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Q6600 prime95 test has 70 deg C. temps

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its an intel Q6600 CPU

i thought id try overclocking it, its usually at about 2.4ghz and i upped it to 3.15

i downloaded Prime95 to check it and 1 of the cores didnt pass the small FFT (got a rounding error) so i upped the cpu voltage a smidgen, like 1.3-1.4 (test ran stable)

i then downloaded real temp to see how hot it was, they were averaging about 75 degrees celsius. It idles around 50 degrees C.

is this ok?

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Overclocking Master

wow , it' s good although slightly higher than the specified 70C but still ok, i suggest use after market cooler for next time. and add fan for exhaut + intake case for help air flow. :) 

it does, a xigmatek hdt-s1283, with a fan on it, along with 2 intake fans and 2 exhaust fans. i thought the temps seemed a little high when i first installed it (couple years ago now) so i actually removed the heatsink, cleaned the surface and re-applied the thermal paste i dont remember what the temps were but dont think they were this high
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70 C is pretty hot for just 3.15 GHz unless that was with the stock cooler. Or it is summertime in a room without A/C.

My Q6600 was running at about 60 C at 3.3 GHz with the rather mediocre Arctic Cooling F7P. At 3.6 GHz, load temps were 61 - 66 C with a TRUE.
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Coolers aren't magic.

In my case, my computers are in an air conditioned environment. If the ambient air temp is, say, 20 C, my OC'd Q6600 under load runs 61 - 66 C. That's about 45 C over ambient. If the A/C dies and my room temp rises 15 C, so will my load temps.
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