Re: CPU Temp Question Concerning Core 2 Quad

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:27:55 +0000, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bitstring <6ghnp3p7pup116oks9os30jn19s8nnvpph@xxxxxxx>, from the
wonderful person soinie@xxxxxxxxxxxx said
I'm running a Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4 ghz and the temp when idle is about
25C according to Asus PC Probe II, although I've seen it up to 34C
with tasking. I want to moderately over clock this (P5E WS Pro) setup
and would like to know what to look for in terms of temp increases and
what might be considered a threshold temp. I'm using a Scythe Mini
Ninja and Arctic Silver 5, and thanks to those who recommended an
after-market heat sink.

Heat is not going to be the problem - there is a thermal protection
mechanism on the die, iirc, and probably another on the motherboard, and
you are ~30 degrees the right side of a problem anyway. If the CPU gets
too hot it will throttle the clock back.

If you (have to, or choose to) ramp the VCore up too far in pursuit of
extra GhZ then you may fry something .. but It'll be volts and not
degrees C that does the damage.

Before you go overclocking though, try a PROPER stress test at your
current clock rate - Prime95 torture test (maybe 4 copies, one pointed
at each core - I don't think the current one knows about loading more
than one core at once).

34c is 'loafing' IMO, but then it's hard to really work 4 cores in
everyday use. This assumes it's being measured right - not always the
case with Asus Mobos (what's the case temperature registering at? Heck,
how cold is the room it is in??)

The motherboard temp is 32C idle the CPU temp currently is 28C, the
room is about 76F. I'm using a Seasonic S12 Energy 550 watt power
supply which runs generally very stable. I'll download Prime95 and
run a few tests. Thanks for that.
.

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