Thermalright temp with My Q6600 B3

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: superclocked
In my experience 680I had no problem handling 8GB but Window vista 64 on other hand would do first boot unless i remove 6Gb. I had to call Microsoft to figure this one out. They helped me find and install a patch from Microsoft updates to make it work right.

yes I knew that. Vista 64 will not install with more than 2GB of ram. You need to remove the memory, install the os, apply the patch, and then add the ram again. so sad... a 64 bit OS that is supposed to handle large memory addresses gives you a nice BSOD when you install it with more than 2GB. lol, nice job microsoft.

hehe, but aside from that any stability problems? what memory are you using?

 

[superclocked]

no stability issues at all. I am using patriot Extreme performance 4gb X 2 800Mhz (6400). It was expensive thou about $450 at newegg.com. best feature It has heat sink plates installed on it.

 

[JAG87]

umm dont you mean 4x2GB? I've never seen a 2x4GB kit of DDR2 yet.

edit

nevermind, you probably meant 2 x 4gb kits. gasp, i gotta think more thoroughly.

 

[superclocked]

Originally posted by: JAG87
umm dont you mean 4x2GB? I've never seen a 2x4GB kit of DDR2 yet.

edit

nevermind, you probably meant 2 x 4gb kits. gasp, i gotta think more thoroughly.

don't worry about it. LOL

 

[AlucardX]

Originally posted by: superclocked
Thanks Jag87,

I just turned on the AC the temps are starting to shake down. It is a pretty hot day today high was 98F about 30c outdoors.

So any number under 70c for the cores is good temp?

Cpu = 58c

Cores = 68, 68, 66,66 and going down

room temp 25C


Does anybody how long does it take to break-in themeral paste shipped with thermalright ultra 120ex?

the paste that TR gives you with the ultra120 isn't very good.. looked to me like the cheap white stuff but in a better applicator.

get artic silver 5.

 

[Rebel44]

Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

 

[superclocked]

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

suggestions:

-use AS5. Apply a blob of it right in the middle of the cpu, and deploy your heatsink on top of it. it will spread into a perfect circle.

-lower your room temperature. 27c is quite high for air cooling.

-when running prim95 for long periods of time, run blend.

i cant answer the questions about his voltages, im not that good yet.

 

[superclocked]

Originally posted by: JAG87

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

suggestions:

-use AS5. Apply a blob of it right in the middle of the cpu, and deploy your heatsink on top of it. it will spread into a perfect circle.

-lower your room temperature. 27c is quite high for air cooling.

-when running prim95 for long periods of time, run blend.

i cant answer the questions about his voltages, im not that good yet.

jag87 you have a good sense of humor.

I see that you are at 3.6Ghz. Did you overlock your Intel Xeon to get this speed. I'll apply the AS5 today and see if temp are any better than the white compound that is applied now.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: JAG87

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<<<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

suggestions:

-use AS5. Apply a blob of it right in the middle of the cpu, and deploy your heatsink on top of it. it will spread into a perfect circle.

-lower your room temperature. 27c is quite high for air cooling.

-when running prim95 for long periods of time, run blend.

i cant answer the questions about his voltages, im not that good yet.

jag87 you have a good sense of humor.

I see that you are at 3.6Ghz. Did you overlock your Intel Xeon to get this speed. I'll apply the AS5 today and see if temp are any better than the white compound that is applied now.

Thanks for all your help.

yes do apply the AS5 as I explained to you.

are you aware that there is a Xeon clocked at 3.6 at stock? if yes please point me to it, because I had to overclock mine.

 

[Rebel44]

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

Hi
I´m using AS5 - I just put AS5 i the middle of CPU.

My room temp is 24-26C.

MoBo: ASUS P5B-E (this mobo doesnt like to OC quad higher than 3.3Ghz so I am thinking about buying ASUS P5K SE because that CPU was able to go 3.55 stable on P5K SE which I had for testing )

My voltage:
CPU 1.43
FSB 1.45
NB 1.5
SB 1.5

 

[AlucardX]

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

Guess no one reads my posts.. i told you to use AS5!

follow AS's directions, put a line down the middle of the cpu with the arrow/triangle of the cpu being in the lower left.

a blob or circle in the middle is not sufficient. underneath the heatspreader the die runs top to bottom in a recentangle. it is not a small square in the center.

AS's directions explain all of this.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

The contact patch between the CPU core and heat spreader is still a square. This is the area of peak thermal gradient. There is very little heat transfer to the CPU cooler outside this region. I see no improvement in temperature between the line and spot treatment.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: AlucardX

AS's directions explain all of this.

AS's instructions don't always give the best results either. Business card spread gave me even better results than the blob or the line methods because the base of the heatsink touches IHS at all points. Since IHS dissipates heat, it's illogical to not cover the whole IHS because you'd have empty spots of hot air with no thermal paste.

AS application vs. Business card spread results

Alternatively, using a finger with a plastic bag should emulate my results and allow for an even thinner layer to be spread.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

From a scientific point of view, one should apply a very thin layer of paste on both surfaces...just enough to cover the peaks and valleys of the metal. From a real-world point of view, heat will flow STRAIGHT UP, from the core contact patch (about 0.5 square inch), to the heat spreader, to the CPU heat sink.

