Tuniq Tower high temps- am I doing something wrong?

[cleanerPA]

I'm running an E6400 at 3.16GHz, FSB395, w/ Buffalo Firestix DDR2-800 at 4-4-4-15 timing, vDIMM 2.1, vcore at 1.325 and the FSB and MCH voltages bumped about two notches from the bottom (can't remember and I'm not in front of that PC right now).

All on an Intel Bad Axe 2 in an Antec Titan with the dual 92s on low in the front and the 120 on medium in the back. I don't see really any difference in temps with the Tuniq fan on the lowest speed to medium speed- I see a small drop at the highest speed.

Idle is ranging from 38C to 44C, load under Orthos gets to about 66C.

I'm not stable above FSB395- I think this is due to heat. I've had vCore up to about 1.5 and it doesn't do anything for stability- same with FSB and MCH- I've had them up a fair bit higher. Also tried relaxing the timings a little to 5-5-5-15, still no good.

I can't run Orthos stable for more than about 20min. at FSB 400, will not run stable at all at FSB 425.

What gives? Are my temps way out of line?

The next step would be to remove the Tuniq and see if it's making proper contact with the IHS.

Are the heatpipes supposed to get hot to the touch when the Tuniq is running? I can easily touch the heatpipes and even the bottom plate even when Intel TAT is reporting 66C temps.

The northbridge gets a little too hot to touch when it's under load, but it doesn't have active cooling.

I'm seeing people post load temps of 50C w/ the Tuniq even with much bigger OCs, so that's why I ask.

Thx.

 

[kent]

That's wayyy too high. At 3.4GHz on my E6400 with a ACF7Pro I never hit 50C under load.

 

[Mansize_tissue]

Re-seat it. When you take it off look at the thermal paste on the Tuniq Tower to see if it was getting good contact in the middle.