E6600 different temps on each core normal?

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I'm finishing my new build with an E6600 and a 680i mobo. I'm using the stock heatsink with the stock TIM.. I havn't overclocked any thing yet.
What is strange to me is that core 0 is about 3-4 degress C colder than core 1.
I idle at 30/33 C, and under load the cores are closer in temps at 55/56 C.

Is that normal? This is my first experience with a dual core processor. Should I overclock yet, or are my temps wonky?

Also, I have never done much with overclocking before... (except with a few bumps up in the fsb with my old rig in sig.) What should I do first?

edit: I've been google'n around for the last hour or so... Is there a good guide for over clocking my cpu? I've been looking at so many.
 
Almost every chip has a temp difference in each core. Fors some reason when I view my temps with CoreTemp mine are spot on with each other under idle and load but when I run SuperPi or the likes then the temps go nuts and they vary. You should be able to OC some. You could try looking in the OC Database and see what some people are doing. i don't know much about the 680i mobo's myself as I am on a P965 chipset board.
 
Thanks for the reply. I've been looking at the c2d oc database thread. still looking at guides to overclocking. I'm a little scared of it still.

Another question that has come up is about my ram. I've got Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4D... and they are rated at 2.1V.. In my BIOS they are at 1.8V... Should I go ahead and bump the voltage up to 2.1?
 
what it is is you use 2.1v for access to the rated timings. atm the might be at 6-6-6-18 but when on 2.1v you can get ure 5-5-5-16 or something like that... you have to set the timings manually.
 
BIOS will always set it to 1.8v cuz that is the JEDEC standard for DDR2. Just set it to 2.1v and set your timings manually (4-4-4-12 I assume).
 
same ram as me then :) at 2.1v you can get 850mhz out of it as well :). the cores go at different temps because they have different loads... one will normally be hotter than the other because its used for windows.
 
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