Upgrading Intel E6750 Stock Air Cooler (LGA 775)
As the title suggests, I've been thinking about upgrading the stock Intel fan/heatsink that came with the E6750 Dual-Core Processor to something more reliable.
Could anyone recommend me a good Cooler for a Socket LGA 755? Preferably under/around $30? (Feel free to recommend whatever, it would just be really nice if it was around that price range)
Also, does anyone know the danger temperatures for the E6750?
I've been using HWMonitor to check my temps, and at Idle my temperatures stay around 36-40C. I had noticed that under load, "CPU" was hitting about ~65C, however it was saying each core (2 cores) were hitting just about 90C.
So I reapplied some Arctic Silver Thermal Paste to the CPU/Heatsink last week, using a razor blade to make it a thin and smooth layer (still visibly covering). I noticed the temperatures under load dropped to "CPU" being ~47C, and my 2 cores hitting right around 60C. However, over the past few days its slowly gone up to "CPU" hitting about 53C, and my 2 cores hitting upto 70C. Is this normal? Is the thermal paste possibly too thin, or is this a case of it just..."breaking in" for lack of a better term.
Should I just pay attention to the "CPU" temperature rating instead of worrying about the Core temperature ratings?
As a last note, I'd like to try bumping my CPU from 2.66GHz to 3GHz after getting heating worries out of the way.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations/advice!
As the title suggests, I've been thinking about upgrading the stock Intel fan/heatsink that came with the E6750 Dual-Core Processor to something more reliable.
Could anyone recommend me a good Cooler for a Socket LGA 755? Preferably under/around $30? (Feel free to recommend whatever, it would just be really nice if it was around that price range)
Also, does anyone know the danger temperatures for the E6750?
I've been using HWMonitor to check my temps, and at Idle my temperatures stay around 36-40C. I had noticed that under load, "CPU" was hitting about ~65C, however it was saying each core (2 cores) were hitting just about 90C.
So I reapplied some Arctic Silver Thermal Paste to the CPU/Heatsink last week, using a razor blade to make it a thin and smooth layer (still visibly covering). I noticed the temperatures under load dropped to "CPU" being ~47C, and my 2 cores hitting right around 60C. However, over the past few days its slowly gone up to "CPU" hitting about 53C, and my 2 cores hitting upto 70C. Is this normal? Is the thermal paste possibly too thin, or is this a case of it just..."breaking in" for lack of a better term.
Should I just pay attention to the "CPU" temperature rating instead of worrying about the Core temperature ratings?
As a last note, I'd like to try bumping my CPU from 2.66GHz to 3GHz after getting heating worries out of the way.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations/advice!
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