So I am curious as to what the running temps of a computer should be. I have a Q6600 overclocked to 3.2GHz. I have the Tuniq Tower 120 below half for its fan speed. I would like to know safe operating ranges for my computer so I don't cause damage to it. Here is where it is as it stands right now. Code: CPUID HWMonitor Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binaries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HWMonitor version 1.1.9.0 Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Model EP45-UD3P (0x00000247 - 0x02D9A9F8) LPCIO ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LPCIO Vendor ITE LPCIO Model IT8718 LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90 LPCIO Chip ID 0x8718 LPCIO Revision ID 0x5 Config Mode I/O address 0x2E Config Mode LDN 0x4 Config Mode registers 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 87 18 05 40 00 01 FF 3F 01 88 01 00 01 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 02 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290 Hardware Monitors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware monitor ITE IT87 Voltage 0 1.42 Volts [0x59] (CPU VCORE) Voltage 1 2.08 Volts [0x82] (DDR) Voltage 2 3.33 Volts [0xD0] (+3.3V) Voltage 3 4.92 Volts [0xB7] (+5V) Voltage 7 12.10 Volts [0xBD] (+12V) Voltage 8 3.15 Volts [0xC5] (VBAT) Temperature 0 48°C (118°F) [0x30] (System) Temperature 1 45°C (112°F) [0x2D] (CPU) Fan 0 1834 RPM [0x170] (FANIN0) Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0) Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1) Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2) Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00 13 10 00 00 FF FF 00 37 FF 87 54 09 17 70 FF FF 10 FF FF FF 76 D7 FD FC FD 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 20 59 82 D0 B7 20 07 06 BD C5 30 2D FE 80 82 CC CC 30 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 40 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 5F 74 2D 40 9C 22 FF FF FF FF 50 FF 2A 7F 7F 7F 50 F9 F9 90 F9 07 12 60 00 00 00 60 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF 70 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 80 FF FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 90 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Hardware monitor AMD ADL Voltage 0 0.95 Volts [0x3B5] (VIN0) Temperature 0 50°C (121°F) [0x32] (TMPIN0) Processors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of processors 1 Number of threads 4 APICs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 0 -- Core 2 -- Thread 0 2 -- Core 3 -- Thread 0 3 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 1 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 1 ID = 0 Number of cores 4 (max 4) Number of threads 4 (max 4) Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Codename Kentsfield Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4) CPUID 6.F.B Extended CPUID 6.F Core Stepping G0 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 2400.1 MHz Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 400.0 MHz Rated Bus speed 1600.0 MHz Stock frequency 2400 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes FID range 6.0x - 9.0x Max VID 1.325 V Thread dumps ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU Thread 0 APIC ID 0 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) CPU Thread 1 APIC ID 2 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 2, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) CPU Thread 2 APIC ID 3 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 3, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) MSR 0x00000199 0x00000000 0x0000061B CPU Thread 3 APIC ID 1 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) Storage ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x1532, product=0x0109 USB Device USB Input Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x046D, product=0xC069 USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x04B8, product=0x0870 Graphic APIs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- API ATI I/O API ADL SDK Display Adapters ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display adapter 0 Name Radeon HD 6850 Codename Barts Technology 40 nm Memory type GDDR5 GPU ref clock 27000 PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0) Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x1458) Model ID 0x6739 (0x21F8)
So I set my comp back to default because when I ran the prime95 Blend test my computer crashed less than 2 minutes into it....Not sure if I was supposed to run that test or not. I set my overclock back to default which is 2.4GHz for my processor. I ran Prime95 again, this time on In-place large FFTs. Supposed to cause maximum heat, power consumption and some RAM. My Build is this. Keep in mind I only ran the Prime95 test for 10 minutes. