E6600 CPU Temp

[T101]

Replaced Stock HSF with Thermaltake Sonic Tower + 120 mm fan strapped in the middle (as opposed to the side where it is supposed to be on this model). Dropped from 55C idle and 68C 100% load to 48C idle and 59C load. Hmm. Not that good I thought. Then I opened my case and the temperature instantly dropped to 44C on both cores (measuring with Coretemp). My airflow through the case is not sufficient to get the hot air out. Will have to fix that.
It does not help that I have a 8800GTX in the case that gets hot when gaming....

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: T101
Replaced Stock HSF with Thermaltake Sonic Tower + 120 mm fan strapped in the middle (as opposed to the side where it is supposed to be on this model). Dropped from 55C idle and 68C 100% load to 48C idle and 59C load. Hmm. Not that good I thought. Then I opened my case and the temperature instantly dropped to 44C on both cores (measuring with Coretemp). My airflow through the case is not sufficient to get the hot air out. Will have to fix that.
It does not help that I have a 8800GTX in the case that gets hot when gaming....

The 8800GTX is my problem as well... That thing makes a LOT of heat, and it really makes the case temp high...

 

[T101]

I am considering ways to build a heat tunnel to allow a case fan to such the hot air away from the graphics card. It produces so much heat that there is hot air between the CPU and the graphics card that does not easily go anywhere as it is now. This of course heats the CPU.

Though, I think I can solve a lot by just changing my rear 120 mm case fan as the one I now have rotates at very low RPMs.

 

[JustStarting]

you reallybwant to check your system under load get the Intel TAT. It will get any CPU 10C hotter than Orthos/Prime. That is the true test of heat!!

 

[cheesecurd]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow

Originally posted by: T101
Replaced Stock HSF with Thermaltake Sonic Tower + 120 mm fan strapped in the middle (as opposed to the side where it is supposed to be on this model). Dropped from 55C idle and 68C 100% load to 48C idle and 59C load. Hmm. Not that good I thought. Then I opened my case and the temperature instantly dropped to 44C on both cores (measuring with Coretemp). My airflow through the case is not sufficient to get the hot air out. Will have to fix that.
It does not help that I have a 8800GTX in the case that gets hot when gaming....

The 8800GTX is my problem as well... That thing makes a LOT of heat, and it really makes the case temp high...

Ditto that. I run with my case side off because of my 8800GTX. Sweet card, but HOT.

 

[theangel24]

my current temp for my oc'd e6600 at 3.6ghz is 36 on both cores according to coretemp using a zm 7700. i guess that's good if 45 idle is acceptable.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: theangel24
my current temp for my oc'd e6600 at 3.6ghz is 36 on both cores according to coretemp using a zm 7700. i guess that's good if 45 idle is acceptable.

Wow... 36c under load is amazing!

 

[BadThad]

I love my E6600:

3GHz @ 1.315v (under volted)
Loaded TAT 63°C with Intel stock cooler

 

[AdamSnow]

Im new to the whole overclocking thing...

Is it similar to engines?

too much voltage will fry it, too little will burn it out too?

Like with engines... too much fuel and it runs right, too little and you leran it out and wreck stuff that way...

Is the goal to keep it at low voltage and get as much speed out of it as you can?

 

[Deton]

That why you do stablize test, such as Orthos or Prime95, if it's under voltage then it will fail and if too much voltage then it will be over heat.

Here is another tip to keep your CPU temp low. Since your MB's temp are low you can increase the FSB voltage up a bit and low down the CPU Vcore a notch. This will help your CPU temp a little bit but if you are not incline about voltage then don't do it.

Another thing, if you put too much thermal paste is not good either just a thin layer to give a good heat conductive.

 

[AdamSnow]

Can having too low of voltage hurt anything though? so long as it's stable?

I set my processor for 3.00ghz, and ran TAT 100% load for 4 hours... under 100% load it gets to 67c and 64c for the cores, but it doesnt crash... leaving it at 1.46v it was getting up to 75c, so that's too hot... but I set it for 1.35 and its running cooler and stable...

so is that okay? I dont want to hurt anything undervolting it...

 

[eojinlim]

I'd suggest remounting it. I'm disappointed with my temperature and that's when my stock e6600 is at 42C at idle on Scythe Ninja.

You probably mounted the HSF wrong. That's the only possible explanation for such a huge discrepency in temperature.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Can having too low of voltage hurt anything though? so long as it's stable?

