Q6600, hot or not?

pdonket

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Alright, I just got my Q6600(b3) and have it in my system using a Zalman 9700 heatsink. The idle temps are about 33, and load temps about 58. This is stock clocks. Also, the 9700 is constantly spinning at 2800rpm so it's not even like this is silent mode. Could I have advice because this seems a little warm
 
I didnt read your thread properly and thought you had a GO step Q6600. So I was thinking your temps were wrong.

But to tell you what I do have right is the Quads are really that hot. My Quad at 4Ghz and 1.58Vcore can overheat my triple RAD and D-Tek Fuzion on a dedicated loop. I would reccomend getting a TR Ultra Extreme and do the mount mod if you want the best Air cooling you can get. That is if youhave the room. If not get the TR Optima 90, small but packs a huge punch.
 
My goodness, it's getting really annoying people coming in and doesn't give you the whole information about their computer setup and asking for advice.

Please tell us what Case you are using. Your room temp and your system temp and give us your 4 cores temp and not your cpu or whatever software you use to take your computer temp. The reason this is important is because if your room is cool and your system have a low temp, then you will know if your heatsink/cpu is not flat or you might need to reseat your heatsink.

If 33 and 58 are your average temp, it's pretty good for a B3 except for the load. But the only not good thing if it takes constant 2800rpm to keep it at that temp, yeah it's not that good.
 
I'm working in a Thermaltake Armor case with a top exhaust 90mm-rear exhaust 90mm-rear exhaust 120mm-front intake 120mm-side intake 25cm

The ambient temperature is about 70F

Idle I'm at 32C for the overall CPU Cores 1/2/3/4= 27/25/18/18

Load, after only 5 minutes of ORTHOS dual core it's at 57C for the CPU--Cores1/2/3/4 = 54/53/31/30

This is being viewed via speedfan.
 
I'm working in a Thermaltake Armor case with a top exhaust 90mm-rear exhaust 90mm-rear exhaust 120mm-front intake 120mm-side intake 25cm

The ambient temperature is about 70F

Idle I'm at 32C for the overall CPU Cores 1/2/3/4= 27/25/18/18

Load, after only 5 minutes of ORTHOS dual core it's at 57C for the CPU--Cores1/2/3/4 = 54/53/31/30

This is being viewed via speedfan.

Thanks. Your room temp is very cool. What is your system temp? You know that you need to add another 15degree to your core temp right? Go to speedfan>configure>Advanced>Chip INTEL CORE at $0 on ISA and Set to 15 and select remember it. That will add another 15degrees to your cores.

You idle seems fine but loading up to 70 is a bit high but nothing to worry about. So you room is very cool, make sure you have enough circulation inside your case. I mean that is an impressive cooling case. Is this version come with a large side fan? Check your thermal paste and see if you seated your heatsink properly.

I think Zalman 9700 is pretty decent for idle but not very good distributing the heat when on full load.
 
The system is at 35C right now and it is the case with the giant side fan. I adjusted all the cores as you told me just now so 70 would be load.

I guess this CPU just isn't a OC'er huh?
 
Just for comparison, my system is a q6600 (b3), p5k3 deluxe, t/r 120 extreme (both the heat sink and proc are lapped) with a 120mm fan pulling and pushing, in an Antec Performance One P180B case. I am running at 3.3 right now with a 1.4 voltage. The core temps idle at 46,46,46,50 using Core Temp 0.95.4 This updated version of Core Temp was just released. My room is always hot at 85f plus. I have seen my load temps as hot as 85c.
 
The mount on the Extreme is lacking in the pressure department. Looks like allot of folks are getting measurable gains from putting a penny between the mouting bracket and the sink itself. Produces more pressure for better contact. And 85c is getting dangerously close to throttling. I would try to find a way to get those temps down. Looks like watercooling might be defacto in the next little while...
 
