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Temp Question...680i, E6660, Enermax 600W

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coachjohn

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A little concerned....stock back from Velocity Micro, new 680i motherboard (eVGA) and new Enermax NoisetakerII 600W PSU; Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Heatsink installed by VM, E6600 Core 2 Duo...Core Temp (current build) is showing an average idle reading of 52 to 54 degrees Celsius..that seems awful high. What are other folks hitting with similar systems?

John
 
im not using 680i its 965, got this temp using tuniq tower 120 in low fan.
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....in the System Monitoring part of the BIOS and have gotten it down to 48-51C at idle..still high, but on the right track...BIOS settings for other 680i boards might be nice to see...
 
...it's the Artic Cooling Freezer Pro...when playing something like Madden 07 I'll get temps around 58-60 right now...don't know that Madden really puts too much of a load on the CPU.

John
 
i run the new evga mobo with a c2d 6400 OC to 3.0 ghz and my Zalman cnps9500 keep it around 40 at idle and arround 55 at load (when i play at nfs carbon)

 
...by Core Temp and by NVidia Monitor:

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That was right after a boot, and I had just had the side case panel off to see if fans were all spinning, etc.

Currently (after web browsing, uploading images, etc.) - not exactly a load on the CPU :confused: :

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well one thing to think about is that some different weeks and steppings have different temps. My L628B e6400 runs about 10* C hotter than my L629B. Overclocks a hell of alot better as well though.

Oh and both have had the IHS removed so its not IHS->core contact problems.
 
...that this ran so much cooler...15C-20C cooler...prior to the upgrade to the 680i board and the 600W PSU...that might make sense...but previously it was idling at 38C or so.

John
 
Well, I have another post on this board about temp probs with the E6600 and that board. I was idling at about 45c, and hitting load temps of about 56-59c. I'm using the 9500CNSP, so, these temps were just unacceptable to me. I ended up exchanging both the board and the proc.

Now my idle temps are 36c and my Loads with Orthos are 44-47c. Much, much better! The E6600 I returned had a pretty sorry finish, and had some concave/convexing issues. So, maybe you got a bad proc? Sorry I'm not of anymore help to ya, just passing down what I've experienced.
 
....not sure what to think right now. I have a message into Heather Taylor from VM, hoping this can be resolved without too much of a problem. If it was the processor, I think I would have had some sort of issue with the previous board...wondering if they didn't clean old thermal paste off before reattaching the Artic HS, or if they didn't get the thing mounted flush...keep you posted.

John
 
....from Velocity Micro..the other one had a bent tab, so it wouldn't seat correctly. The new one was shipped overnight, installed easily, and I have the temps I was expecting now:

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Hats off to the folks at Velocity Micro...they take care of their customers.
 
Coachjohn do you have smartfan enabled in the BIOS?

I have the same motherboard, CPU and cooler as you and the fan spins at its lowest speed (900rpm) at idle, giving you about 5-7degrees hotter temps than if the fan is spinning at the full 2500rpm. Even after stressing with Orthos and TAT, the fan never went higher than 1500rpm with smartfan enabled and temps were again, 5-7degrees hotter.

Keldegar has the same fan and you can see it's spinning at 2500rpm.
 
but in the NVIDIA Control Panel -> Performance->Adjust motherboard settings, I did go from Automatic fan control..that had the fan set to 33%!..to 46%, and it dropped the temp several degrees. Haven't checked the fan's rpm in speedfan.
 
Finkus said:
Coachjohn do you have smartfan enabled in the BIOS?

I have the same motherboard, CPU and cooler as you and the fan spins at its lowest speed (900rpm) at idle, giving you about 5-7degrees hotter temps than if the fan is spinning at the full 2500rpm. Even after stressing with Orthos and TAT, the fan never went higher than 1500rpm with smartfan enabled and temps were again, 5-7degrees hotter.

Keldegar has the same fan and you can see it's spinning at 2500rpm.
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Yeah, I have Q-Fan disabled on my board (ASUS). I have a P180B, and even at the highest fan setting I can't hear the HSF over the graphics card fan on full load.
 