Slight variation in paste thickness and clamping force can result in 1-2C delta in peak temperature.

 

[JAG87]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6630

please read this guide. the blob method is by far the best method because the TIM spreads into a perfect circle. the trick with the quad cores is to put a bit more TIM in the blob, so that the outer diameter of the circle spreads all the way to the edges of the IHS, leaving only the corners of the IHS naked. if you make the blob too big it doesn't even matter, the excess TIM will spread and fall into the gap between the IHS and the LGA bracket and will do no harm. when you remove your heatsink you can use q-tips to clean the sides of the IHS and the insides of the LGA bracket.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

The single drop technique is very easy to execute and should yield excellent result for most users. Be sure to apply firm manual pressure on top of the base of the CPU heat sink to squeeze out the AS5 compound. Do this before you clamp down the CPU cooler.

 

[superclocked]

Originally posted by: AlucardX

Originally posted by: superclocked

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Just wanted to show my temps:
Q6600 B3 @3,35 (I can go for 3,55 but my MoBo doesnt like it )
ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme(not lapped) + Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM

Temps after 24 hours 100% load:
Core1 67C
Core2 65C
Core3 62C
Core4 65C

<<Thanks for all your help guys

You are clocked higher than me but you have better temps than me may be I am doing something wrong. What was your CPU temp.

I only see 70,70, 67,67 for the cores when prime95 calculates small fft. It drops to something like 57, 57, 54, 54 when calculating big fft. This at room temp of ~27C or 80F.

Are using AS5? I have AS5 I think I am going to use that. I used the white compound the came with Th ultra 120 thinking I paid $65 for it may be they'll give me a good thermal grease compound I guess I was wrong. Time to open up the computer again.

Another thing is I don't know how to apply? I looked a AS5's website and they show only a thin line to the CPU. Is that enough? They didn't even apply AC5 to the base of the heat sink.

One more What your voltage for cpu and fsb? NB, SB. Thanks that information will help.

Just one more question when running prime95 for 12 to 24 hours which test should I Do? blend, small fft or big fft??

Guess no one reads my posts.. i told you to use AS5!

follow AS's directions, put a line down the middle of the cpu with the arrow/triangle of the cpu being in the lower left.

a blob or circle in the middle is not sufficient. underneath the heatspreader the die runs top to bottom in a recentangle. it is not a small square in the center.

AS's directions explain all of this.

Sorry to ignore your post but I did read and changed my thermal paste. thank you.



I used the blob method this time. I did the line method before and ended up not applying enough Thermal paste.

Today I just noticed yet another problem that when I turned on my computer and fired up CPUZ and Everest My Clock multiplier set to 6 instead of 8 so I restarted my computer and multiplier automatically went up to 8. I checked all speed testing they are all disabled. I am using Bios P30. Can someone help with this one?

 

[JAG87]

umm assuming this is not a case of C1E kicking in, but you have a permanent 6x multi, then I would have to say you are experiencing one of those rare bugs of P30 which sets the multiplier to 6x for some people.

my suggestions are

1. set bios to default (write down your settings if you dont remember them), and re-flash P30.
2. if that doesn't help, set your bios to default again and roll back to P29

that should work just fine while we wait for P31 and all the other ones after that.

 

[superclocked]

Originally posted by: JAG87
umm assuming this is not a case of C1E kicking in, but you have a permanent 6x multi, then I would have to say you are experiencing one of those rare bugs of P30 which sets the multiplier to 6x for some people.

my suggestions are

1. set bios to default (write down your settings if you dont remember them), and re-flash P30.
2. if that doesn't help, set your bios to default again and roll back to P29

that should work just fine while we wait for P31 and all the other ones after that.

I'll try P29. I thought I was a bug to because temps are now well in the range to thermal throttling doesn't kick in and C1E is disabled and It happens is randomly after I the computer has been off of hours also my time setting sometime get messed if I cut the main power swicht on the Power source for example to change the thermal grease.

 

[JAG87]

yup, sounds like what others have been reporting too.

 

[superclocked]

Should I roll back to P29? I can't find the link thou

 

[JAG87]

I would try to re-flash P30 first, and then go back to P29 if its still buggy.

Here you go
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=36748

 

[superclocked]

Re flashing p.30 didn't work So I installed p.29 and now my boot time went up 30 seconds. Before I only saw 6 vista loading but now I get 16 loading bars before I get to the desktop.

 

[DaPoets]

Originally posted by: superclocked
hello

I have a Q6600 B3 at 3.2Ghz (400X8) and I just got the th120ex yesterday but my load temp are still high:


Using everest

vcore from cpuz = 1.304v at load
vcore from speedfan = 1.3v

prime95 small fft temps

cpu = 60 c
Core = 70, 70, 68, 68

room temp 28c

Should I step down to 3.0Ghz. advice needed. Thanks.

It could be that your fsb is at 400 which is giving you the additional heat. Try your multiplier at 9 and your fsb at 356 (I think that gives you 3.2ghz off the top of my head) which is what I am able to do and my load temps are 59c - 64c. Idol I am at 38c - 40c. this is all at 1.3000v for me... but then again each chip is different....