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- Aug 19, 2004
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- Florida
This is my first water cooled computer and I am getting fantastic temperature readings. Too good to be true actually, but I like to hear what you all think.
E6750 (475x8) = 3.8 GHz @ 1.45 v
Abit IP35
2x1024 OCZ DDR2 800 2.3 v 5-5-5-15 2T
Thermaltake Armor LCS WC kit.
Room Temperature as measured by thermistor is 18 C.
Idle 15-17 deg C. Readings are higher in higher ambient temperature but not over 20 C even with ambient >30 C.
Load (Orthos blend) 45 deg C (a little higher using CPU intensive small FFTs but not over 50 C.)
I am using Rivatuner 2.05 with the C2D plug-in which reads off the CPU on die Digital Thermal Sensor.
MBM5, Speedfan and CoreTemp did not work. CoreTemp actually crashed Windows reproducibly and the others could not find the sensor.
Since I am new to water cooling I am not sure if this is expected performance or artificially low readings. I was led to believe that low end water is no better than high end air.
So
Question 1. Can idle temps be below ambient temp? I am thinking no, but by how much would you adjust these readings? 5 deg, 10 deg, 20 deg?
Question 2 How high can I boost voltage since I am no where near the thermal limit for this CPU? (I may need to get faster RAM)
E6750 (475x8) = 3.8 GHz @ 1.45 v
Abit IP35
2x1024 OCZ DDR2 800 2.3 v 5-5-5-15 2T
Thermaltake Armor LCS WC kit.
Room Temperature as measured by thermistor is 18 C.
Idle 15-17 deg C. Readings are higher in higher ambient temperature but not over 20 C even with ambient >30 C.
Load (Orthos blend) 45 deg C (a little higher using CPU intensive small FFTs but not over 50 C.)
I am using Rivatuner 2.05 with the C2D plug-in which reads off the CPU on die Digital Thermal Sensor.
MBM5, Speedfan and CoreTemp did not work. CoreTemp actually crashed Windows reproducibly and the others could not find the sensor.
Since I am new to water cooling I am not sure if this is expected performance or artificially low readings. I was led to believe that low end water is no better than high end air.
So
Question 1. Can idle temps be below ambient temp? I am thinking no, but by how much would you adjust these readings? 5 deg, 10 deg, 20 deg?
Question 2 How high can I boost voltage since I am no where near the thermal limit for this CPU? (I may need to get faster RAM)