[skyline889]

So its summer here and the temps have shot through the roof and I've noticed I've had my idle temps on my CPU increase by 15c compared to this spring! Because of this, I've been forced to reduce clock speed on my E6600 from 3.6 to 3ghz to get idle temps in the mid 30s. At 3.6 I was idling at 46-50c with a TRUE 120! How many of you guys have to reduce clock speed because of summer heat? Any temporary solutions?

 

[necropimp]

nope... my slow computer cools itself adequately...

however in one of my old computers i had a voodoo 2 that had to be underclocked by 5MHz or i got dots all over textures in games

those were the days

 

[Hardcoreckn]

I run my computer under clocked a good amount of the time mainly because I enjoy a really really quiet computer. The summer heat has never forced me to do such.

 

[Zorander]

Cool 'n Quiet does its job wonderfully for me.

 

[Sh0eBoX]

never had to do that. my temps increase just a tiny bit if any.

 

[terrymx]

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.

 

[krmathis]

I don't.
There are no way (afaik) to clock down this MacBook Pro. It don't seem to run much hotter than in the wintertime anyway though, so its no rush.

 

[Dzjudz]

No, actually the computer fans and cooling act as an aircondition for the rest of the room.

 

[Al4x]

my laptops fans seem to do a good job, it gets hot playing crysis tho graphics card at 75-80C

 

[nor_spoon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't. There are no way (afaik) to clock down this MacBook Pro. It don't seem to run much hotter than in the wintertime anyway though, so its no rush.

There is a reason for that. There is little to no summer here!

 

[skyline889]

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrymx /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

 

[Superpredator]

I thought about it, but clearing some stuff out from under my desk seemed to improve airflow.

 

[skitlets]

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.

 

[chesebert]

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

 

[Steve The Egg]

I don't really underclock. I just set stock settings for a couple of months. I can't notice a difference in anything else than encoding.