Quote Originally Posted by rob[GL] View Post
Um, sure it is... At stock settings the cpu drops to 6x multiplier (6x333=2000) instead of 8x333 @ 2666MHz, and not only that - the Vcore drops from 1.35vcore to a bout 1.1v

On top of that, I have a laser temperature gun, I'm not using CoreTemp. I'm using Intel's Thermal Analysis Tool to report temperatures. At first I did not believe reporting 15celcius either... But first I touched the heatsink... It was COLD! Then I used the laser temperature gun to test the temperature of the heatsink, it was also below ambient.

If your bedroom is 25celcius, and you pickup say a metal screwdriver, it will be colder than ambient... Where maybe a spindle of cd's or a stack of paper will be the same warm as the rest of the room.

ANYWAYS... I have some early results with my new system, just started out very easy... Went to bios, disable C1E @ Speedstep (EIST) and then changed my VDIMM from stock 1.8v to 2.2v which is what my new Patriot memories claim to need. I left Vcore @ stock 1.35v (reports 1.32-1.33 in windows) and raised to FSB up to 400MHz.

Seems easily stable at this speed, and temperatures are still amazing me after HOURS of orthos, not even breaking a sweat.


::cough:: I want what you are smoking!! Take your analogy. A screwdriver isn't connected to a power source capable of producing temps of 700F. No way a cpu can be colder than the ambient temps without phase cooling/TEC. I've done watercooling for 10 years and even water running through the circuit without the computer turned on is +4C higher than ambient. My water block is cold also, but I still see temps +8C over ambient.

Also, if by chance Intel has been salvaging that UFO at Area 51 and you are really having temps < ambient, you'd also have issues with condensation. Condensation = mobo death, fried components, bonfire in the closet, etc.