hey guys, i need some help please.
 
i live in Africa, where the ambient temperature is a bit high... sooo cooling is important for me, since i just have a stock cooler from intel  for now  and the temps are a bit high (60-70 idle) i would like to know what's the lowest  CPU voltage i can put on my processor so it gets cooler...  
 
my pc consists of :
 
Motherboard - Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS
CPU - Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ Stock
Graphics card - Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX @ Stock
RAM - 2 GB RAM (Legend i think, not very impressive)
HDD - 400GB HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
power supply - Procase 550W
 
the VID is 1.2750v and i lowered in the bios to 1.17v and the temperatures dropped to 50-52-50-49  idle (using coretemp )
 
how much lower can i get?
 
i appreciate the help
 
tks in advance

wow.. 1.17V is pretty decent, DO check if its stable or not.
 
and you might want to see this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ing-cooler
 
why dont you use an aftermarket cooler?

i just lowered the voltage do 1.05 and when i ran prime95 it restarted... so i put 1.10v and its stable... with idle temps at 47-49-47-45C =) and load around 68-68-73-66 C, =/...  
 
is there any other voltages that i can lower to make my cpu cooler? or anything else i can do?
 
the reason i dont use an aftermarket cooler is because they don't sell them here im Mozambique... i need to go to south africa maybe to buy one
 
any other tips on lowering my cpu temp?
 
i have an AC at 22C, case is opened ...
 
tks

i just read the thread... tks alot =)

Make sure the cooler is seated well too, if it's not, no amount of undervolting will make it run that cool.

temps are now at 49-48-51-46 @1.10v

i checked and the cooler is properly mounted... one thing to mention is that i don't have a good after market thermal paste. the one i`m using is a white crappy thermal paste =P...  
 
any ideas on how to get the cpu temp lower?
 
 
tks =)

Q6600 B3
2.7Ghz
1.15v Bios
1.11v Idle
 
Will drop as low as 1.09 under full load. 100% stable as far as ive been bothered to push it.
 
Get a Noctua/Thermalright/Scythe cooler. May be difficult and expensive where u are tho.

My Q6600 G0 runs stock 2.4GHz at 1.075V (BIOS) 24/7 Prime95 stable on a noname LC Power 550W (green power) PSU. I mention the PSU because it ran 3.0GHz at 1.24375V (BIOS) on that PSU and now runs 3.0GHz at 1.22500V (BIOS) on a Corsair HX 620W. I haven't tried lower voltages at stock but it could go a notch or two lower I guess.
 
I posted in graysky's thread sometime in November 2007 (while running stability tests) asking if this was "normal" for a VID = 1.30000V chip.
 
Temperatures are around 40C at load (24h Prime95, 4 threads).

Q6600 2.6GHz @ 1.15v for now  
 
temps 50-51-54-49 at idle.... 73 max load
 

witch is the best Air cooler for the Q6600? i want to know the BEST OF THE BEST... so i can get the lowest temperature ... i don't really mind the noise.. just as long as i have the desired cooling.
 
tks

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

There's 10 heatsinks in a top 5 list

^No. There's 20. 10 for performance and 10 for silence.
If you look closely you'll see 5 NEW and 5 OLD per side.
 
More is rarely less and in this case the XIGMATEK comes cheap, SUNBEAM is not sold here (for some funny "green" directive banned gas in their heatpipes).

I think the 5 new and 5 old thing is a coincidence.
 
Anyways, Xigmatek ftw. Not the push pins though.

5OLD:5NEW could be but a coincidence but it's not really an important detail I think. What I was trying to say is it's better to have a wider selection.
I never really payed attention to the OLD/NEW stickers as shops here tend not to have the widest of selections anyway.
I was quite happy to get the TRUE + SFF21F and the HDT-S1283 in local shops ... but payed through the roof for the TRUE.

I prefer to pay nothing but maybe that's just me.

As the old saying goes. You get what you pay for.
In this case nothing. But it's an awesome savings method

tks guys... for everything =)
 
i'm now running @ 2.678GHz @1.15v... my system seems fine.. but when i run prime95 for hours... its restarts... but just when its for a loooooong time....
any ideas?? and i cant get pass 1190 on the rated FSB , when i put 1195 its start's windows... but with prim95 it crashes, if i put 1200 it doesnt even go to windows... =(... what can i do?
 
i appreciate your help...
 
and tks for the site =) i just need to figure out where to buy the sunbeamtech=P