For my system, a Q6600 G0 (stock cooling) on an ASUS P5K Premium in a P180, I get the following, when overclocking to 3000MHz (333x9), at a 23C room temp:

SpeedFan 4.32 (Idle/Load)
- System: 42C / 45C
- CPU: 42C / 53C
- Core 0: 36C / 52C
- Core 1: 33C / 53C
- Core 2: 34C / 53C
- Core 3: 34C / 59C

CoreTemp 0.95.4 (Idel/Load)
- Core #0 54C / 78
- Core #1 49C / 78
- Core #2 49C / 78
- Core #3 49C / 78

Should I be worried, and will a Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme (with a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM) help?

It's stable (played a few hours of Bioshock with zero problems, no errors running prime64v254, ...).

Thanks!
 
I'd say it is a little bit high. I think TRUE+21F will make the temp drop for about 10c with average air flow in the case.

For my system, a Q6600 G0 (stock cooling) on an ASUS P5K Premium in a P180, I get the following, when overclocking to 3000MHz (333x9), at a 23C room temp:

SpeedFan 4.32 (Idle/Load)
- System: 42C / 45C
- CPU: 42C / 53C
- Core 0: 36C / 52C
- Core 1: 33C / 53C
- Core 2: 34C / 53C
- Core 3: 34C / 59C

CoreTemp 0.95.4 (Idel/Load)
- Core #0 54C / 78
- Core #1 49C / 78
- Core #2 49C / 78
- Core #3 49C / 78

Should I be worried, and will a Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme (with a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM) help?

It's stable (played a few hours of Bioshock with zero problems, no errors running prime64v254, ...).

Thanks!
 
For my system, a Q6600 G0 (stock cooling) on an ASUS P5K Premium in a P180, I get the following, when overclocking to 3000MHz (333x9), at a 23C room temp:

SpeedFan 4.32 (Idle/Load)
- System: 42C / 45C
- CPU: 42C / 53C
- Core 0: 36C / 52C
- Core 1: 33C / 53C
- Core 2: 34C / 53C
- Core 3: 34C / 59C

CoreTemp 0.95.4 (Idel/Load)
- Core #0 54C / 78
- Core #1 49C / 78
- Core #2 49C / 78
- Core #3 49C / 78

Should I be worried, and will a Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme (with a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM) help?

It's stable (played a few hours of Bioshock with zero problems, no errors running prime64v254, ...).

Thanks!

That's horrendous for a G0 IMO. Your system temp is BAD. What is your room temp? Antec P180 case is not that good for air cooling to have if you also have an Nvidia 8800. With bad airflow, 8800 will add another 5 to 10 degrees to your Q6600. You should try a new heatsink for your Q6600 such as the thermalright. It should dropped the temp down around 10 degrees and will only gain 10 to 15 degrees on full load.
 
Meh, my B3 Q6600 at 3.3Ghz (1.375v) idles at ~50C and Prime95 load temps are 75-80C.

If you're stable using prime95 or orthos on all 4 cores then there is really nothing to worry about. Max thermal spec for a B3 quad is 62C but that is a TCase measurment. Measurements from the TJunction sensors will be approx ~15C higher under load so you can see how you would need to get upwards of ~77C before you're exceeding the intel specs.

Keep in mind that the temps you get when you're loading all 4 cores with prime or orthos should be WAY higher than what you get during normal usage. I can get over 80C on the cores when doing prime (stable for 48 hours at that temp, so...) but normal usage I'll usually have one core at ~65-70C and the others at ~55-60C.
 
Update....did stress testing and even a minimal 2.6ghz OC is causing the system to crash after about 15 minutes.
 
Update....did stress testing and even a minimal 2.6ghz OC is causing the system to crash after about 15 minutes.

What motherboard are you using? How are you overclocking your CPU? What voltage are you using? Do you have a video card Nvidia 8800 running hot?
 
What motherboard are you using? How are you overclocking your CPU? What voltage are you using? Do you have a video card Nvidia 8800 running hot?

