Q6600 voltage

[greatchef]

Hello
I have a Q6600 in an MSI mobo P7N and I have it clock to 3gig 1333 FSB its running a bit hot 48c at the cores. Should I play with the voltages to see if I can get it cooler?

 

[LoneWolf_53]

48C is at idle I presume?

You want to do your best to run the CPU with as low a voltage as possible to keep it stable.

You also do not mention if you are using the stock cooler or something else?

What are the temps under full load?

 

[greatchef]

Hello.Yes that is at Idal speeds. And I'm using a thermal teck all copper heat sink for the CPU. I was able to score 13992 on 3Dmark 2006 and 9893 on the new 3Dmark. Its not on the greatest mobo an MSI P7N. 2gig Ram DDR 2 800 Corsair XMS SLI certified. V Card ATI 4870 512mb ddr5 ram hard drive 1000gig carver MSI 22X DVD Burner 700W Power supply.Windows 7 OS. So it seems to be stable. High end of temp. 60c under load.

 

[jsc]

60 C load temps are pretty good. 70 C temps, for example, are pushing the upper edge.

 

[greatchef]

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