Thread: CPU temp monitoring confusion. Increasing overclock on old 65nm Conroe e6850 C2D

I am looking at increasing my overclock from 3.6 Ghz/1.45 v to 3.85 Ghz/ 1.50625 v-1.525 v?. I just do not know which monitor to trust when I start to increase my voltage.

I have tried 3 different programs, BIOS, Case monitor and I get 5 different temp readings
idle/load
Speedfan: 32/39
CoreTemp: 35/44
RealTemp: 40/49
BIOS: 42/?
Case Monitor: 34/35

Any suggestions?

Try CPU-Z.

I ended up doing a full liquid swap, radiator clean and replaced the thermal paste on my CPU. Dropped 3.6 OC temps down to 30 deg idle, 54 Load. Now RealTemp and Core Temp are both on the same page, so I decided to stick with Core temp as it has good reviews with core 2 duos and has been the most consistent. Now time to see how far I can push this old dinasour. If I can get 3.8 GHz under 1.55 V / 65 C load I will be happy.

I think I ran my e6850 at 3.7GHz stable, but had trouble pushing it much farther than that. It has been a long time, but even 3.6 GHz is a decent overclock (20%). I swapped out my e6850 for an e8400, and I was able to get 4.0-4.2GHz.

Originally Posted by HeavyG

I think I ran my e6850 at 3.7GHz stable, but had trouble pushing it much farther than that. It has been a long time, but even 3.6 GHz is a decent overclock (20%). I swapped out my e6850 for an e8400, and I was able to get 4.0-4.2GHz.

Strange thing is I can run 3.6 at stock voltage, anything higher than that and the chip becomes exponentially power hungry. If memory serves me correct the first time I OC'd i hit a hole between 3.7 and 3.8. I could get 3.82-3.9 to run stable, but the temps were too high for my liking. Maybe with the new heatsink I can squeeze a bit more out of it. I was hoping to have upgraded to a q9650 by now, but the darn things never came down in price:/ Be better off buying a new MB and CPU.

How much are you finding the Q9650 for? I bought the QX9650, and immediately got rid of it. I ran it side by side with my i5-760, and the 760 ripped it apart in almost everything (partly because the 760 would hit 4.2GHz), and the 9650 ran HOT HOT HOT!!! Later on down the line, I upgraded the 760 to an i7-870, which gave me a boost when doing video transcoding, but didn't help at all with gaming.

Sad thing is that you can get an i7-760 for about $120, which is much cheaper than the Q9650. You can also find decent P55 chipset motherboards for less than $100. I bet for $250, you could get an i5-760 (or 750), P55 Motherboard, and 4 GB of DDR3. I still have the i5-760 in my Home Theater PC. A bit overkill for streaming/watching video, but it is a great chip.

480 bucks new on Amazon! Hard to believe they are still getting that kind of money with the new tech that is out. I am broke right now so am trying to milk my old 780i board and CPU for all they are worth. Soon as I get my mileage compensation and sell a few things on ebay, I am looking at upgrading though. Like you said 250 bucks and I could be set up. I don't think I would benefit from a new GPU until I get a new processor and MB. Until then I am going to put the screws to my hardware hehe.