I just built this, installed Vista Ultimate... its running like a dream!
Here's the rundown:
Q6600
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler (with arctic silver 5)
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R
4 Gigs of CRUCIAL DDR2 533 MHz / PC2-4200
Nvidia 8800 GTX
I installed CoreTemp and when its idle, none of the cores ever get above 34c (always between 31-34c). When I play COD4 max settings the highest I've seen it hit is 50c (these are good temps right?). VID in CoreTemp reports 1.1625v, but this jumps up sometimes when I open an app or start a game. Frequency is 1600.06MHz (266.68 x 6.0) according to CoreTemp. All settings are factory, I hooked everything up and installed vista, no changes in the bios.
So where do I go from here? I'm not much into overclocking and don't really want to oc the chip, but can't it be optimized? I'm kind of new when it comes to these quad cores and voltages and such.
Again, cod4 and left 4 dead with max settings is the biggest ride its been on yet.
Looking forward to all your suggestions!!
Here's the rundown:
Q6600
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler (with arctic silver 5)
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R
4 Gigs of CRUCIAL DDR2 533 MHz / PC2-4200
Nvidia 8800 GTX
I installed CoreTemp and when its idle, none of the cores ever get above 34c (always between 31-34c). When I play COD4 max settings the highest I've seen it hit is 50c (these are good temps right?). VID in CoreTemp reports 1.1625v, but this jumps up sometimes when I open an app or start a game. Frequency is 1600.06MHz (266.68 x 6.0) according to CoreTemp. All settings are factory, I hooked everything up and installed vista, no changes in the bios.
So where do I go from here? I'm not much into overclocking and don't really want to oc the chip, but can't it be optimized? I'm kind of new when it comes to these quad cores and voltages and such.
Again, cod4 and left 4 dead with max settings is the biggest ride its been on yet.
Looking forward to all your suggestions!!