I have my Q6600 overclocked to 3005.0 GHZ at 3.680 volts .... Idle temps 46-48 C and full seems to be around 68 C on watercooling is this ok???? what are people getting on air????? I went to the guy who I buy computer parts from and he says that it is way to high and should try re-seating the heatsink... I think these things just plain run that hot... Feedback???

Dave

Yes, too hot, on quite high end air mine are around 30 idle and 35over all.

hahahaha that is going to burn a hole in ur floor! That is way too hot for ur cpu. Is that oced to 30Ghz??? Well its not that bad butttt, its not good make sure ur water cooling unit tubing does not have any bubbles in it, cause thats bad...also make sure u have thermal past and the water block is fully covering ur cpu. Also I think ur vcore voltage is way too high and it 3Ghz not 300Ghz u mean 300Mhz. I feel ur vcore soul dbe no higher than 1.6v or 1.65v and ur max temp should be no higher than 50c-55c. You have some work to do my friend. GET TO IT AND FAST!! That temp is baking ur cpu.

Intel's recommendation for the quad's is no higher than a 1.350 vcore you have to remember 4 cores under one piece of silcon... I will reseat it tonight and let you know if it works..

quad chips are fine up to about 70c. These are hot chips. Vcore up to about 1.5 should also be no problem. A load temp of 35 on a quad just ain't gonna happen.
I think you meant to say something other than 3.680 volts - maybe 1.368?

Sorry yeah 3.680 the core would be toast it is 1.3680

Do you have the B3 or G0 stepping? My G0 is clocked the same as yours with less voltage on air and I have idles and load temps 10* cooler then yours. Is that the lowest stable voltage? I would try either lowering the voltage, or I would definitely look at reseating the block and checking for air bubbles.

i have a G0, and on air...in hot sunny cali...i was able to stay stable under full load at an average (across all cores) of 73....i was pushing 3.82...i have since backed off to 3.2 (which more than enough) and i hover about 48 idle to peaks of 65-68 ... all of this on air. i have had no problems yet...but i have worried about longevity. 3.82 ran orthos+nvidia demo+defrags+ plus 3 monitoring programs for an hour with no faults....but i was waiting for the BOOM....it seems so far to be happy about 65 all day...so far.