True Black 120, 32-40c, good or decent?

spontant · Post by **spontant** » Fri May 28, 2010 4:16 pm

Hey!

I have an Antec 900 chassi and an True Black 120 heatsink with two Scythe 120mm @ 800 rpms

The temperature varies between 32-34 during idle and 40 during load.

I tried seaching but couldn't find what a decent temperature for this setup would be.

What do you say, good, decent or even bad?

Thanks!

Best regards

ilovejedd · Post by **ilovejedd** » Fri May 28, 2010 5:29 pm

40C during load should be well below most processors' max temp specification so at the very least, the values you're getting are safe.

However, whether they're good or not depend on several factors:
ambient temperature
processor

spontant · Post by **spontant** » Fri May 28, 2010 5:52 pm

ilovejedd wrote:40C during load should be well below most processors' max temp specification so at the very least, the values you're getting are safe.

However, whether they're good or not depend on several factors:
ambient temperature
processor

ATI Phenom II 955 Black edition, unclocked, it's about 23c in the room

mentawl · Post by **mentawl** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:42 pm

What kinda load are you putting it under?

RoGuE · Post by **RoGuE** » Sat May 29, 2010 8:18 pm

is that 40C core? or CPU temp...cause there is a difference. The former is measured off of a thermistor inside the actual chip..versus the latter which is a sensor on the motherboard. If you're seeing 40C core..don't bother second guessing yourself..that is rediculously cool.

If it's reading 40C CPU, then your core temps could be upwards of 60-65C easily. As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to keep the cores below 60C at all times (even with an overclocked CPU). This keeps it well within it's max temperature rating (most will start throttling when it gets closer to 75C +)

spontant · Post by **spontant** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:10 am

RoGuE wrote:is that 40C core? or CPU temp...cause there is a difference. The former is measured off of a thermistor inside the actual chip..versus the latter which is a sensor on the motherboard. If you're seeing 40C core..don't bother second guessing yourself..that is rediculously cool.

If it's reading 40C CPU, then your core temps could be upwards of 60-65C easily. As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to keep the cores below 60C at all times (even with an overclocked CPU). This keeps it well within it's max temperature rating (most will start throttling when it gets closer to 75C +)

Note sure. I think something might be up with the cpu or mobo. Here's a screen of core temp.

Looks to me as if it doesn't measure individual cores.

Wibla · Post by **Wibla** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:24 am

Is it stable? is it quiet enough for you? if the answers to both questions are yes, dont give it any more thought

Strid · Post by **Strid** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:04 pm

If your CPU gets to 40Â° C during load, you have nothing to worry about! At all. At least not CPU wise.

Michael Sandstrom · Post by **Michael Sandstrom** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:49 pm

You could download the trial version of Everest Ultimate Edition and view temps for each core.

RoGuE · Post by **RoGuE** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:49 pm

Michael Sandstrom wrote:You could download the trial version of Everest Ultimate Edition and view temps for each core.

If speedfan is not showing core temps I'm not sure any other software will..seems like a communication issue