I set my processor for 3.00ghz, and ran TAT 100% load for 4 hours... under 100% load it gets to 67c and 64c for the cores, but it doesnt crash... leaving it at 1.46v it was getting up to 75c, so that's too hot... but I set it for 1.35 and its running cooler and stable...

so is that okay? I dont want to hurt anything undervolting it...

1.35 isn't undervolting, and the worst that could happen if you didn't give it enough volts is that it wouldn't boot with your overclock. Lowering the volts is better for temperatures and overall life of the processor.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Can having too low of voltage hurt anything though? so long as it's stable?

I set my processor for 3.00ghz, and ran TAT 100% load for 4 hours... under 100% load it gets to 67c and 64c for the cores, but it doesnt crash... leaving it at 1.46v it was getting up to 75c, so that's too hot... but I set it for 1.35 and its running cooler and stable...

so is that okay? I dont want to hurt anything undervolting it...

That's about right for a stock cooler, no worries. As Roguestar states, you can undervolt the CPU all you want, at the risk of losing stability.....no damage can occur. As a matter of fact, the CPU will last LONGER at a lower voltage. However, not all CPU's will even run at stock speed under-volted. Just turns out the C2D is a really, really good CPU in most cases.

 

[MartinM210]

I have the Scythe Infinity on my E6600 and evga 680i board. It was a little tight next to the NB cooler, but all I had to do was modify one of the fan clips so it wasn't slid all the way down.

I'm running 1.35 volts on the board which is about 1.31 in speedfan, and it easly went up to where I'm currently at 3.05. My main goal was to hit 3 gig and stable and it was just way too easy, so I'm going to keep working my way up, think 3.2ish but whatever it is...it has to be rock solid stable or I'll back it down.

Anyway at the 1.35 with a (speedfan) 28C board temp, I get about 39C idle and 48-50 orthos blend. TAT reads about 6 degrees higher.

I did find a really good trick for the 8800gtx. I took a slot cooler, shortened it by about 2 inches and install a thin foam seal around it to SUCK on the slots of the GTX. This instantly reduced my idle temps from 61 to 54C, and load temps from 72 to 64C. But most importantly finally all that hot air is exhausted before it heats up the case. This in itself was worth it.

 

[Tony Eveready]

Why is there so much discrepancy between E6600 temps? I'm in the same boat as the OP.

I'm running everything at stock speeds, using the stock HSF and I freaking idle at 51-52c in windows.

I have put on AS5 twice and reseated this piece of ****** HSF at least 4-5 times before that.


The pins are going through the bottom, it is not off balance. My ambient temp is 29c/30c idle.



Why then, do I see people posting that they get 41c or around there idle with stock settings + stock hsf? I don't get it. Is there something wrong with some E6600s?

It doesn't make ANY sense. Even when the OP installed his aftermarket cooler the temps he got idle still were NOT acceptable for the amount of money he paid, and it's certainly not comparable to the vast majority of people who buy those.

I'm very frustrated and pissed off right now because no one can tell me whats wrong and I have no idea what to do.

Not too keen on the idea of spending 60 dollars on an third party cooler when I might/probably won't see much of an improvement, as the OP didn't even though he thinks he did.

Read around, almost everyone gets MUCH lower with the type of cooler he has.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Tony Eveready
Why is there so much discrepancy between E6600 temps? I'm in the same boat as the OP.

I'm running everything at stock speeds, using the stock HSF and I freaking idle at 51-52c in windows.

I have put on AS5 twice and reseated this piece of ****** HSF at least 4-5 times before that.


The pins are going through the bottom, it is not off balance. My ambient temp is 29c/30c idle.



Why then, do I see people posting that they get 41c or around there idle with stock settings + stock hsf? I don't get it. Is there something wrong with some E6600s?

It doesn't make ANY sense. Even when the OP installed his aftermarket cooler the temps he got idle still were NOT acceptable for the amount of money he paid, and it's certainly not comparable to the vast majority of people who buy those.

I'm very frustrated and pissed off right now because no one can tell me whats wrong and I have no idea what to do.

Not too keen on the idea of spending 60 dollars on an third party cooler when I might/probably won't see much of an improvement, as the OP didn't even though he thinks he did.

Read around, almost everyone gets MUCH lower with the type of cooler he has.

perhaps because people are showing temps as reported by Coretemp with is a DTS temp taken at the core....not at just under the IHS as some motherboards are trying to guage.

