Am I going to destroy my new rig? :)

I just built my new rig yesterday, I've caught the overclocking bug and I'm worried that I'm gonna break something!

I'm running a stock cooler and so far, I've pushed my E6300 to 2.9Ghz. Yay!

According to Coretemp, both cores are running at 66C at full load with Orthos. On each of my o/c attempts (this is my 4th) I've been around 63-65C and have been able to increase the FSB and lower the vCore each time but I'm worried that I'm letting it get too hot. Each attempt has been stable, running Orthos for 5+ hours each time.

I'm going to order an aftermarket cooler ASAP but in the meantime, am I in danger of killing my system?

I'm 2 hours into Orthos right now and if I run stable for 4, I'm going to bump it to 3Ghz and give that a shot.

Someone please help me! lol

Hehe...seriously, any advice would be appreciated. I really enjoy tweaking (and I'm definately just a beginner) but I don't want to fry anything in the process...I'm pretty sure my wife won't let me build another for a while.

it's not going to die, but those temps are high..

but get a better cooler on that asap!

Why chance it?

Just back off till you get something better... or increase the airflow in your case!


What's your Vcore at right now?

Arcygenical said:

Why chance it?

Just back off till you get something better... or increase the airflow in your case!


What's your Vcore at right now?

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My new overclock I test overnight (8 hours+ Orthos prime) was at 1.9V (cpu-z says 1.312V) with a fsb of 415 for 2.905Ghz.

It ran stable but I agree the temps are high. I'm thinking I should take off the HSF, clean off the cpu and cooler and reapply AS5. It seems like at that voltage, I shouldnt be running so hot.

Cintirich said:

My new overclock I test overnight was at 1.9V
It seems like at that voltage, I shouldnt be running so hot.

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I assume the 1.9v was a typo?


Theres a chance your cpu IHS is concave or convex giving higher temperatures than normal. . .Try looking for a lapping guide.

Hehe, 1.4v I'm guessing.

With the stock HSF, at 1.4v your temperatures should be closer to about... 60c full load...

Try with a good application of AS5.

Hows your case airflow? Take a pic of your rig and I'd be happy to suggest some things you could do do cool it down...

TicTac said:

I assume the 1.9v was a typo?


Theres a chance your cpu IHS is concave or convex giving higher temperatures than normal. . .Try looking for a lapping guide.

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Oops, I meant to type 1.29v. It could be the HSF. I took it off last night, cleaned the cpu and the hsf with alchohol and reapplied AS5 and my temps still suck. I backed off to 2.4 Ghz with a vCore of 1.28. Idle temps are still high (49C).

I'm buying a real cooler next week. Probably an Artic Cooler 7 Freezer Pro.

Arcygenical said:

Hehe, 1.4v I'm guessing.

With the stock HSF, at 1.4v your temperatures should be closer to about... 60c full load...

Try with a good application of AS5.

Hows your case airflow? Take a pic of your rig and I'd be happy to suggest some things you could do do cool it down...

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I'll post some pics once I get my wiring cleaned up a bit. I didn't want to tie everything down and then have to take something out. Right now, I have the case door open because I'm assuming it'll stay a bit cooler.

I'll post some pics in a few days.

Thanks for the feedback!

[edit - I forgot to note that I hadn't disabled Smartfan in the Bios so my fans were running slow. CPU fan rpms were 3500 during load yesterday. Now that I fixed it, it runs at 4800-5000 rpms all the time.]

WTF those temps are fucking scary lol

I wouldn't worry about it. They probably can handle around 75*c

Ok, my setup is similar to yours. I'm running the e6300 allendale on a 965P-DS3 mobo with 2 x 1GB G.Skill ddr2 800 (PC2 6400). I just ordered my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro and have not started overclocking. I'm using the stock Intel heatsink at the moment with Arctic Silver 5 grease. I wish I would've gave the pre-applied grease a chance. Nevertheless, I'm guessing these chips run hot in general. Here are my recorded temps with everything at stock. Use this as a reference to help with your overclocking. Maybe set your fan to a constant 100%?

Temperatures on second day after heatsink install

IDLE

Speedfan - 39 degrees C

Core Temp Beta 0.94
CPU 0 - 46 degrees C
CPU 1 - 46 degrees C

Heatsink fan around 1000 RPM (auto)


Load (2 instances of prime95, 1 for each core)
CPU Usage @ 100

Speedfan - 61 degrees C

Core Temp Beta 0.94

CPU 0 - 67 degrees C
CPU 1 - 67 degrees C

Heatsink fan probably @ around 2000 RPM

matt00926 said:

I wouldn't worry about it. They probably can handle around 75*c

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Maybe, but you dont want them to run that hot. My friend just replaced his stock heatsink with the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro and saw temps decrease. And plus, as long as the PWM controls the fan speed and whatnot, you shouldnt worry about it. Oh, he sees high temps around 50C in Orthos.

so what's the redline when it comes to temps ? 70 ?

psh...as long as your not under load 24/7 and you give it a break once in a while, and don't leave it on all the time...that temp is fine until you get better cooling.