Before I start typing away, thanks for replying!
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Originally Posted by crackzattic
man if u lapped it even a little bit it should have helped and with that much intake in your case it should be fine. i have my Vcore up to 1.4875 and my hottest core is 62 with my Tuniq tower. i really dont know why your temps are so high but ya u dont want to get up past 62 then it starts getting to hot. your Vcore must be really low what is it? u can see it in CoreTemp
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The DS3L has a well known Vdrop/droop. In the BIOs I set the CPU voltage at the following for these speeds and also load temps (Prime 95 w/ small FFTs):
333x9 @ 1.2625v
350x9 @ 1.1275v 57/51/51/55 (20 minutes of Prime)
360x9 @ 1.31875v 58/52/52/56 (3 hours of Prime)
370x9 @ 1.36250v 60/59/56/56 (8 hours of Prime)
380x9 @ 1.3875v 62/57/57/61 (5 hours of Prime) WITH +.1v to NB and FSB
390x9 @ 1.4375v 67/66/61/61 (10 minutes with Thermal Monitor) WITH +.2v to NB and FSB (Seemed to help keep it stable, ~60% sure. Might be overdoing it though.)
All but the 390x9 voltage should be stable. The 390x9 I never finished testing due to the Thermal Monitor option kicking in.
The reason my temps are high might be because of the Arctic Square. It's a decent cooler, but I'm not really sure how good it is with a C2Q since those give off more heat than a C2D. Also, I might of mounted it wrong or used too much thermal paste (AS 5). It was my first time building a computer and handling this kind of stuff. Luckily, I had a friend help.
Check second section of post for ambient temps. If you guys want me to put voltages after Vdrop/droop, just let me know.
Also, there's a much bigger jump in temps going from 380x9 to 390x9. Most of the stress testing was done in my room on the colder days.
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Originally Posted by Mercyflush64
Are you taking into account what your ambient room temperatures are? Last week we had a couple hot days and my core temps jumped almost 20c. I also had decent fans and cooling inside my case but because I didn't make sure that I had airflow on the outside it made a huge difference once I gave my case some room on all sides. Sometimes it's these simple things that people can overlook and assume it must be hardware involved like I had done.
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Haha yeah. Last couple days have been a scorcher compared to 2 weeks ago. I live in CA and usually my room temperature is about 20-23C or 65-70F or around there. On the more warmer days it's about 24-26C and 75-80F. Nah, I'm pretty sure it's hardware. Heatsink to be specific.
Let me know if I need to post more information. Sorry for big wall o' words.