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[cubanlord]

[Demophobe]

55 under load is no problem. You may be doing your system harm by having the case open. If your airflow is good and setup correctly, it will be cooler with the case closed.

[SHANE02]

I was asked if the OP's temp was ok so I replied.

I overclocked originally because I could... the board/cmos is made to do so, and the Core 2 Duo is totally ready for it . So I wanted to check it out. Nothing to do with being "cool" It's addictive however, which I found out the hard way. I actually fried some ram from upping it's voltage too high.

Out of the box the machine the thing eats what ever you throw at it, but what can I say, I just had to play with it. It's one of the reasons I got the Core 2 Duo.

I did a ton of reading before I did anything and I wouldn't run stanadard cooling if overclocking. If you use the built in cmos overclocking utility the voltage is upped according to load. However, I have set it manually so no extra heat can be generated by voltage.



So at a stable 3 gig there is no extra voltage needed anywhere. Maybe a liitle more heat because of more cycles, But I havn't really seen any difference in tests using TAT and running full load for 12 hours at a time.
One thing I noticed was that the E6600 heats up fast and cools down fast, and it needs good ventillation.


Maybe running the chip hot shortens it's life span a little, but I still think 3 GHZ is not major.

Anyway, after being on all day with my floor heating cranked and the computer desk door closed it was at 45 which is perfectly ok with me.


EDIT:
It seems each chip, setup and temp. will be different. Under full load mine sticks at 59 which I feel is ok

[Demophobe]

Honestly, 59 is way too hot, even for a "stock" overclock - no voltage tweaks, etc...

I think it may be a matter of case ventilation, though you say you have a Zalman cooler, probably aftermarket, so you installed it yourself. You may have a seating problem or something because 45 idle is pretty warm.

You shouldn't look at the overall speed as a measure of an overclock, but the actual percentage over stock. Your CPU is 2.4GHZ out of the box, so taking it to 3.0GHz is 25%; no a mild push at all.

All CPUs heat up and cool down fast; this is the major cause of them wearing out. Thermal expansion and contraction of the silicon is a problem, which is why it is actually better for the CPU to have the computer left on. All computers need good ventilation to operate at their best, especially an enthusiast PC.

Anyhow, you have a nice chip and that is a good overclock, if all is stable and running smoothly. I would try to get the temp down a bit, but that's just my opinion. 59 does fall under the load spec, but it is far from cool and I do think there is a problem somewhere. If not a problem, something could be done better; heatpaste/sink, airflow.

I used to look for chips made in the Malaysia plant as opposed to the Philippines, as they were better overclockers in every instance. I don't know why, but that's the way it was. If that is still the case, I don't know, but with my Northwood, I did the same thing (via S-Specs) and have a great overclocker on my hands to this day.

[The King of Kwangju]