I have an older koolance exos-al (version 1?). It comes with the CPU and Video card waterblocks. CPU 300-H06 and VID-NV2-L06. The CPU water block supports socket 478, 462/A, 370, AM2/AM2+/AM3, 939/940, 754, 775, 630, 604. I believe the current brackets for it are forte 939/940 AMD cpus. The...
I have an older koolance exos-al (version 1?). It comes with the CPU and Video card waterblocks. CPU 300-H06 and VID-NV2-L06. The CPU water block supports socket 478, 462/A, 370, AM2/AM2+/AM3, 939/940, 754, 775, 630, 604. I believe the current brackets for it are forte 939/940 AMD cpus. The...
Ok, so I shut down last night, everything is running fine. I boot up this morning, it's taking like forever to boot up. I finally get to the desktop about 15 min later. The system is running like a single core at 3mhz instead of a quad at 3ghz. I mean this thing was a dog. I mean 15 minutes just...
Compusa is carrying the Q6600s at $290. I'm not sure what the steppings are.
That's pretty good price for a retail store. Tax is about same (or less) as paying shipping
Specs
Silverstone HTPC case (pic below of CPU area)
Scythe Ninja mini HS with 92mm fan (49cfm) and a side fan pulling air in onto the HS.
(checked for flatness and was pretty flat)
CPU: Q6600 B3 1.28v 3ghz (lapped to flatness)
Arctic Cooling MX-2 TIM
2x80mm exhaust fans
It's pretty...
Ok, so I was trying ot OC and I set my Q6600 to 2.7ghz and 1.3v. Under load it's hitting like 68c. Would this cause the system to crash to a blue screen saying hardware failure, since I have all the thermal throttling turned off?
Is it the temps or something wrong with the CPU that doesn't...
Ok, my situation is this. I have a HTPC case (Silverstone). I have about 134mm height room for a heatsink. 2x80mm rear exhaust fans. 2x5.25 drive bays.
I had a dual core at 3.2ghz. The AC Freezer 7 Pro worked great for it. I'm running a Q6600 now though and at 1.3v, it's idling at 55c avg and...