E2140 Users With Stock Cooler

Tesla · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:03

Hi guys,

If anybody is running the E2140 with stock cooler (all aluminium) I would be interested to know what temp's you are getting idle and also under orthos load according to coretemp.

Please state clock speed and voltage too.

Thanks,

Chris

I have disabled speedstep and voltage stepping and get around 45idle and 77orthos. This is on stock volts but at 3.0ghz.

Tesla · 5 Jan 2008 at 01:51

Sometimes hit's 80deg, this cannot be right?

I have reapplied the HSF and has made no alteration. Using artic ceramique.

Noashan · 5 Jan 2008 at 03:30

I have an E2160 with a stock cooler, close enough, @3Ghz and 1.36 volts. 40° idle and 70° under load. Yours isn't much higher than that, what's the airflow in the case like?

Richie P · 5 Jan 2008 at 05:31

Might be useful to state what program and program version you're using to get these temps. Some are more accurate than others (to say the least...).

paradigm · 5 Jan 2008 at 06:50

He is using latest CoreTemp.

The odd thing is, that processor used to run a good 10-15ºc lower in my rig. (mid 30's idle and 60's load).

Richie P · 5 Jan 2008 at 06:59

paradigm said:
He is using latest CoreTemp.

The odd thing is, that processor used to run a good 10-15ºc lower in my rig. (mid 30's idle and 60's load).

That's what I'm saying - some versions of Coretemp report different temps than others. I believe there's an error in the latest Beta that marks the M0 stepping up 10/15 degrees which is why I said about the program version as well as the program. It's like the problem it had with the G0 stepping and the Tjunction to start with.

Would be a very simple explanation...

Tesla · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:29

I am using 0.96 which has tj max of 100 so I think this is the corrected version?

I have 2 fans at the front, an exhaust at the rear. Ambient case temp is 30deg.

PSU gets to over 50deg when under orthos load for a while, is this right?

Big.Wayne · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:57

Tesla said:
Sometimes hit's 80deg, this cannot be right?.

1.400vCore

It can hit those temps easy if something isn't as it should be. In the example above my Ultra-120 was making awful contact with the IHS and also both my rear 80mm exhaust fans had stopped working (and it was summer!).

smsmasters · 5 Jan 2008 at 11:16

My e2140 @ 3.2ghz 1.33 hits 74C with the stock cooler, idle is around 40C.

Big.Wayne · 5 Jan 2008 at 11:24

I've always thought of the E2xxx series as reject chips rather than a low budget range designed by INTEL. There is something 'up' with the silicon that naturally makes the chip hot once it exceeds quite a low MHz threshold and therefore unsuitable to be marked up as a faster part.

Of course this is for generic use where the chips have to conform to certain criteria to be safe to run in a stock machine using a stock heatsink but once in the hand of an enthusiast with an advanced motherboard, case and cooling etc they can start to shine although they will never be cool runnings chips, its not in their nature.

[edit] this is the time when the next poster includes a screenshot of an E2140 madly overclocked and running at 45°C full load!