JohnnyMaverick
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First time poster here, but I'm not a complete newb. Been lurking for a while.
I could use a little help with possibly a motherboard (CPU) issue. My specs are at the end of this posting. I've got a rig that I built for myself 2 1/2 years ago and the CPU temps are somewhat high. Using Real Temp, I'm getting readings on the 1st core around 56-7 at idle. The rest of the cores are a tad lower (54 - ish). When I first built the rig, I looked in the BIOS to see what the temps were and it was around 56 like I said. I ran it for about a little while to see how it was... things seemed OK. But still.... I was not comfortable with the temperature reading.
I removed the heatsink & re-applied the thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5 compound) and expecting things to improve, I booted up to Windows - and no.... still the same temps.
#1 Since day 1 or ever since I noticed this problem, I have considered the possibility that the temperature sensors on the MB are "defective" or maybe not quite right. Cuz I don't know how a Q6700 can be almost 60 sitting at idle - especially given the fact that I have the aftermarket heatsink installed. Anyone with me on this one?
#2 So since the temperatures have been pretty much the same since the day I built it, I guess that things are "ok". But I'm concerned that this will shorten the life span of this CPU. This is probably as good as anyone's guess. (I am a gamer - but only once in a while).
#3 I've also been thinking of overclocking both the CPU & RAM - something I am not used to doing. I've got all this expensive gear that I'm sitting on (was expensive back 2 years ago when I bought it). And it just kills me that I don't know anything about "tweaking" it or overclocking it. I guess I'm more in favor of long term system stability rather than trying to suck every drop out of this and shortening the life span. But considering that temperatures are this high already (@ idle), I'm wondering just how much "OC'ing" I can do w/ this rig.
Q6700
Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
eVGA 680i SLI motherboard
OCZ Reaper HTP 2 x 2GB PC 8500
eVGA 8800 GT factory overclocked
Antec 650 watt PSU
Antec 900.
I could use a little help with possibly a motherboard (CPU) issue. My specs are at the end of this posting. I've got a rig that I built for myself 2 1/2 years ago and the CPU temps are somewhat high. Using Real Temp, I'm getting readings on the 1st core around 56-7 at idle. The rest of the cores are a tad lower (54 - ish). When I first built the rig, I looked in the BIOS to see what the temps were and it was around 56 like I said. I ran it for about a little while to see how it was... things seemed OK. But still.... I was not comfortable with the temperature reading.
I removed the heatsink & re-applied the thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5 compound) and expecting things to improve, I booted up to Windows - and no.... still the same temps.
#1 Since day 1 or ever since I noticed this problem, I have considered the possibility that the temperature sensors on the MB are "defective" or maybe not quite right. Cuz I don't know how a Q6700 can be almost 60 sitting at idle - especially given the fact that I have the aftermarket heatsink installed. Anyone with me on this one?
#2 So since the temperatures have been pretty much the same since the day I built it, I guess that things are "ok". But I'm concerned that this will shorten the life span of this CPU. This is probably as good as anyone's guess. (I am a gamer - but only once in a while).
#3 I've also been thinking of overclocking both the CPU & RAM - something I am not used to doing. I've got all this expensive gear that I'm sitting on (was expensive back 2 years ago when I bought it). And it just kills me that I don't know anything about "tweaking" it or overclocking it. I guess I'm more in favor of long term system stability rather than trying to suck every drop out of this and shortening the life span. But considering that temperatures are this high already (@ idle), I'm wondering just how much "OC'ing" I can do w/ this rig.
Q6700
Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
eVGA 680i SLI motherboard
OCZ Reaper HTP 2 x 2GB PC 8500
eVGA 8800 GT factory overclocked
Antec 650 watt PSU
Antec 900.
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