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I am using an 8800gtx in a microATX case, I have to underclock it from 576/900 to something like 250/450 unless I am playing a newer game.
At over 3ghz the performance for my Q6600 becomes saturated and there isn't much gain, so I just run it at normal speed. I use the lowest voltage possible to run that speed without error. 50C is still within normal temperature for a cpu according to the manufacturers (I just made that up, but I am pretty sure it is not abnormal temperature). People just want it to run at 70*F because it gets them better fps, but I still own players with faster computers, no offense.
Well for me I don't really care about FPS but my PC is on my dresser right next to my desk so it turns my room into a furnace since my 8800GT runs at like 70c during the day.
I went from overlock to stock speeds and voltage. I think I messed up the heatsink's pressure when I moved the computer and did some cleaning, so time to reapply the thermal paste. After that, hopefully I'm back up to speed again.
My room is like 27c, my ambient is like 50ish (case closed), so my Q6600 @3.5 idling at 52c is reasonable I guess. The problem is during load (x264 encoding) is like 67-68ish...that's kinda warm
my pc is fairly quite at idle 52dB@1cm (measured) or 21dB@1m
I hadn't really thought about it, but summer my house is probably cooler than it is in the winter. We have (mostly) free heat in the winter time, and the room I'm in is not well designed, so no matter where my box sits it's close enough to a heater to raise it's temp
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My room is like 27c, my ambient is like 50ish (case closed), so my Q6600 @3.5 idling at 52c is reasonable I guess. The problem is during load (x264 encoding) is like 67-68ish...that's kinda warm
my pc is fairly quite at idle 52dB@1cm (measured) or 21dB@1m
jees 27! i couldnt cope with th, i like my room at 19 or there abouts
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The fans on my Powerbook go crazy in the summer and there is nothing I can really do about it. Even set on lowest processor speed, I still hear the annoying fan whirring away.
I just got an old fanless iMac Snow G3 off eBay, which should be absolutely silent and I can't wait!
I use the lowest voltage possible to run that speed without error. 50C
Maximum allowable temperature according to Intel can be found on their site by searching for your revision or stepping of your CPU.
The temp probes used a quite inaccurate, but in the most cases they are biased so that they always show a couple of degrees C more than the CPU really is. The thermal junktion(TJ) can also make the temperature program do odd things if it does not recognize the correct TJ-max. The max temp on a Q6600 is depending on stepping 62-71 C according to Intels data sheet. The G0 can handle up to 71C stable and the B3(oldest revision) can handle 62.2 C.
The newer Intel models have some really strange temp probes the E8400 should be especially bad for some odd reason.
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Maximum allowable temperature according to Intel can be found on their site by searching for your revision or stepping of your CPU.
The temp probes used a quite inaccurate, but in the most cases they are biased so that they always show a couple of degrees C more than the CPU really is. The thermal junktion(TJ) can also make the temperature program do odd things if it does not recognize the correct TJ-max. The max temp on a Q6600 is depending on stepping 62-71 C according to Intels data sheet. The G0 can handle up to 71C stable and the B3(oldest revision) can handle 62.2 C.
The newer Intel models have some really strange temp probes the E8400 should be especially bad for some odd reason.
the 62.2 and 71 are not Tj, but rather are Tc; for SLACR, mid 70 Tj is still considered reasonable.
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