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GA-X58A-UD3R / Core i7 920 D0 heat query
Hi all,
Bit concerned by reported temps (using HWmonitor & CoreTemp). System idles at ~52C (CPU is clocked back to 2400MHz). Under 100% load (using Prime95) the CPU's at 4GHz and I'm getting a reported 100C reading from both apps :-/ Oddly, the CPU alarm in the BIOS is set at 80C and it never beeps whenever this is exceeded. BIOS temp reports a steady 49C when I'm in there. System was bought as a pre-built, pre-overclocked bundle and has been rock-steady since day one (a month ago or so). Not a single crash, and I've been thrashing away at Modern Warfare 2 for hours on end without a single glitch. Can I ignore these temps and just trust the BIOS to do its thing or is it worth stripping the machine down to check the thermal paste? Cheers, Mark |
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GA-X58A-UD3R / Core i7 920 D0 heat query
On 3/17/2010 12:20 PM, Mark West wrote:
Hi all, Bit concerned by reported temps (using HWmonitor & CoreTemp). System idles at ~52C (CPU is clocked back to 2400MHz). Under 100% load (using Prime95) the CPU's at 4GHz and I'm getting a reported 100C reading from both apps :-/ Oddly, the CPU alarm in the BIOS is set at 80C and it never beeps whenever this is exceeded. BIOS temp reports a steady 49C when I'm in there. System was bought as a pre-built, pre-overclocked bundle and has been rock-steady since day one (a month ago or so). Not a single crash, and I've been thrashing away at Modern Warfare 2 for hours on end without a single glitch. Can I ignore these temps and just trust the BIOS to do its thing or is it worth stripping the machine down to check the thermal paste? Cheers, Mark It's challenging to know what these hardware monitor programs are actually reading. I doubt if you'd be stable if you actually exceeded 90C for very long. Assuming the fan or cooling system is working as it should, that the thermal compound between the CPU and heatsink is alright, and that the heatsink is well seated, then I don't see how that could be. If it was pre-built and pre-overclocked, is the setting for vcore voltage in BIOS appropriate for the CPU now that it's not overclocked? I have the same motherboard and processor. My heatsink/fan is upgraded from the default Intel version that came with the processor, but it's nothing fancy. Running 4 climate models on 4 cores (hyperthreading turned off) with 100% CPU utilization, the reading on each core is about 60C with an ambient room temperature of 25C. Running 8 with hyperthreading on makes the temps go up to the upper 60s C for each core. This is in Linux. It has been running stable that way continuously for 9 months. George |
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