunday night, but had to stop at 2.624. My cores are getting way to hot. When I first ran prime w/ the 2.624Ghz clock speed and default vcore, the temps on the hottest core climbed to 80 in no time. I then lowered the vcore to 1.1775 (That is where its at now.) Now under full load w/ Prime95 smallFFT's it hits 77 and stays there, which is still too hot to overclock any further. For the life of me I cant figure out what the hell this thing is running so hot for. I am idleing right now (just have firefox open) and here are my temps: Core 0 - 57 Core 1 - 51 Core 2 - 55 Core 3 - 52 At first I thought it was my heatsink (which is stock) so I peeled it up, cleaned it and the top of the chip w/ 91% isopropyl alchohol, and applied a new coating of as5 as per arctic silver's website. It was to no avail. I then thought that maybe my 8800GTS G92 was causing the problem as it was very hot to touch at idle, so I ramped up the fan speed to 100. It did cool the GPU nicely, but the core temps remain the same. The only other thing I can think of is ambient room temperature, as the inside of my case is very tidy. As I type it is 75 degrees in here. Any ideas? I know this chip can do better than 2.6 on a stock hs/fan. I just OC'd my buddies e4600 to 2.8 and its not even sweating... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbrown23 Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Weel there's 2 very obvious problems, your room abient is highe and it's a stock heatsink!!! Why would you try to overclock with a stock heatsink??!?!? buy a aftermarket one, like the zalman cpns9700(would reccomend better but it's cheap), artic 7 pro(still not the best but again cheap), or the thermalright 120 ultra/extreme (best option but it's anywhere from $50-$60 before shipping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Why in the hell would you compare the temps on your buddys DUAL core E4000 series that uses a DIFFERENT cooler to your quad core Q6000 series CPU? As for phil's OCing on stock comment, join me in slapping the hell out of him as I point out that my Server can run 2.7ghz rock solid with < 50C folding temps on it's stock cooler, and my LAN rig's E4300 is also on stock cooling (though it uses the older style copper core cooler vs the newer E4000 series CPUs) As for new cooler options (the only real way to "fix" this) I say grab a XIGMATEK, beats the Ultra 120s depending on the fan used yet cost a LOT less (and comes with a fan). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Patman Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Weel there's 2 very obvious problems, your room abient is highe and it's a stock heatsink!!! Why would you try to overclock with a stock heatsink??!?!? buy a aftermarket one, like the zalman cpns9700(would reccomend better but it's cheap), artic 7 pro(still not the best but again cheap), or the thermalright 120 ultra/extreme (best option but it's anywhere from $50-$60 before shipping. Well, first let me start by saying - Thanks for the "your so noob im gonna leave an ahole post" comment. Im sure that these temps are high, and I KNOW for a fact these stock heatsinks will overclock. Im not looking to hit 5Ghz, just trying to maybe hit 2.8 to 3.0. When I can afford it I do plan to upgrade my HS and Fan in the future. How old are you anyways? 11? 12? Why in the hell would you compare the temps on your buddys DUAL core E4000 series that uses a DIFFERENT cooler to your quad core Q6000 series CPU? As for phil's OCing on stock comment, join me in slapping the hell out of him as I point out that my Server can run 2.7ghz rock solid with < 50C folding temps on it's stock cooler, and my LAN rig's E4300 is also on stock cooling (though it uses the older style copper core cooler vs the newer E4000 series CPUs) As for new cooler options (the only real way to "fix" this) I say grab a XIGMATEK, beats the Ultra 120s depending on the fan used yet cost a LOT less (and comes with a fan). I know the processor has two less cores, it was just a number I guess - how the increase in clocks affected temperature. And yes, we shall slap in harmony (sounds terrible I know). I have another friend w/ a Q6600 that barely goes up in temp when he OC's it. It just seems that 77-80 degrees under load w/ a measly 200mhz overclock is a bit much no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Is your IHS convex? If so, lap it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Patman Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Is your IHS convex? If so, lap it. I had it off last night when I put new as5 on it, and I did the whole plastic knife thing - it seemed ok... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthowdy575 Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 The room temp is somewhat of your problem also the q6600 run hot when starting to oc. Best bet would to get a different heat siink Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Weel there's 2 very obvious problems, your room abient is highe and it's a stock heatsink!!! Why would you try to overclock with a stock heatsink??!?!? buy a aftermarket one, like the zalman cpns9700(would reccomend better but it's cheap), artic 7 pro(still not the best but again cheap), or the thermalright 120 ultra/extreme (best option but it's anywhere from $50-$60 before shipping. You do realize that I held 2 OCing WR's for about 6 months on stock cooling right? That in itself is proof of why a comment like the one you made should be ignored. Does high quality cooling better stock cooling? of course! Is it impossible to overclock on stock cooling? Hell no! On topic: I do agree with some of the others that 75 ambient is rather warm. In fact in my house that would be insanely hot. lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigevil954 Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 lol its 75 ambient in my room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbrown23 Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Well, first let me start by saying - Thanks for the "your so noob im gonna leave an ahole post" comment. Im sure that these temps are high, and I KNOW for a fact these stock heatsinks will overclock. Im not looking to hit 5Ghz, just trying to maybe hit 2.8 to 3.0. When I can afford it I do plan to upgrade my HS and Fan in the future. How old are you anyways? 11? 12? I don't think that was a a-hole comybe it was stating the obvious but hey sometimes it needs to be said. Also I'm wondering where in my post it says you cannot overclock on stock cooling, I said that that COMBINED with the ambient temps is your problem. and yeaimoh I am 11! Thats why I have a wife and 2 kids I figured may as well start early! So ignore the post heck delete it for all I care, but IMO it is 1=your ambient temps 2=your stock heatsink, take one of those factors away and your problem is fixed, thank you for your "I took it the wrong way so I'm gonna leave an A-hole post"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Patman Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Ok, I got the room cooled down, and the ambient case temperature to 30c. I got the gpu cool to the touch as well (rivatuner w/ the fan cranked). Still its running hot. Isint 2.8 -3.0 on stock cooling acceptable? Ive seen it done time and time again... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Why would you try to overclock with a stock heatsink??!?!? This is a ridiculous statement. LOTS of people overclock on stock coolers, and do so very successfully. The fact that you're so shocked by people using the stock cooler is really kinda sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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