Q6600+EVGA750i FTW

[encorp]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Sounds about right, but don't let those kinds of temps stop you from doing some mild OC work with it... :)

You'll be able to bump it up some without any Vcore which shouldn't affect temperatures all that much. At the very least that'll tell you what the chip is capable of on stock volts.

Well I f'ed up and forgot to order some good thermal paste with my order too so I got some coming with my true, that should help, all the fans are on low as well, I'm sure I could push them to cool better if need be :)

Can't wait to get oc'ing this thing.

One question actually, is it worth oc'ing my video card? I have the EVGA Akimbo SC - it is factory oc'd to 720/2k - can you get much more out of these?

[BALISTX]

If you do another order I would pick up some AC MX-2 thermal paste.

[encorp]

Originally Posted by BALISTX

If you do another order I would pick up some AC MX-2 thermal paste.

That's actually what I ended up ordering with my TRUE :D

[BALISTX]

Personally I think it's the best stuff on the market. Once your TRUE comes in you will be all set. My AC Freezer 7 Pro came with MX-2 installed on it.

[SKYMTL]

FYI, NONE of Arctic Cooling's current CPU coolers come with MX-2 installed. This is right from the mouth of AC themselves.

[MAC]

Originally Posted by encorp

Haha well here is my info from my Q6600 GO:FPO/Batch#: L729B243

Wow, that's an OLD chip, you got lucky

Q6600's made in 2008 are having trouble breaking 3.2Ghz with reasonable voltage.

[BALISTX]

SKY: According to AC's website it says it comes with Pre-applied MX-1 / MX-2 Paste and from what I have heard the newer ones come with MX-2 paste pre-applied.

Arctic Cooling

[encorp]

Originally Posted by BALISTX

Personally I think it's the best stuff on the market. Once your TRUE comes in you will be all set. My AC Freezer 7 Pro came with MX-2 installed on it.

Apparently, according to "posts" on NCIX under the Scythe Katana 2 i have, it also comes with a packet of it.. but I don't know what to look for so I cant tell you what I have, is or was lol.

Originally Posted by MAC

Wow, that's an OLD chip, you got lucky

Q6600's made in 2008 are having trouble breaking 3.2Ghz with reasonable voltage.

Haha well good to know, mine was sitting on a shelf down at intel for awhile so maybe thats why lol

[encorp]

So I was running some tests before I went and started oc'ing next week and I notice today that the cores seem to be running hotter. My room is fairly chilly, I literally have floor to ceiling window with about 4 feet of it open to outside and a fan in the room. For me, not the comp lol. It is about 15°c to 20°c in here all the time at this time of year, I rarely if ever close windows in my place (GF hates it tho! LOL)

Anyways

Is this cause for concern:

[encorp]

Hmm, this is AFTER I removed the side panel and then ran prime95