Quad Core overheating at 59C idle?

[johnlee787]

Hello,

I have a newly built system with Q6600 Intel Quad Core using
the stock fan that came with it. In the BIOS
it shows my CPU idle temperature at 59C .

Why is it so high? Will this kill my CPU in a few weeks time?
How can I get this fixed? I have read most people with
Q6600 idle around 35-40C and max out to 50C.
Mine seems to idle at 59C? This is almost the max allowed
temp according to intel data sheet... what could be wrong?

Thanks
John

 

[genec57]

Check the pins on the cooler. I expect that one of them is not seated.
That said, the stock cooler is not adequate for a quad. You really should get a good aftermarket cooler.

 

[eelw]

Those temps are what I got when I tried the stock cooler from my E6400 on my Q6600. Under load, temps reached 85C.

 

[Griswold]

Originally posted by: genec57
That said, the stock cooler is not adequate for a quad. You really should get a good aftermarket cooler.

Of course its adequate if you dont overclock (he didnt say he did). :roll:

There must be something wrong with the seating of the HSF if he gets nearly 60°C at idle.

 

[darkfalz]

Reseat the HSF with new thermal compound. Worked wonders for me.

 

[boglwe]

If you read a lot of reviews that have that fan as a compare piece, your actually on target. i dont know why they even include that piece of junk.

 

[Bonesdad]

I wonder then, why the Q6600 is haled as such a great deal...sure, $269 is great if the stock fan was worthwhile...in reality, if you want decent temps from a stock cooler, you have to shell out another 30-50 bux.

 

[Ika]

I highly doubt Intel would ship the Q6600 with a stock cooler that does 60 degrees idle and 85 degrees load. Something must be wrong...

 

[obeseotron]

You don't have it mounted correctly. either it's not making full contact or something is up with your thermal paste. I never attached my stock cooler, but with a thermalright u120e I idle around 32 with a q6600 overclocked to 3.12@1.45v. Obviously the thermalright is a lot better than the stock cooler, but it's not that much better.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: obeseotron
You don't have it mounted correctly. either it's not making full contact or something is up with your thermal paste. I never attached my stock cooler, but with a thermalright u120e I idle around 32 with a q6600 overclocked to 3.12@1.45v. Obviously the thermalright is a lot better than the stock cooler, but it's not that much better.

You are crazy. The stock HSF fan is not that good.

 

[Flunk]

I have a Intel Core 2 Q6600 too. 60C sounds too hot for idle. Mine idles at 34C and maxes out around 55C with all cores fully loaded (never happens in real use) in my SFF system (Silverstone NT-06 Lite cooled by PSU fan).

If you reseat the stock heatsink make sure to clean off the bottom of the heatsink and the heatspreader on the CPu with isopropylene and use new thermal paste (AS5 or whatever you have). The pre-applied thermal solution is not meant to be removed once installed. But overall you would be better in the long run with a better CPU cooler. A $300 CPU deserves a $50 cooler.

 

[n7]

Doesn't surprise me.

Intel ships their CPUs with an adequate cooler, contrary to what people think here.

It's not adequate for overclocking obviously, but it does work for stock (though yes, it'll run warmer).

I'd recommend double checking it's been seated properly as has been mentioned, but if your ambient temps are warm, that temp doesn't seem off tbh.

 

[gingerstewart55]

I don't know why you'd even try the 6400's cooler on the Q6600 like eelw did....the coolers are not even close to being the same. The quad core's stock Intel cooler is quite a bit larger, both in diameter and height, than the dual core coolers and has a much larger copper base and amount of copper embedded in the heatsink. Makes sense that the dual core cooler didn't work worth a damn....the two coolers are only comparable on looks, and that's if you discount how small the quad core's cooler makes the dual core cooler look.

And contrary to some of the opinions here, the stock Intel quad core cooler does indeed work quite well on a non-OC'd chip.....keeps idle temps below 40C and load temps below 60C. It worked well enough that the quad core cooler replaced an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on my other machine.....has an E4300 on a Gigabyte DS3 mb that's OC'd to 2.8 GHz, and its temps are in the low 30'sC idle and mid-50'sC load.....running with 1.42V vcore.

I'd do what others suggested and recheck your mount and put some better grease on it....like MX2 or the good Shin-Etsu stuff (like the X23-7783D or the G751) Petra's carries.

 

[mouthwash]

i am using the stock cooler as well, i have the same problem before with idle around 59'c, after i reseat the cooler and add a wind tunnel on the side panel with a 8cm low speed fan, the temp decrease to 39-42'c idle, so i strongly suggest get a wind tunnel.

 

[ChronoReverse]

If you have the Q6600's stock cooler, then it's more than sufficient for stock functionality.

In fact, both my G0's easily hit 3GHz (i.e., not super high temperatures and perfectly stable) using just the stock cooler.

 

[ArchAngel777]

I am surprised no one has mentioned that the BIOS reported temps are under load on many mother boards and not considered idle.

Download SpeedFan 4.33. The new version corrected the accuracy of the tempature. It used to report the CPU 15 degrees cooler than it really was, but now it reports accurately.

Anyway, be sure to check SpeedFan 4.33V and report back with your temps... I am guessing that you are not running as hot as you think you are.

Edit: This may not be the case at all... It looks like I am running far more heat than I think... Damn, I am almost in the OP shoes except that I am running a Tuniq Tower with AS5 and following directions, reapplied twice and the same crap! Bummer at stock voltage too.

 

[BrianPotter]

I was under the impression that Core Temp 0.95.4 was fairly accurate in reporting temps and currently my CoreTemp reports temperatures exactly 15 degrees C higher than SpeedFan 4.33. I hope I'm wrong.