Odd C2D E6600 Temps

[njdevilsfan87]

So I was testing out my PSU (checking the 12V rail fully loaded system... e6600 @ 3.4 and 7900GS @ 700/900) when I noticed my C2D temps were... well, different then expected.

CPU-Z is reporting 1.408V under load, which I don't know if it is that for sure, as I don't fully trust monitoring programs, but I guess the multimeter would measure close enough - if I knew where to measure this.

Anyway, I'm using a Scythe Mine, with a 120mm 1800RPM fan. The idle temps... 52-53C. Ambient is around 80F... ok, so I think "maybe the new Zalman VF900 I installed is dumping a lot of heat into the case..."

I load up the entire system, including the GPU (which also to test the 12V rail on the PSU), and my load temps, 55-58C, which is actually pretty good.

So I'm not understanding... if my idle temperatures are so high, I was at least expecting something like 65-70C under load.

How is it possible that my idle/load temperatures are practically identical? Especially when running around 1.4V through the processor?

I mean I would love to run 3.4GHz as my summer overclock if my processor doesn't actually pass 60C under load during Orthos stress testing. But I am not at all liking 50C+ idle.

 

[Jedi2155]

That is odd, I'm idling around 45-50 C at times, but I load around 70-80 C on Intel TAT, and around 70 C on Orthos, 1.47 vdrop (1.525 set in the BIOS).

If i'm idling at 55 C (when my room is around 90 F), i'm too afraid to run it at such a high voltage, (65-70 just gaming).

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme with a 120 mm 2000 RPM fan.

Either you have a extremely good ventilation (I have 3x120's, 1x80 in my Lian Li PC-7B Plus II case, so I think that is fairly good ventilation), or possibly some thermal protection kicking in?

 

[Laminator]

Jedi2155, how are you able the change the multiplier on your E6600? Do you have an ES or something?