Hi
Trying to cool down a hot and bothered pc!
Its an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Kentsfield).
Its fine when idling but when loaded to 100% rendering some 3D images the temp climbs to 85 degs and the cpu fan is super noisy.
Have a look at the attached picture.
Here's things I've tried:
1. Replaced the original 850W PSU with a more modest 500W PSU - still hot and noisy.
2. Cleaned the fans - no change
3. Replaced the old stock Intel heatsink with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro heatsink, the reviews were fantastic so got it and installed it correctly, being careful to remove all the original thermal paste etc.
I thought this had worked as the idling temp seemed lower but sadly once the CPU usage hit 100% the temp in most of the cores reached 85 again.
The machine is now quieter but still hot!
I'm a little out of ideas now, no idea why its so hot. The case, should mention the case, its huge, absolutely huge, very hi-tech with lots and lots of ventilation meshes on the sides etc.
Whats weird is I have another pc with the same cpu, in a small cramped case, with stock heatsink and the temp never gets above 69 degs.
The only difference in the cool machine is the Frequency of the cpu:
hot one says 1598Mhz (266.39 x 6.0)
cold one says 2393Mhz (265 x 9.0)
Any ideas? Could it be that the previous owner has tried to overclock it or something?
Thanks for taking the time to look!
Trying to cool down a hot and bothered pc!
Its an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Kentsfield).
Its fine when idling but when loaded to 100% rendering some 3D images the temp climbs to 85 degs and the cpu fan is super noisy.
Have a look at the attached picture.
Here's things I've tried:
1. Replaced the original 850W PSU with a more modest 500W PSU - still hot and noisy.
2. Cleaned the fans - no change
3. Replaced the old stock Intel heatsink with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro heatsink, the reviews were fantastic so got it and installed it correctly, being careful to remove all the original thermal paste etc.
I thought this had worked as the idling temp seemed lower but sadly once the CPU usage hit 100% the temp in most of the cores reached 85 again.
The machine is now quieter but still hot!
I'm a little out of ideas now, no idea why its so hot. The case, should mention the case, its huge, absolutely huge, very hi-tech with lots and lots of ventilation meshes on the sides etc.
Whats weird is I have another pc with the same cpu, in a small cramped case, with stock heatsink and the temp never gets above 69 degs.
The only difference in the cool machine is the Frequency of the cpu:
hot one says 1598Mhz (266.39 x 6.0)
cold one says 2393Mhz (265 x 9.0)
Any ideas? Could it be that the previous owner has tried to overclock it or something?
Thanks for taking the time to look!