41c at idle is not bad for a coretemp...not as good as it could be considering idle, but with a stock HSF even at idle the IHS temp is likely 36 or so...so 41c for a coretemp temp would not be bad...

 

[Tony Eveready]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: Tony Eveready
Why is there so much discrepancy between E6600 temps? I'm in the same boat as the OP.

I'm running everything at stock speeds, using the stock HSF and I freaking idle at 51-52c in windows.

I have put on AS5 twice and reseated this piece of ****** HSF at least 4-5 times before that.


The pins are going through the bottom, it is not off balance. My ambient temp is 29c/30c idle.



Why then, do I see people posting that they get 41c or around there idle with stock settings + stock hsf? I don't get it. Is there something wrong with some E6600s?

It doesn't make ANY sense. Even when the OP installed his aftermarket cooler the temps he got idle still were NOT acceptable for the amount of money he paid, and it's certainly not comparable to the vast majority of people who buy those.

I'm very frustrated and pissed off right now because no one can tell me whats wrong and I have no idea what to do.

Not too keen on the idea of spending 60 dollars on an third party cooler when I might/probably won't see much of an improvement, as the OP didn't even though he thinks he did.

Read around, almost everyone gets MUCH lower with the type of cooler he has.

perhaps because people are showing temps as reported by Coretemp with is a DTS temp taken at the core....not at just under the IHS as some motherboards are trying to guage.

41c at idle is not bad for a coretemp...not as good as it could be considering idle, but with a stock HSF even at idle the IHS temp is likely 36 or so...so 41c for a coretemp temp would not be bad...

people are reporting in the mid to upper 30s with the kind of cooling he has , WITH TAT and even overclocked.

Their ambient temps are not much better either

 

[gerwen]

Originally posted by: Tony Eveready
Why is there so much discrepancy between E6600 temps? I'm in the same boat as the OP.

I'm running everything at stock speeds, using the stock HSF and I freaking idle at 51-52c in windows.

I have put on AS5 twice and reseated this piece of ****** HSF at least 4-5 times before that.


The pins are going through the bottom, it is not off balance. My ambient temp is 29c/30c idle.



Why then, do I see people posting that they get 41c or around there idle with stock settings + stock hsf? I don't get it. Is there something wrong with some E6600s?

It doesn't make ANY sense. Even when the OP installed his aftermarket cooler the temps he got idle still were NOT acceptable for the amount of money he paid, and it's certainly not comparable to the vast majority of people who buy those.

I'm very frustrated and pissed off right now because no one can tell me whats wrong and I have no idea what to do.

Not too keen on the idea of spending 60 dollars on an third party cooler when I might/probably won't see much of an improvement, as the OP didn't even though he thinks he did.

Read around, almost everyone gets MUCH lower with the type of cooler he has.

You don't have to spend $60 bucks on a cooler. The Freezer 7 Pro is only $30, and approaches the performance of the coolers that cost twice as much.

It keeps my rig pretty chilly. E6400 at 3.2GHz, my idle temps are around 23-25C, and orthos blend load stays below 45C. I'm running below stock volts however, which has a big effect on temps. When i was running at 1.375, i never saw load temps above 55C.


Perhaps the surface of your chip isn't flat, so it isn't making proper contact with the HSF. Some people would lap the chip to make it flat(voiding the warranty), and some would RMA it to get another chip.

 

[MartinM210]

I think you're right about the processor surface. I wasn't really happy with my temperatures of the northbridge, so I decided to reset it evga 680i with AS5 and the cooler while I was at it.

I noticed how the surface of the processor is really rough compared to the cooler, so I decided to do a small amount of lapping on a honing stone I had.

The processor is not flat at all, and I think they finish them with 40 grit paper. 30 minutes later I at least got a smooth flat spot in the center of the chip. Granted this will void your warranty, but it was worth it. It knocked about 4C off my idle temp and a bit more off load temps.

I also replaced my scythe stock fan with a TT 120 that produces 78cfm at 21db, and added one to the other side.

My MB idle temps are now 35C and orthos load 42C. TAT Idle temps are 43C and 46-47C load, hardly even moves now. System temp is 28C. And this is all at 3240 Mhz 1.34v actual (1.375 MB)

Bottom line findings...the CPU surface is REALLY BAD!....lapping it helps alot.