OCing again

[halutzparilla]

i just started to OC my E6600 i was able to get 2997MHZ[3.0GHZ] stable
but the temp is practically crazy idling at 42-48C and at Itat 100% load 67-69C
i dont know whether i would down the CPU Volt or what...
and another weird thing under Bios Hardware Temp i'm idle at 30-32C???
i'm using the 2 GB Patriot RAM in my SIg at 1000MHZ 5-5-5-18
Zalaman 9700LED with STG1 thermal grease [ my AS5 was wasted, the silver and the oil separated for some reason...

here some pix:





the rest of the stuff is at stock condition...

[halutzparilla]

i just lowered my CPU Volt at 1.36V from 1.40V earlier FSB at 335mhz, idle still at 42-50C
but with Orthos Stress Blend Test its hovering at 55-60C and with
IntelTAT 63-66C... RAM still at 1000MHZ 5-5-5-18



should i leave this running for 24 hours or should i find a way to lower temp first... this is pretty stable to
me other than the High Temps...???

[Quakindude]

That's the ticket right there too. Use the lowest voltage you can to get the overclock you want.

[gvblake22]

Personally, anything in the mid to upper 50ºC range is getting close to crossing the line for me. If it is stable, that is always a good start. The best way to lower temps is with better cooling, but like Quakin' said, lowering your voltage is the next best thing. I don't know if I would feel comfortable letting my computer run at 100% load for 24 hours with temps already at 57ºC.

[halutzparilla]

actually the temps are most possibly caused by my DS3 acting like a crap with Temp sensors... the finally OC i got was 3.024GHZ at 1.4V FSB335 with temp hovering at 66-69C with Itat 100% full bot cores load, and 55-59C with Orthos Blend CPU/RAM test at room temp of 73-75F with Zalaman 9700LED... it went 24 hours with out a glitch at Orthos test but i'm not comfortable doing Itat Dual Core 100% Full load at 24 hours, i think its time to take a new board. maybe by end of this year or early January...

[Mr. Miyagi]

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

[halutzparilla]

just want to revived this thread: here is my new OC, stable 24 hours with Itat 10 Hours and 13Hours Orthos Prime...

CPU-Z Validator Database

3.014GHZ at 1.47V
ambient room temp at 78F
Idle CPU Temp 33-38C sometimes it drops to 25-27C if the room temp drops...

i removed the Stealth GPU block because of defeating the purpose of lowering my CPU temps... so GPU is back at 50-56C idle... GPU loads with CSS Video stress test at 70-75C

i'm gana stay this way for a while till i get money for the new case...

i'm returning my P35-DS3R Rev2.0 due to i been tinkering with it for a week and it just wont let me OC it... and it basically runs everything hotter... i dont know that is the second Gigabyte Board that runs hot in temp so, i'm sticking with my DS3 965P....

after i get the money back from my return i will buy a 3D Aurora Case to house my H2O rig for now i'm using 8800GTS stock fans... till i get everything going again, i will settle down with this rig until next mid year...