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan and Fan Controller/Heatsink PC Power and Cooling S75CF 750W EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card NZXT Guardian 921 CS-NT-GD921-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case It seems to me I should be able to overclock and keep cooler temps that what I am getting. Code: CPUID HWMonitor Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binaries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HWMonitor version 1.1.9.0 Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Model EP45-UD3P (0x00000247 - 0x02D9A9F8) LPCIO ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LPCIO Vendor ITE LPCIO Model IT8718 LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90 LPCIO Chip ID 0x8718 LPCIO Revision ID 0x5 Config Mode I/O address 0x2E Config Mode LDN 0x4 Config Mode registers 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 87 18 05 40 00 01 FF 3F 01 88 01 00 01 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 02 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290 Hardware Monitors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware monitor ITE IT87 Voltage 0 1.26 Volts [0x4F] (CPU VCORE) Voltage 1 2.08 Volts [0x82] (DDR) Voltage 2 3.33 Volts [0xD0] (+3.3V) Voltage 3 4.92 Volts [0xB7] (+5V) Voltage 7 12.10 Volts [0xBD] (+12V) Voltage 8 3.15 Volts [0xC5] (VBAT) Temperature 0 52°C (125°F) [0x34] (System) Temperature 1 49°C (120°F) [0x31] (CPU) Fan 0 1979 RPM [0x155] (FANIN0) Fan 3 33 RPM [0x4EFF] (FANIN3) Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0) Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1) Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2) Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00 13 10 00 00 FF FF 00 37 FF 87 54 09 17 56 FF FF 10 FF FF FF 76 D7 FD FC FD 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 20 4F 82 D0 B7 0D 03 06 BD C5 34 31 FE 80 D7 9A 9A 30 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 40 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 5F 74 2D 40 9C 22 FF FF FF FF 50 FF 2A 7F 7F 7F 50 F9 F9 90 F9 07 12 60 00 00 00 60 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF 70 00 14 41 23 90 03 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 80 FF FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 90 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Hardware monitor AMD ADL Voltage 0 0.95 Volts [0x3B5] (VIN0) Temperature 0 53°C (127°F) [0x35] (TMPIN0) Processors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of processors 1 Number of threads 4 APICs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 0 -- Core 3 -- Thread 0 3 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 1 -- Core 2 -- Thread 0 2 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 1 ID = 0 Number of cores 4 (max 4) Number of threads 4 (max 4) Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Codename Kentsfield Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4) CPUID 6.F.B Extended CPUID 6.F Core Stepping G0 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 1600.1 MHz Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 266.7 MHz Rated Bus speed 1066.7 MHz Stock frequency 2400 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes FID range 6.0x - 9.0x Max VID 1.325 V Thread dumps ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU Thread 0 APIC ID 0 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) CPU Thread 1 APIC ID 3 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 3, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) CPU Thread 2 APIC ID 1 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) CPU Thread 3 APIC ID 2 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 2, Thread ID 0 Type 01008005h Max CPUID level 0000000Ah Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s) Storage ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x1532, product=0x0109 USB Device USB Input Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x046D, product=0xC069 USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x04B8, product=0x0870 Graphic APIs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- API ATI I/O API ADL SDK Display Adapters ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display adapter 0 Name Radeon HD 6850 Codename Barts Technology 40 nm Memory type GDDR5 GPU ref clock 27000 PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0) Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x1458) Model ID 0x6739 (0x21F8)
See my reply in your thread here. If your overclock isn't stable then it will indeed crash pretty quickly running something like Prime95 (IIRC, blend test is a mix of CPU/RAM). Around 50 degrees on a stress test with Prime95 for your default clock is fine, probably means you're running normally at 35-40 degrees. Your cooler should be sufficient and I'm presuming you have a reasonably standard airflow going through your case. You don't really want to be getting any hotter than 65 on a stress test when you're overclocked. How far were you overclocking? From my limited reading, it seems you should be able to get to 3GHz with a small increase in voltage and still keep things stable. Might want to take a look at this and do some general reading around.
Sorry, I see you mentioned your original overclock in the OP. Did you do any stress testing initially when you first built the PC to test stability at higher temperatures/strain? I'm not entirely sure what the problem is - your PC is running at safe temperatures at standard clock speed, your overclock was running fine (?) until you put it through some actual testing and found it overheats/crashes? What are you trying to achieve? I mean technically processors can operate up to 100+ degrees but that's obviously not a safe operating temperature for any sort of daily use.
