[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

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Your E6600 is a bit hot on prime - you want to try to get it down to round about 60c. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...perature-guide If you can reduce vcore or lap the CPU. Preferably both for maximum benefit -lol! What thermal paste have you got - I recommend MX-2 for great all round performance.No cure time and as good as As5 if not better. A better HSF would also help - the tuniq isnt one of the best around. My lilltle Ultima which is way smaller will outperform it http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=137838

That said it will only hit these temps running prime - not during gaming or app use. Mine used to do 60-62 on prime. You might find this thread of interest http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155116 TinTIn had a good chip and ran 450x8 on low volts with his cooling setup. Note that apart from vcore/voDIMM he set all other volts/settings to minimum. You need to check yours will run with FSB 450 before you go for the overclock - try it with a lower multiplier.

Thanks

Paste is Artic Silver Ceramique.

Good news was it hit 8 hours stable in Orthos!

Now to see if I can bring the temps down... Slowly taking voltage down 1 notch at a time, and running orthos.

I'll post my BIOS settings in 5!





ps. I noticed TinTin only goes about 15/30 mins in Orthos! Is that really enough?