E6600 Temperature nightmare :(

[jackrob]

Hey all, sorry for the late reply.

Originally posted by: Noubourneis talking about IDLE temps only, so ignore it. Idle temps are meaningless. Only concern yourself with load

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.

Originally posted by: aigomorla
THAT is your problem

No no, I was quoting somebody else from the internet to compare my temperatures. That is not me. I quoted him because his temperatures are cooler than mine, and yet I am running at stock speed. He was overclocked. Its just to show how out of shape my temperatures are.

Originally posted by: aigomorla
HAve you tried a flat test to see if your ihs isnt warped? Put the sharp side of a razor perpedicular to your cpu ihs. If you see a lot of light shine though the bottom, it means its not flat.[/qI still haven't tried that yet. I will do soon.

Originally posted by: bfdd
Wait what cooler is he using? Stock HSF? If so then WTF? I had mine with a Vigor Monsoon was getting gnarly high temps kept downclocking till I was back at stock speeds getting high temps so I replaced the CPU with a new one(cost 225 with tax) and I'm at 3.3ghz atm barely cracking 22-23C core temps they hit about 41C with Orthos running while surfing the web and other stuff trying to eat up ram and cpu cycles. I think if you have a GOOD aftermarket HSF you might just have a bad chip, so *shrug*. Btw my cpu vcore is 1.4.

Thanks for the reply. Thats what somebody else told me too. I contacted the place that sold me the chip, and they have kindly said I can take the chip to them and they will test it. If its too hot when they test it, I'm sure they will replace it for me for free. I'll hopefully take it next week.

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: jackrob
Ideally, I was hoping for 30C idle, and about 45C load.

???

You want it to idle colder than body temperature?

I only go on what other people tell me, including the supplier of the chip, and Intel themselves. And if you look at reviews of heatsinks (including this very website), they show http://www.anandtech.com/casec...howdoc.aspx?i=2981&p=3] temperatures in that range and even lower[/url]. Searching some more, and its very common for people to be running in the 30's, and some people even keep it in the 30's when they are overclocked. All I want.... is to be in the 30's when I'm not even overclocked.

p.s. My heatsink on that Anandtech review, gets 26C when idle. So if you question a chip running lower than body temperature, that would be a good place to start.

Originally posted by: Zap
Fourth thing is that most modern CPUs are rated to extremely high temperatures and unless you are doing some crazy overclocking/overvolting, just stop worrying about it.

I've read the intel specification for my chip, so I know what its meant to be running at. It is running too hot, and that is precisely why I am worried. Running too hot shortens the life of the CPU and it cost me the equivalent of about $500USD. So I worry because I want it to last for as many years as my last chip.

That Anandtech review shows my heatsink running a 2.9ghz chip, at 26C. So it should be understandable that I'm worried considering I'm running a chip with a much slower clock speed, and yet its 20 degrees higher.



p.s. Yikes, post formatting nightmare

 

[trOver]

I would lap your cpu. I think you have already voided your warrenty by using an aftermarket cooler, so go for it! There are lots of lapping guides out there, just look, especially at xtreme

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
i just built a new e6600 system for use in a HD HTCP.
Gigabyte motherboard

i use the stock intel fan on the e6600.
it is very quiet (this is supported by testing reported here
Anandtech

and obviously, if it is the "stock" fan, it provides sufficient cooling per the manufacturer.

yes, other fans can cool better, and allow greater overclocking, but
none of the fans were quieter than the stock fan!!

I suppose if you want a passive CPU cooler, that would obviously be quieter

*sigh* i guess you never took a look at a quadcore.

You need to replace this heatsink. The he stock wont put up in a mid/high temp enviorment.