I have a P5K board using AIsuite to OC. I also have an 8800GTS 320mb. I haven't modded the voltage at all, could that be the problem?

Also, under the BIOS settings I can't mod the FSB from there (or voltage) so how do I go about doing that?
 
I have a P5K board using AIsuite to OC. I also have an 8800GTS 320mb. I haven't modded the voltage at all, could that be the problem?

Also, under the BIOS settings I can't mod the FSB from there (or voltage) so how do I go about doing that?

Are you using OC by percentage such as 10%, 15% 30%? What is your VCORE on the bottom left of your speedfan or Voltage using CPU-Z? What software are you using to do your stress testing?
 
The B3 runs damn hot.

Overclocked to just over 3ghz, my B3 Q6600 runs at almost 70C load. (each core hovers at 67 - 69C during several hours of Prime95)

That's with a Zalman 9700NT on it and in an Antec Nine Hundred case, so lots of good airflow.
 
The B3 runs damn hot.

Overclocked to just over 3ghz, my B3 Q6600 runs at almost 70C load. (each core hovers at 67 - 69C during several hours of Prime95)

That's with a Zalman 9700NT on it and in an Antec Nine Hundred case, so lots of good airflow.

That's pretty much the conclusion. Zalman 9700 isn't good for Q6600. I use to own the Zalman 9500 and that was for my E6600. But when I upgraded to the Q6600 Rev B3, it skyrocket to 70 full load and that was on a worst case(NZXT Lexa) than your. Switch to Thermalright and the cores temp drop 15 degree.
 
Are you using OC by percentage such as 10%, 15% 30%? What is your VCORE on the bottom left of your speedfan or Voltage using CPU-Z? What software are you using to do your stress testing?

I don't have the processor overclocked at all. Also, I just reseated the HS and it dropped about 8-9 degrees load to 50/51C. My voltage is about 1.23 under load according to Speedfan. Also, I use ORTHOS dual core to stress test.
 
I don't have the processor overclocked at all. Also, I just reseated the HS and it dropped about 8-9 degrees load to 50/51C. My voltage is about 1.23 under load according to Speedfan. Also, I use ORTHOS dual core to stress test.

Good to know that reseating it helps. But still, that's pretty high for a 1.2volt on stock speed for a G0. You won't be able to OC much if you're planning to. Check to see if your heatsink and CPU are flat or not. That way you can tell if it's making good contact.

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme might drop it down another 5-7 degrees and lapping it might bring it down another 5 degrees at best or better if your lucky and if it's isn't flat.

Try using AI suite or in Bios and select something Profile and OC it using 30%. You will get around 3.1GHz and something around 1.3volt. Give that a try and see what your idle/load temp and see if it's stable. What DD2(memory) are you running?
 
Any ideas how a Big Typhoon VX 120 will cope with a B3, given that the case temp is kept close to ambient?
 
Good to know that reseating it helps. But still, that's pretty high for a 1.2volt on stock speed for a G0. You won't be able to OC much if you're planning to. Check to see if your heatsink and CPU are flat or not. That way you can tell if it's making good contact.

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme might drop it down another 5-7 degrees and lapping it might bring it down another 5 degrees at best or better if your lucky and if it's isn't flat.

Try using AI suite or in Bios and select something Profile and OC it using 30%. You will get around 3.1GHz and something around 1.3volt. Give that a try and see what your idle/load temp and see if it's stable. What DD2(memory) are you running?

Just so you know, it's a B3, also how do I manually change the voltage? AIsuite doesn't seem to have an option for user input and nor does the BIOS.
 
problem....I went into the BIOS and set the voltage to 1.25v and pressed F10 to save and restart, when i got the system up, it runs at 1.2v idle and 1.12v load...what's going on?

Well, it could be a problem at higher clocks...but right now it's keeping my load temps at 49C with the Q6600 @ 2.7ghz
 
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