55+ idle is hot for 400FSB. What heatsink you are on anyway? Check your fans, thermal paste and cable management too.

He didn't turn off EIST so his multiplier will drop when idle.

There most be something wrong with your hardware then. You did a very good job on the cables. I don't know how many fans you can put into your casing but more fans will help the cooling. I can see a FM123 on the exhaust.

His idle is 56C and load is 66C. He didn't put Realtemp on his first screenshot.

Idle without any stress at 3.2Ghz@1.25v :
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Load at 3.2Ghz@1.25v:
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This post has been edited by TristanX: Apr 14 2009, 04:47 PM

Uploaded some screens of my current OC at post #15. This is the temperature after rain.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Apr 14 2009, 04:50 PM

I never really research how much my processor needs on my setup. I'll try at stock then 1.2v. hehe

I've heard there are some faulty Digital Thermal Sensor on some sites so I think your's is either faulty or the BIOS needs update. Try updating the BIOS and hope it's fixed.

Is the temperture after rain? The screenshot I posted is after rain. I gonna mess around with stock voltage and see how cool I could get. hehe

I don't know which revision you are on but this is where you get your BIOS:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherb...Keyword=p35-ds3

Gigabyte has dual BIOS for safety.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Apr 14 2009, 07:19 PM

Dual BIOS is for you to restore your BIOS just in case you mess up on BIOS update or having problems.

Good luck. I'm going to go stock vcore for 3.2Ghz tonight to see how cool and stable it is.

I'm using Tuniq TX-2 thermal compound for my heatsink. What are you using for yours?

Update on Q9450 for 3.2Ghz@1.175v, there is not much difference on idle but it's cooler on load:

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Have to stress at least an hour to find out the stability.

I think you just need to do something in your casing. How many high performance fans do you have inside? I have 5 + 2 silent, reduced from 7 cause my top fans can't get more air to exhaust. lol

My 2 FM123 fans has some rpm drop. Looks like it's getting weary. Used to be 2000rpm and it is controlled by my motherboard.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Apr 14 2009, 09:39 PM

Hopefully it's your faulty DTS.

I have 1 Silverstone FM123, 3 Coolermaster 90CFM fans for intake. 2 graphic cards exhaust air on it's own, 1 Silverstone FM123 and 2 Coolermaster Silent LED fans for exhaust. I forgot I have an Evercool 80x80x15 fan exhausting air behind my motherboard.

Mine is not really powerful already. Core i7 is. I had to bump my CPU to 3.2Ghz because of crossfire. I get a lot of improvement at this speed.

Yeah, I get a huge improvements on FPS.

Only thing I could think of is replacing your silent fans to or adding performance fans. Try slapping a PCI exhaust next to your graphic card if your graphic card doesn't exhaust air on it's own.