drunknbass Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i just got my q6600 g0 running and its been going for @ 24 hours now and with the fan on low (zalman cpu cooler) my cores average around 1: 37 2: 37 3: 30 4: 34 is that normal? for 1 and 2 to be 7 degrees hotter than 3? im also using "teperture monitor 4.4" so i dont know how accurate it is my system specs are asus maximus 8 gb ocz ram 2 750 gb seagate barracuda and q6600 g0 memory is running at 800 and cpu is stock 2.4 im kind of afraid the thermal paste isnt spread even but i dont want to take off the fan and check its such a pain in the a$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Normal. Looks good. Btw, you don't spread your thermal comp on the cpu. You apply a thin bead a per the instructions: http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruc...l_quad_wcap.pdf It will spread itself out as it burns in. Too much thermal comp can actaully be worse for you, but your temps look fine. I wouldn't worry about reapplying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknbass Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 oh i didnt know that, i spread it out real thin anyway i just sqirt it on there with the tube and rub the tip around till its kinda spread out.. but thx for that pdf. looks like the cores are all in the center anyway so im prob fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poofyhairguy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Nice temps. My q6600 runs 45:46:44:43C normally up into 60C+ across the board when handbrake is eating my cores. My case has crappy CPU airflow though, as I bought it because it looks like a MacPro case and not because of rational thinking... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811112056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknbass Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 yea i actualy have a mac g5 case i gutted and started to build my system in and was having a hard time because i couldnt wait to let the mobo standoffs dry completly in place. and i ended up pulling my system out of that case and into a thermaltake armor only to find that the system wasnt starting because of my videocard, the system was actually functioning fine.. so i have a mac g5 case with back cut out and a back panel from a thermaltake armor bolted on, ill prob put it on ebay.. im over trying to build a mac clone haha.. now i just need to oc this badboy.. i just dont know much about ocing but i did find some links to people running fully stable 3.6 ghz q6600 g0 on asus maximus boards, and even some running higher. i just was afraid id fry somthing since im an oc newb. im guessing overclocking to 3.6 would be a huge performance increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 yea i actualy have a mac g5 case i gutted and started to build my system in and was having a hard time because i couldnt wait to let the mobo standoffs dry completly in place. and i ended up pulling my system out of that case and into a thermaltake armor only to find that the system wasnt starting because of my videocard, the system was actually functioning fine.. so i have a mac g5 case with back cut out and a back panel from a thermaltake armor bolted on, ill prob put it on ebay.. im over trying to build a mac clone haha.. now i just need to oc this badboy.. i just dont know much about ocing but i did find some links to people running fully stable 3.6 ghz q6600 g0 on asus maximus boards, and even some running higher. i just was afraid id fry somthing since im an oc newb. im guessing overclocking to 3.6 would be a huge performance increase Overclocking isn't that big a deal, but just like getting OSx86 to run properly it requires that you don't jump blindly into it and do your reading. It's not like the old days since it is almost impossible to fry a modern CPU, but you can fry other things like memory controllers, memory, vregs, etc... Especially with some of the more esoteric settings available on a modern overclocking friendly mobo. Here are a couple of good places to start: http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/ http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/ and you don't need an expensive mobo or ram to overclock well. I run a totally stable 4 Ghz o/c on a G0 stepped Q6600 on relatively cheap hardware. It not about how much you spend (that's what all component companies want you to think) it's about what you know and how you apply that knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknbass Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 yea im kind of upset about my poor hd speeds in xbench.. i think i might go return the 750 seagates for some 500 maxtors that i think will perform better http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc1=272193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Then you'll just be replacing garbage with garbage. Xbench is a useless metric anyway. The real world and what Xbench says are two totally different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 On topic about the quad core temps, mine are exactly the same. My third core is almost always 6-7 degrees cooler than all three other cores. The first core, naturally, running a few degrees hotter than the rest (when under moderate load). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Mine are running at idle: 27 27 25 26 At a 100% they usually sit around 57 @ 1.54 volts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Mine are running at idle: 27 27 25 26 At a 100% they usually sit around 57 @ 1.54 volts. Besides knowing hardware information, what speed do you think that the G0 Q6600 could go without water cooling before reaching damaging temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Besides knowing hardware information, what speed do you think that the G0 Q6600 could go without water cooling before reaching damaging temps? It won't. The cpu will go into thermal shutdown before that happens. Of course temps higher than about 70 may reduce cpu life. This is a controversial topic. Some say 70... even 75 is well with spec, but I like to keep things cooler than that. With high overclocking speeds you are much more likely to fry your memory, vregs, or northbridge. CPU is the least of your concerns. But to answer your question I wouldn't go any higher than about 3.6 air cooled. Of course I know plenty of people running 4 air cooled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Gotcha on the frying other parts thing. It'll probably be a few months of research before I start overclocking (and the fact that I'm working on moding a G4 case to put my system in), but getting the base info definitely helps. Thanks for the info and links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 There are lots of other overclocking resources out there. Extremeoverclocking has a broad range of topics with huge posting volume. Problem with that is the signal to noise ratio is high, so it makes it tough to find good information... kinda like here. Clunk is good for the guides and the tight moderation. All the other sites fall somewhere in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknbass Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Then you'll just be replacing garbage with garbage. Xbench is a useless metric anyway. The real world and what Xbench says are two totally different things. yea i suppose i could wait till the day comes i can run a raid array and some faster drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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