Q6600 overclock

[Nvidiaguy07]

right now i have my q6600 OCed to 3.2 GHZ. my temps that are showing in core temp are:

(all in Celsius) 43 40 37 38
these temps are after running Prime95 for 30-40mis

my idle temps are 23 21 16 21

is it normal to have such a big difference in temp from one to core to another? (6-7degrees)


also how much farther do u think ill be able to push this chip if i have these temps for 3.2GHZ?

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

small FFTs by the way

 

[boomhower]

Those temps are very cool. As long as you are under 60 you are very safe. Even under 70 is alright to me.

 

[Idontcare]

Those are great temps.

What's your Vcore at 3.2GHz (BIOS set) and what is your G0's VID? Just curious, I too am running G0 on DS3L with Tuniq.

I bet you are a candidate for some 9x400 (3.6GHz) fun. You got yourself another 20C of room to overclock. Enjoy! (lucky bastard...)

 

[DSF]

Which version of CoreTemp? I'd be suspicious of an idle temp of 16C unless your ambient is particularly low.

 

[flexy]

3-4 deg difference between cores is normal. if you get 7+ deg. difference between cores then you probably applied thermal paste wrong.

 

[noobish]

@3.2ghz with those temp are beautiful to me, my Q6600 @ 3.5 - 1.3..v : Idle coretemp; 37,37,35,34 - load is around 50-55

 

[LOUISSSSS]

WHAT PROGRAM r u using to read those temps? 16C is a bit low, unless ur room temps are way cold

 

[Nedder]

Wrong tjunction, wrong temps if so. Add 15C to all of those.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

Right now I have my voltages set to auto but in CPU-Z my c-core is showing 1.312V. Ive been following graysky's guide on here to OC my card so I haven't gone back and turned down the voltages yet. My vid is 1.2625v.

I'm using coretemp version 0.97.1

I keep my computer in the furnace room and it is probably 10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler in there than in my room. Thats probably a big factor for my low temps.

Just for the record I tried applying thermal paste by applying a small straight line horizontally across the middle and then using the heatsink to spread the paste. I will never use this method again its too difficult to spread the paste evenly. I'm sticking with the credit card method. I decided to give it a shot because I knew eventually id try lapping my chip and heatsink because I knew the tuniq tower had a reputation to be slightly concave.

Am I damaging the card right now at all because the paste is on wrong?

I think the combo of a colder room + all the fans turned up full blast + tuniq tower spinning at full speed is why my temps are so low.