Hi, I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 and have it overclocked to 3.4GHz. I downloaded this program called "SpeedFan" and when i play Call of Duty 4, my CPU stays at 50 and Core 0, Core 1, Core 2, and Core 3 go up to 70C. Is this too hot? Is the CPU and cores 0 1 2 and 3 the same?
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Tmagic650
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"Neither is the CPU too fast, but it might be too noisy"...
Raybay left out the word "cooler" in the sentance
It never hurts to use a quality CPU cooler in place of those cheap pieces of crap stock coolers. You can run a quality coolers fan slower too. The heatsink is much more efficient...
My Q6600 at a stock 2.4GHz runs at 44C with a cooling fan speed (ZeroTherm Nirvana) of 1024 RPM
Raybay left out the word "cooler" in the sentance
It never hurts to use a quality CPU cooler in place of those cheap pieces of crap stock coolers. You can run a quality coolers fan slower too. The heatsink is much more efficient...
My Q6600 at a stock 2.4GHz runs at 44C with a cooling fan speed (ZeroTherm Nirvana) of 1024 RPM
Tmagic650 said:"Neither is the CPU too fast, but it might be too noisy"...
Raybay left out the word "cooler" in the sentance
It never hurts to use a quality CPU cooler in place of those cheap pieces of crap stock coolers. You can run a quality coolers fan slower too. The heatsink is much more efficient...
My Q6600 at a stock 2.4GHz runs at 44C with a cooling fan speed (ZeroTherm Nirvana) of 1024 RPM
Ya, my CPU fan is really noisy and if i lower it the cpu goes really hot. So if i got that good heatsink than i could run it at a lower speed and still have good cooling and it would be a bit less noisy?
Oh and also i have a P5K SE motherboard Would the ZeroTherm Nirvana fit on with no problems?
When you're running something at close to 50% overclock, your temps will DEFINITELY jump.
I'm not surprised that it got to 70C, especially since its on a stock heatsink.
That nirvana is not too shabby, with 4 heatpipes. Google it, and take a look at its design. If you can't get the exact heatsink, just look for another with a similar design (note: 120mm fans are good, there are 92mm versions of such heatsinks out there somewhere... not so good). There are tons of them out there. Some don't come with their own fan (but you can buy your own and install it), so take note.
Also, since these heatsinks use a larger fan, you can the fans slower, and still blow the same amount (or more) of air, so they'll be quieter. They tend to be much much bigger than the stock intel heatsink fan combo, so less air is needed to cool the CPU. All in all, you should get: a cooler CPU & less noisy.
About your question, your m/b is a full sized, standard ATX board. It should fit without a problem.
I'm not surprised that it got to 70C, especially since its on a stock heatsink.
That nirvana is not too shabby, with 4 heatpipes. Google it, and take a look at its design. If you can't get the exact heatsink, just look for another with a similar design (note: 120mm fans are good, there are 92mm versions of such heatsinks out there somewhere... not so good). There are tons of them out there. Some don't come with their own fan (but you can buy your own and install it), so take note.
Also, since these heatsinks use a larger fan, you can the fans slower, and still blow the same amount (or more) of air, so they'll be quieter. They tend to be much much bigger than the stock intel heatsink fan combo, so less air is needed to cool the CPU. All in all, you should get: a cooler CPU & less noisy.
About your question, your m/b is a full sized, standard ATX board. It should fit without a problem.
The huge heatsinks I have worked with turned out to be disasters. The kinetics of them has caused more damage to CPU's through vibration than was though possible. And there is a limit to how much cooling actually takes place.
The Zalman coolers are very light, reasonably sized, and don't wear out their tie downs or beat the CPU to death.
The Zalman coolers are very light, reasonably sized, and don't wear out their tie downs or beat the CPU to death.
Hmmm... you brought up something quite interesting there actually.
I've never heard of any problems you just mentioned. As I am a user of such heatsinks, I'm interested to hear how vibration can damage a solid state product such as the CPU.
As for cooling limit, we all should know that room temperature is about as low as you can get via air/water cooling (adding ice to your reservoir doesn't count, nor is it recommended).
Please don't think that I overclock heavily now (I did at first). Right now, I'm glad I have these oversized heatsinks, as I'm running a whisper quiet computer at incredibly low temps.
However, your point about damage do have me concerned.
I've never heard of any problems you just mentioned. As I am a user of such heatsinks, I'm interested to hear how vibration can damage a solid state product such as the CPU.
As for cooling limit, we all should know that room temperature is about as low as you can get via air/water cooling (adding ice to your reservoir doesn't count, nor is it recommended).
Please don't think that I overclock heavily now (I did at first). Right now, I'm glad I have these oversized heatsinks, as I'm running a whisper quiet computer at incredibly low temps.
However, your point about damage do have me concerned.
Tmagic650
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Blimp01, just so you don't think i'm making this up....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011
I stopped using Zalman because their fans fail after as little as 6 months. My Zerotherm is about a year old now, but it is running and nearly silent at 1095 rpms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011
I stopped using Zalman because their fans fail after as little as 6 months. My Zerotherm is about a year old now, but it is running and nearly silent at 1095 rpms
I don't know how dropping kills chips, but it happens, We see them all the time in the shop. Flash drives and memory chips that have been dropped. The data is lost. Many can be recovered with good software but not always.
Never yet seen a Zalman cooler die, but of course I will because ALL fans for CPU's and case coolers wear out easily. They slow down as they wear on those pin bearings. They are built by machine after all.
Never yet seen a Zalman cooler die, but of course I will because ALL fans for CPU's and case coolers wear out easily. They slow down as they wear on those pin bearings. They are built by machine after all.
I've killed a HDD and a DVDRW on 2 seperate occasions, which effectively destroyed those products (I managed to get a replacement on the HDD tho).
Given that I'm an extremely clumsy person, I have also dropped my current Core2Duo, and a graphics card (with the heatsink on) both at standing height before. These 2 survived.
I suppose anything can be possible given enough time, but I doubt the fact that its a huge, heavy heatsink had something to do with it. If anything, a huge heavy heatsink should dampen any vibrations caused by a fan.
But I'll keep this in mind, who knows when I'll run into weird problems with my CPU. I'll report back here when that happens
Given that I'm an extremely clumsy person, I have also dropped my current Core2Duo, and a graphics card (with the heatsink on) both at standing height before. These 2 survived.
I suppose anything can be possible given enough time, but I doubt the fact that its a huge, heavy heatsink had something to do with it. If anything, a huge heavy heatsink should dampen any vibrations caused by a fan.
But I'll keep this in mind, who knows when I'll run into weird problems with my CPU. I'll report back here when that happens
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