BIG difference in temps

Bitpiece · 30 Aug 2008 at 00:43

The difference in temps between my two cores is pretty big:

Idle - Core #0 = 39 & Core #1 = 23

Load - Core #0 = 48 & Core #1 30

Measured using Core Temp 0.95.

I had been using an air cooler, but switched to a water cooling setup on the cpu, and still the temps persist at these wierd readings. I even decided to lap my cpu and water cooling block but this doesn't seem to have brought any joy. I reseated the cpu and am using Artic Silver tim.

My mobo is the Striker Extreme (!) and i had wondered if the nb heatpipes had been interfering but its hard to tell.

Also i swapped the cpu out to another system and it ran at 25 degrees (according to the mobo monitoring software) and yet in my current system it states a temp of 52 degrees!

Is it possible for the temp sensors to be faulty?

mk17 · 30 Aug 2008 at 01:06

it's certainly possible.

maybe try the latest coretemp from helmut's recent post?

Bitpiece · 30 Aug 2008 at 09:23

thanks....

Good idea to try the latest ver. of Core Temp but unfortunately the discrepancies stayed more or less the same.

Its frustrating as I want to start pushing my cpu, but i'd like an idea of how hot it is getting (i take the temp. programs with a pinch of salt but at least they're some sort of indicator).

Oh well, off to the Asus forumns and possibly the mercy of Asus Support.....

Thanks for the reply - always guarenteed a sensible informed reply @ Ocuk.

ChrissyT88 · 30 Aug 2008 at 11:48

Updating the BIOS may give you better (more reliable) temperature readings, particularly if it is a new 45nm cpu.

projects14a · 9 Sep 2008 at 13:30

What are the acceptable differences between temps? My Q6600 is currently fluctuating with these temps:

#0 = 28-30
#1 = 27-28
#2 = 25-27
#3 = 28-30

These seem ok? Difference wise i mean, i know the temps are low

Cob · 9 Sep 2008 at 13:46

projects14a said:
What are the acceptable differences between temps? My Q6600 is currently fluctuating with these temps:

#0 = 28-30
#1 = 27-28
#2 = 25-27
#3 = 28-30

These seem ok? Difference wise i mean, i know the temps are low

A difference of only 3c between the 4 cores is very good.

MooMoo444 · 9 Sep 2008 at 13:52

Idle my Q6600 cores are all more or less the same, 30-35 though when under load there can be a difference as much as 11C between 0+1 and 2+3 on mine. Could it just be core 0+1 get the most usage?

IAmATeaf · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:49

On my quad cores 2 and 3 are always 4 degrees cooler then 0 and 1, used to be a lot more but I lapped my TRU 120A and CPU.