which is right???

[xx04201987xx]

in the OC guide it says speedfan's temp is too low by 10-15
in the testing guide it says coretemp is too high by 10-15

which program has more accurate reading???

 

[Ika]

I believe the newest versions of CoreTemp have compensated for the new G0 temperature measurements, so it should be accurate.

 

[Team42]

You're right. SpeedFan version 4.34 beta 37 reports correct temps, doing away with the need to add "offsets".

I'm running SpeedFan 4.34 and Core Temp 0.95 side by side - both are showing the same values for Core #0 and Core #1.

 

[xx04201987xx]

Thanks for the info guys.
I was worried because I just got my Q6600 and it happens to be B3 stepping...
I'm waiting on Zalman cooler but should I be sad that I got B3 instead of G0...
considering G0 came out like half of a year ago...

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Well, I got the B3 stepping when I should've waited, while you got yours when most would say that you waited long enough to be assured of getting a G0.

At a 3 Ghz over-clock, both steppings seem to require the same voltage in the neighborhood of 1.32V. Beyond that, the B3 must be pushed above 1.40V (unless you got lucky) to get you an extra 150 to 200 Mhz.

You will see many people here -- cautious people, too -- who are OC'ing their G0 Q6600's to 3.4 Ghz, and the voltage requirements are surprisingly low in comparison to the B3.

I've seen where people CAN OC a B3 on air-cooling to 3.4, but they're pushing the VCORE to 1.45 to 1.46+V.

But I don't think you're going to be unhappy with it . . . . I'm not . . .