e6600 56 idle

lepbob

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Hi, I have just run TAT after putting new pc together a week ago and temps are showing at 55-58 C at idle this seems high comapred to what I have found on forums. I am using stock cooler in antec nine hundred case which I thought would help cooling... Do you think I have set the cpu heatsink wrong or should I just get new cooler and use some artic 5 paste? Will this high temp do any damage in the mean time, it gets up to 67-69 under workload level 100% in TAT.
 
That seems a little bit too hot tbh. I don't think you'll be doing any permanent damage but I'd look at either reseating the hsf or look into getter a better one. How's the airflow in the case?
 
name='Doddsy' said:
That seems a little bit too hot tbh. I don't think you'll be doing any permanent damage but I'd look at either reseating the hsf or look into getter a better one. How's the airflow in the case?

Aye reseat it if I were you
 
I thought it would be good, most the fans are set to low and the big 200mm one above the cpu is at medium. I am not overclocking by the way. Is the cpu fan regulated by anything? If so should I turn that off and leave the fan on high or something?

Thanks for replying
 
hmmm i have read that TAT is more accurate but I installed Asus PC Probe just to see and it says its 38 at idle and 50 under load. Should there be that much of a difference? It also pops up a fan warning saying its running at 0rpm every few seconds but its not from what I can see.
 
TAT gives you the worst possible case doesn't it? ie it loads the CPU to almost 100% so the temps would be the max you'd expect to get.
 
Thanks for replies. I have just this minute installed a scythe infinity to help. Now I am getting 39 deg C in core 1 and 42 in Core 2 measured with core temp (TAT says 43 and 46) its quite hot here at the moment (for London) so I doubt thats helping. But this seems to be a lot better. I have heard that this temp will probably drop a bit in the next few days as TIM sets? I am getting about 60 and 63 deg C at 100% load. That still seems high to me. I guess I am gonna try and bolt the Scythe infinity down when I get the parts which I hope will help but doubt I gonna get a dramatic drop. Should Core 1 and Core 2 be as different as they are now?
 
Is that 39 at stock clock speeds ? and with a fan ?

I don`t know if that`s high for an e6600, but an AMD x2 939 is around 30 at stock with a scythe + fan.

Which thermal paste are u using on the scythe ? - and of course bare in mind the temps will fall slightly as the paste `cures`.
 
Yeah thats stock speed with the fan on the bottom side push air up into the cases 200mm fan above, seemed the best way. Used artic silver 5 on the Scythe.
 
That case will give you all the fan cooling you need and more, and with the Scythe Infinity no way your cpu should be that hot unless your room temp is is 76+ degrees (like mine :P ).

I can suggest is remove the HSF one more time, take off the AS5 with AS TIM remover/surface purifier or another acceptable substance; reapply AS5 using a very small drop and spread it around with a paperclip (or something similar, I use a cd-rom opening tool that good and stiff) and use it like a paint roller, making the paste paper-thin across the entire chip; reseat the HSF and make sure its tightened down (not to the breaking point but a tiny bit of torque after the screws aren't easily moved). NOTE: check the HSF (if you remove it) and see if the TIM is equal all around the HSF and cpu or if its lopsided like the HSF wasn't seated flat... that can tell you if theres a problem when installing the HSF.

You can also check your voltages in the BIOS to make sure you aren't overvolting and creating more heat than necessary... made that mistake once.:rolleyes: It should be 1.3V stock.

Good luck in getting to the bottom of your heat problems,

TJS
 
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