Newb question

[alanwest09872]

hey guys sorry for all these stupid questions i just dont no very much about overclocking and i just wanna make sure i dont fry anything.

OK i ran the prime 35 software on my q6600 and my stock cooling. I ran into temps of around 70c on one proccessor and about 60 -65 c on the other 3. According to the overclocking guide you shouldnt get over 50c when running prime 35. This is with no overclocking also. The question that i have is should it be running that hot or is that normal. I just built the machine and i havent had any problems yet. Its been running for about 2 weeks now.

the room tempature was about 70 degrees also if that helps any. The tower has one fan for intake.

Im goin to be purchasing a watercooling unit.

probably http://www.petrastechshop.com/pecoel.html this one. aigomorla recommended it from this sight.

 

[alanwest09872]

oh i forgot to mention even though i bought the q6600 i havent played with the bios at all yet. except for harddrive boot order and cpuz stats that its running at 2.440 ghz. even though its 2400 is that wierd or normal lol

 

[o1die]

50c is normal under load as when running prime 95.

 

[alanwest09872]

but i was running at 70 c underload for one proccessor and 60-65 with the other 3

 

[betasub]

oh noes!!!1!

If room temp = 70 then it is normal for processor to be hotter.

It is NOT normal to run your PC in sauna conditions tho.

 

[stevty2889]

What program were you using to measure your temps? 70c core temp is around 55c Tcase temp. But 70c Tcase is 85c core temp..which is pretty hot. It's not that suprising to run at those temps on the stock heatsink. With my scythe ninja, at 3ghz, my Q6600 was hitting 85c core temp, but runs at about 65c core temp at 3.1ghz with water.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: alanwest09872
but i was running at 70 c underload for one proccessor and 60-65 with the other 3

did you run 4 instances of prime 95, and set affinity so that each core was fully loaded?

 

[alanwest09872]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: alanwest09872
but i was running at 70 c underload for one proccessor and 60-65 with the other 3

did you run 4 instances of prime 95, and set affinity so that each core was fully loaded?

yep all 4 cores and i think affinity was set