Recent content by jackrob

Thats far too hot I'm afraid. Either the watercooling set up is not fitted properly, or a sensor is broken and not reading the temperatures properly. My money is on the first one, because although everyone claims it... I've never seen a temperature sensor that is especially wrong. So I'm sure...

Hey all, sorry for the late reply. Its just that his idle temps are lower than my idle temps - even although he is overclocked hugely - which I thought was a fair indication that something is wrong with my setup. No no, I was quoting somebody else from the internet to compare my temperatures...

I decided I'm just going to buy a faster fan for the Thermalright. I really need to find one that is as quiet as possible, but pushes a good amount of air. I'm currently using a Yate Loon but its a low speed one which only runs at about 1360RPM. Its perfect for when my PC is idle, but it...

Yeah got a bios update. I was hoping that was the problem too, but it seems not :( As for the temps, they aren't terrible, but its just frustrating that I see people talking about their temps in CoreTemp and IntelTAT, and they are running cooler than me - even with an overclocked chip. Its...

Thanks for the reply :) I'm still not sure if its flat or not. I really don't want to have to lap it because I would invalidate my warrenty. Also, when I took the heatsink off, the paste was squashed nicely. And the heatsink felt kind of stuck when taking it off, because the paste was holding it...

Thank you, I just downloaded that and I've got it running now. As for the temps, I have compared them to other people on the internet quite a lot. I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty sure the temps are kind of average. The original temps where above average, although still below throttle...

Strange as it is to say, it would make my day if it was just the sensor :) Although, I'd really like to be able to overclock and I wouldn't want the chip throttling every 5 minutes. Not sure how I could determine if the sensor is really screwed or not :( I really don't want to have to buy one of...

Hello everyone, I built a new PC at Christmas, and I've had temperature problems with my CPU since the start. So I am hoping people here may be able to help me. Quick summary of gear, its an E6600, an Akasa Eclipse 62 case, and two 120mm low speed quiet case fans called Sharkoon 1000 golf ball...

Thanks guys! I think what I might try, is lowering the voltage to 1.20 instead of 1.23, maybe a bit lower. And then just see how far it will overclock at that voltage. And I'll just keep an eye on the temps. As long as it doesnt go much above say 65C under load, I think I'd be happy with that...

how old is the chip?

I think I should ask one more question. Instead of just lowering my voltage, and seeing as you dont think my temps are that bad, do you think I should maybe just overclock it now? Does overclocking make the CPU hotter - even if you don't raise the voltage? If not.. (or if not by much) I...

Ok cool. Thank you all so much for the replies! I will try lowering the voltage and hopefully it will still run at its stock speeds ok, just with a lower voltage. If I lose about 10 degrees too, that should be great! If not, I might think of replacing this Arctic Cooling 7 Pro, with one...

God, this could be some of the best news I've had for a long time :P I've actually had several people on the internet telling me the temperatures are "far too hot" :( Also, I have been scouring the internet and looking for other peoples' temperatures. And it seems that most enthusiasts (even...

Is running it at full speed normal? Is that what everyone does with this cooler? And is that what is necessary? Its just that at full speed, it sounds like a hurricane in my case. Really noisy. If running it at top speed is necessary to get normal temps, I would have to get a new cooler, because...

Hello everyone, I have a brand new PC and the temperature of the CPU is really bad. I have called Intel and they can only help me after I've had the CPU for 30 days (which is still another week off...). In the meantime, I need to try to figure out what the problem is, incase they don't help...