....and set it at 80%; the fan now spins at a constant 2200rpm, and my temps are even lower...got to love it. With the AC Cooler rated at 2500 rpm max, 2200 rpm SHOULD be in line for a constant flow with shortening the life of the fan I would think. Thanks for the tip.
 
coachjohn said:
....and set it at 80%; the fan now spins at a constant 2200rpm, and my temps are even lower...got to love it. With the AC Cooler rated at 2500 rpm max, 2200 rpm SHOULD be in line for a constant flow with shortening the life of the fan I would think. Thanks for the tip.
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whoa wait, if it's 2500rpm why is mine at 2700?
 
.....would be minor fluctuations in the builds? From the AC web site:

Heat Sink: 104 x 58 x 126.5 mm
Fan: 107 x 43.5 x 96 mm
Overall Dimensions: 107 x 96.5 x 126.5 mm
Rated Fan Speed: 900 - 2500 RPM (PWM)
Power Consumption: 0.16 Amp.
Air Flow: 45 CFM / 77 m3/h
Weight: 520 g
Noise Level: 0.9 Sone
Thermal Resistance: 0.17°C/Watt
Thermal Interface Material: Pre-applied MX-1 Paste
Warranty: 6 Years

At 100% my fan was showing 2650, at 80% 2200 - probably all safely within tolerances.
 
Are your new 37degree core temps right after a fresh boot on a cold computer? I'm a bit miffed that my CPU temps start off like that and then hover around the mid 40s (TAT reading) after about 10 mins of the PC being on. CPU fan set at 60%

My system temp starts in the mid 20s and rises to mid 30s. I would have though it would be much less than that, since I have 3 bloody great 120mm intake fans and one 120mm exhaust at the back, plus a great big hole in the roof of the case (CM Stacker 830). Maybe I'm messing up my airflow with the two side fans?
 
....and setting fan speed at 80%, I get 32C right after boot, and it only goes up a little bit after that at idle...usually around 34-36. Going to do a bit more testing tonight...not really crazy about the newest reports on this board though! Since I haven't had extensive test time with it...makes you wonder what might happen, doesn't it?
 
Yes I stuck my fan at 80% as well. I could just about hear it at that point and it's dropped my temps down to 38-39degrees idle after the PC has been on for a while.

I've not had any issues so far with the 680i or data corruption. Is that just a RAID issue? I have two SATA drives not in raid and a SATA DVD burner. I've been really happy with the board for the last month and had no issues. It's certainly very friendly for first time overclockers, especially with the EPP ram feature as I don't even have to worry about what the ram is doing when I'm OCing the CPU.
 
...it seems that there are a lot of people out there very happy with it, and a few people having a lot of problems. My guess is that it may be an issue with certain configurations that set off the problems...it's hard to say at this point. Hopefully it will be readily - and easily - taken care of for those users either via a BIOS update or a driver update.

I may actually ratchet my AC Freezer down to about 75%...like you, at 80% it's just audible, and if I can keep good cooling at 75 with less noise *grin*

Have a good one...enjoy your build!

John
 
coachjohn said:
...it seems that there are a lot of people out there very happy with it, and a few people having a lot of problems. My guess is that it may be an issue with certain configurations that set off the problems...it's hard to say at this point. Hopefully it will be readily - and easily - taken care of for those users either via a BIOS update or a driver update.

I may actually ratchet my AC Freezer down to about 75%...like you, at 80% it's just audible, and if I can keep good cooling at 75 with less noise *grin*

Have a good one...enjoy your build!

John
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Hey John what utility do you use to control your HSF? I have the same HSF, but I disabled automatic control in my BIOS since I was overclocking.
 
....sorry for the late response. I went into the BIOS, disable SMARTFAN, and set the HSF at 75% from there. My guess is that you could also use something like SpeedFan to do the same thing once SMARTFAN was disabled in the BIOS.

John
 
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