- Aug 17, 2012
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Hello everyone,
I decided to upgrade my old LGA775 socket processor E5400 to a Q6600 (SLACR aka G0 stepping).
I bought it secondhand in my city (25 EUR) and it seems to work fine - didn't have a BSOD in 2-day period yet, but at the same time, I have been refraining from playing any games, because the temperatures are outrageous: it reaches 80 C under prime95 load (and maybe even more, didn't try, stopped it right ahead it went to 80 C). On idle it seems to stay 40-45 C. Light work - 50-55 C. Gaming - 60-70 C. Video conversion makes it go 80 C as well.
Running 2.4 GHZ @ 1.275 V (automatic); didn't overclock yet, because I have faced this temperature problem.
I tried the secondhand fan that I was supplied with (AVC a8022DC; noname brand?), which seems to have some copper on the bottom. The temperatures dropped faster than stock E5400 cooler (the AVC makes way more sound, though), but generally provides the same temperatures nevertheless.
BUT, I have been using some Chinese silicone thermal compound and I've come to a conclusion that this is my problem. I have ordered some Cooler Master HTK-002 thermal grease and it should arrive on Monday-Wednesday.
Another thing I noticed is that it is very hard to make either of the heatsinks "click" on my motherboard (P43T-C51); But I made sure to use enough force to actually make them "click".
At the moment I'm betting on the thermal compound, but it might be that the sensor is faulty (well, the model is 8 years old after all..).
My case is Zalman Z11 Plus - 3x140mm exhaust (1 back, 2 top), 1x140mm intake (front); Everything else on my PC is 25-30 C at idle (including GTX 750). Current temperature in my room is around 20 C; less than 5 C outside (Winter).
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. I will update this when I receive my thermal compound and change it once again. Thank you everyone.
I decided to upgrade my old LGA775 socket processor E5400 to a Q6600 (SLACR aka G0 stepping).
I bought it secondhand in my city (25 EUR) and it seems to work fine - didn't have a BSOD in 2-day period yet, but at the same time, I have been refraining from playing any games, because the temperatures are outrageous: it reaches 80 C under prime95 load (and maybe even more, didn't try, stopped it right ahead it went to 80 C). On idle it seems to stay 40-45 C. Light work - 50-55 C. Gaming - 60-70 C. Video conversion makes it go 80 C as well.
Running 2.4 GHZ @ 1.275 V (automatic); didn't overclock yet, because I have faced this temperature problem.
I tried the secondhand fan that I was supplied with (AVC a8022DC; noname brand?), which seems to have some copper on the bottom. The temperatures dropped faster than stock E5400 cooler (the AVC makes way more sound, though), but generally provides the same temperatures nevertheless.
BUT, I have been using some Chinese silicone thermal compound and I've come to a conclusion that this is my problem. I have ordered some Cooler Master HTK-002 thermal grease and it should arrive on Monday-Wednesday.
Another thing I noticed is that it is very hard to make either of the heatsinks "click" on my motherboard (P43T-C51); But I made sure to use enough force to actually make them "click".
At the moment I'm betting on the thermal compound, but it might be that the sensor is faulty (well, the model is 8 years old after all..).
My case is Zalman Z11 Plus - 3x140mm exhaust (1 back, 2 top), 1x140mm intake (front); Everything else on my PC is 25-30 C at idle (including GTX 750). Current temperature in my room is around 20 C; less than 5 C outside (Winter).
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. I will update this when I receive my thermal compound and change it once again. Thank you everyone.
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