My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R

[halutzparilla]

i would go for a Thermalright Ultra 120, TTV1 is just fancy, it works like 9500 Zalaman and the latter is cheaper than TTV1 if i'm not mistaken... Push the Quad to higher clock man,

[[Dr. V]]

Hmm...I see what you mean - the only reason I considered the V1 was because of its no motherboard removal installation - otherwise I'd get the GeminII in a heartbeat.

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by ST!X

otherwise I'd get the GeminII in a heartbeat.

Careful not to strip any screws... cause if you do, I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your new water cooling setup!

[[Dr. V]]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

Careful not to strip any screws... cause if you do, I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your now water cooling setup!

LMFAO that sucks dude - I feel for you. But I'll be careful

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by ST!X

LMFAO that sucks dude - I feel for you. But I'll be careful

No, no, I love my water cooling setup...

[[Dr. V]]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

No, no, I love my water cooling setup...

Yeah I can see that but it sucks that you spent the money/time on the GeminII, and it ended up going to "waste".

[[Dr. V]]

I've basically narrowed it down to 3 culprits;

1) Cooler Master GeminII with 2 ARCTIC 10.5-24.5dBA fans = $59.97 + tax = $68.37

2) Thermaltake V1 = $64.99 + tax = $74.09

3) ZALMAN CNPS9500-Cu-LED = $63.99 + tax = $72.95

They're all in a similar price range. Some would IMMEDIATELY say the GeminII. I mean - an amazing all around cooler with two fans is cheaper than the other two? But what's the best OVERALL in terms of cooling, efficiency with the corresponding fans, noise level, everything - THAT'S what I'm worried about! And, Q6600 may have specific cooling specs that lean towards one of the above three coolers.

Thanks in advance guys!!!

[elite]

Hi Dr. V,

I am basically have the same configuration as you, Q6600 with GO stepping (Checked with CPU-Z) + GA-P31-DS3R

And I'm using 2x2GB PC2 5300 kingston KVR667D2N5/2G

Now, I know that I am an idiot, and I cannot find any software that included in my GA P31 Mobo that could monitoring/tracking my CPU as well as Mobo Temprature.. could you please perhaps give me a link or tell me your recommended software for monitoring our Q6600 CPU temp and Gigabyte Mobo please...

yea I know I'm an idiot...


1 last question... (I'm afraid of asking abit too much thought )

could you perhaps provide me a detailed "step by step" on how you actually overclocked your Q6600 as that I'm completely ****** on this.. I was wonder how did you actually changed your Bus Speed from 266 to 300Mhz
and how you changed your FSB from 1066 to 1200
and yes.. I'm a complete ****** on overclocking... so perhaps every1 could be a little bit easy on me...

Thanks alot in advance guys... :D

[Stormcrow]

Hey Elite, no worries...one can never ask enough questions to learn. For overclocking, it's easy, although I recommend starting a new thread for it in the Overclocking section. You'll get many more helpful replies there then in an old thread.
For software monitoring, I'm not sure what exactly V is using, but the most common are:
TAT -Intel Thermal Analysis Tool
CoreTemp
Speedfan
RealTemp

If I missed one, someone else will chime in.

If your using an Nvidia based card or system, nTune provides a whole system analysis for the board, GPU, and processor. I believe the ATi Catalyst Control Center does this as well, but I haven't used a Radeon card in years. If you add your current rig to your signature, we'll be able to help you out a bit more.

[elite]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Hey Elite, no worries...one can never ask enough questions to learn. For overclocking, it's easy, although I recommend starting a new thread for it in the Overclocking section. You'll get many more helpful replies there then in an old thread.
For software monitoring, I'm not sure what exactly V is using, but the most common are:
TAT -Intel Thermal Analysis Tool
CoreTemp
Speedfan
RealTemp

If I missed one, someone else will chime in.

If your using an Nvidia based card or system, nTune provides a whole system analysis for the board, GPU, and processor. I believe the ATi Catalyst Control Center does this as well, but I haven't used a Radeon card in years. If you add your current rig to your signature, we'll be able to help you out a bit more.

Hi stormcrow...

Thanks for the help... and I will follow your recomend starting new thread... :D

here's my specs as yes I use NVidia based

Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
512MB NVidia GeForce 7300 GT
2x2GB Kingston PC2-5300 KVR667D2N5/2G


And I will try to find nTune for now.. :D:d thanks again... :D