PC temps

axsnetworks · Post by **axsnetworks** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:18 pm

I am kind of curious on these temps...
could some one shine some light on them, as I think these are a little high, but then again the only thing I hear from my pc is the video card (radeon 5870).
all these temps are at semi load, as I am running folding in the background (gpu edition)
thanks in advance

b_rubenstein · Post by **b_rubenstein** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:03 pm

The temps, while they look high, are not in any meaningful context. What would be useful to know would be: the ambient temp, idle temp, load temp (prime 95 on all four cores, or some other standard test).

axsnetworks · Post by **axsnetworks** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:12 pm

these are running prime, folding gpu, f@h viewer and with ambient temp of 30* C

I dont post iddle temps because I don't really worry about my PC at iddle, but the load is the ones that are worrying me.

danimal · Post by **danimal** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:32 pm

not enough info.

run your tests with prime95 only on all cores, cpuid, and the calibrated realtemp monitoring software.

m1st · Post by **m1st** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:41 pm

Realtemp from techpowerup.com is prolly the most accurate program for reading off the i7's thermal diodes. Like others, I would recommend checking what realtemp says about your temps.

Looking at the temps from CPUID, they are good to me. Though it's not recommended, i7's are designed to work up to 100C, after which they start throttling. As a point of reference, my i7-920 gets to about 80C during artificially heavy load (8 threads Prime95) and is about 45C idle. This is with a Scythe Mugen 2. Under idle, the fan spins at about 650-700rpm, and under load it's at full speed.

axsnetworks · Post by **axsnetworks** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:40 pm

I will instal realtemp and get back to you guys the info.
but what really is bothering me are the temps of the Chipsets, which are in the high 60 low 70 when I am playing.

b_rubenstein · Post by **b_rubenstein** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:12 am

Most Asus MBs come with program called PC Probe. I would install that and see if the NB & SB temps read the same. One quick & dirty test for the NB & SB temps is to place your finger on the HS. If you can't keep your finger on it for more than a moment it really is 70 ÂºC.

I just checked in the Intel X58 Express Chipset, Thermal and Mechanical Design Guide (http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/designguide/320840.pdf), and Tcase Max is 100 ÂºC. So you can stop running science fair experiments or worrying.

axsnetworks · Post by **axsnetworks** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:42 am

thanks for the help guys...
will give asus probe a try and probably blame everything on the summer...
thanks a million