e6600 Temperature troubles
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:58 am
Hey, I am having a lot of trouble keeping the temp on my e6600 in bounds.
I have an evga 680i motherboard and 2 x 1GB sticks of OCZ Flex XLC memory. I also have a syth ninja with the stock 120mm fan running on it
Right now I have my processor overclocked to 3.25 ghz with a voltage at 1.26, and it appears to be running stable (I am still doing stress tests with orthos).
My temps right now are about 68 degrees celsius. I don't know how to bring them down. From what I have read it is safe to keep the temps on the e6600 bjust below 70 degrees celsius (cause I guess intel recommends that that only the outside of the heatspreader on the processor should be 60.1, correct me if I am wrong on this). I have tried reseating the heat sink several times now, and I have reapplied thermal compund each time I have reseated the heat spreader. I even took my motherboard out of the comp and strapped on the heat spreader out side of the case to make sure the thing is strapped on right. I am also considering lapping but I will only do this as a last resort. Also there seems to be several other people having the same problem as me on other forums, so do I have a bad chip?
Any tips or ideas as to how I can bring down my temperature would be greatly appreciated
I have an evga 680i motherboard and 2 x 1GB sticks of OCZ Flex XLC memory. I also have a syth ninja with the stock 120mm fan running on it
Right now I have my processor overclocked to 3.25 ghz with a voltage at 1.26, and it appears to be running stable (I am still doing stress tests with orthos).
My temps right now are about 68 degrees celsius. I don't know how to bring them down. From what I have read it is safe to keep the temps on the e6600 bjust below 70 degrees celsius (cause I guess intel recommends that that only the outside of the heatspreader on the processor should be 60.1, correct me if I am wrong on this). I have tried reseating the heat sink several times now, and I have reapplied thermal compund each time I have reseated the heat spreader. I even took my motherboard out of the comp and strapped on the heat spreader out side of the case to make sure the thing is strapped on right. I am also considering lapping but I will only do this as a last resort. Also there seems to be several other people having the same problem as me on other forums, so do I have a bad chip?
Any tips or ideas as to how I can bring down my temperature would be greatly appreciated