CORE TEMPS

[falcon23]

wolfdaleE8400

 With orthos running for 2 min got to

CORE0-65c
CORE1-66c

 AT idle...

CORE0-42c
CORE1-47c

 THis is with stock cooling..

 I am curious as to if this is a good temp as when I was seating heatsink I pulled it up,then set it back down..Are these temps within OK range????

                                                   FALCON23

     Reading was with Core temp

[Getback]

That's a little warm. I am usually around 42 at full bore. I'm using a zalman though.

[Rondar]

How do you guys go about doing the temp check?  I have no idea how that is done.

[falcon23]

OK,I have an update..I am reading that Coretemp does not read some intels correctly..So I downloaded REALtemp2.60 and temps under load were

CORE0-53c
CORE1-54c

 and at IDLE

CORE0--32c
CORE1--37


                                                Looks better than the above one..
                                                      Falcon23

RONDAR,do a search for coretemp  and DL it and run it..

 ALSO,REALTEMP2.60

                               

[Getback]

Much better. I was thinking that my comp is set to shut down at 60 or 65 c.

[Getback]

Welp, Downloaded coretemp and found my temps didn't change under load. They just stayed the same. There's an alleged issue with the Dual Core E series sensors. I read up on it and Intel is denying there is a problem. However the forums are full of postings regarding the matter. Intel says to just look at the cpu temp only.

My cores where 55c and 33c which is about what everyone else was saying. Oh well, it runs good, I'll leave it at that.

[Gixer]

wolfdaleE8400

 With orthos running for 2 min got to

CORE0-65c
CORE1-66c

 AT idle...

CORE0-42c
CORE1-47c

What CPU and voltage are you running? You should have room to lower CPU voltage which will drop those temps significantly.

That's a bit warm, especially the Idle temps. Ideally you want to be under 60c with load. The stock coolers are great and they are good enough for an efficent clock, but for $50 you can pick up a high end air cooler like a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme and you'll drop your temps 15c.

On my overclocked box with the Ultra it runs at 28c idle and never passes 46c under load which is amazing for air imho.

Far better then the old days of mucking around with cheap water cooling kits, get better or the same performance for a fraction of the price, hardly any time at all to setup and no ongoing maintenance.


<S>...-Gixer

[falcon23]

I am running an E8400 wolfdale @1.150V.
                                        Falcon23

[Gixer]

I am running an E8400 wolfdale @1.150V.
                                        Falcon23

1.15v (ok thought it might be on auto for those temps) thats hot even for a stock cooler at 1.15v which is a low voltage. I'd pull it off,clean,apply a tiny layer of good thermal compound and try again.


<S>...-Gixer

[Getback]

1.15v (ok thought it might be on auto for those temps) thats hot even for a stock cooler at 1.15v which is a low voltage. I'd pull it off,clean,apply a tiny layer of good thermal compound and try again.


<S>...-Gixer

That's what I told him.

Falcon, you ever reset your heatsink with a new layer of thermal compound? If not clean the old off first.

[BaldEagl]

I just did that myself (stock Intel cooler).  I didn't even have to remove the Motherboard.  Pull the HS/Fan, clean the contact areas of both the HS and the CPU with rubbing alchohol, then apply a couple of drops of Arctic Silver 5 (available at Radio Shack) to the contact patch on the HS.  Spread it evenly in a thin layer (I used a plastic putty knife), then re-mount the HS/fan and you should be good to go.

[Fulmar]

Spread it evenly in a thin layer (I used a plastic putty knife), then re-mount the HS/fan and you should be good to go.

Last time i read the Arctic Silver 5 directions couple weeks ago, it said nothing of 'spreading' it out.  Just do a think vertical line.
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf

"Carefully apply Arctic Silver 5 directly to the heatspreader of the CPU. Only apply thermal compound to the top of the actual CPU heatspreader. Put a very thin line in close proximity to the center of the heatspreader as depicted in red, like the photo at left. Be CAREFUL to apply the thermal compound in the CORRECT DIRECTION. To apply a line in the correct direction, do the following: Make sure to orient your CPU heatspreader with the triangle mark on the chip pointing down and to the left. You can see the yellow arrow on the photo pointing to this triangle mark. The red line in the photo depicts the amount and size of Arctic Silver 5 you will be using. Note the bottom photo at left. This is an Intel Dual Core processor as well but with the heatspreader removed. Notice the elongated chip and how the line of thermal compound will vertically cross the dual core chip when properly applied."

"Once the heatsink is properly mounted, grasp the heatsink and very gently twist it slightly clockwise and counterclockwise one time each if possible (Just one or two degrees or so). Please note that some heatsinks cannot be twisted once mounted. However, our testing has shown that this method minimizes the possibility of air bubbles and voids in the thermal interface between the heat spreader and the heatsink. Since the vast majority of the
heat from the core travels directly through the heat spreader, it is more important to have a good interface directly above the actual CPU core than it is to have the heat spreader covered with compound from corner to corner. Happy cooling."

[BaldEagl]

Last time i read the Arctic Silver 5 directions couple weeks ago, it said nothing of 'spreading' it out.  Just do a think vertical line.

My stock Intel HS/fan came with three small strips of thermal paste on it.  When I installed it, I simply put it in place and locked it in.  When I pulled it off, there were obvious air pockets, so when I re-installed it, in order to eliminate that possibility, I spread the compound.  Also I had read about it somewhere.  I can't emember where that was though.

[Fulmar]

I'm just quotin' the manual!

[Getback]

My stock Intel HS/fan came with three small strips of thermal paste on it.  When I installed it, I simply put it in place and locked it in.  When I pulled it off, there were obvious air pockets, so when I re-installed it, in order to eliminate that possibility, I spread the compound.  Also I had read about it somewhere.  I can't emember where that was though.

When I built my AMD machine, 2 months prior to the e8400, the manual said remove the stock thermal gray stuff.