I5 2500k idle temps

Robertnpmk

Robertnpmk

Robertnpmk

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Are these a bit high?

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If those are the temps at full load then it should be ok. I have the same cpu and use a noctua dh-14 and my idle temps are 24 degrees and overclock to 4.5 at full load 69.
 
They are pretty high indeed, have you checked for dust build up on the radiator? If it's stuffed with dust it won't be venting any heat at all, I'd also check if the pump is still working.

What sort of ventilation does your system have IE, case? Fans? airflow?
 
Robertnpmk said:
CPU z says 1.400 V on Core voltage at idle. clock doesn't seem to be running down.
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By running down do you mean reverting to an idle state (1600Mhz)? Thats because you may have disabled Speedstep.. Keep it disabled. :)

1.4 is a bit high, that probably why you temps are high.

What voltage does it draw at Load.. You may need to tweak you vcore settings so it levels out.
 
SeraphX said:
They are pretty high indeed, have you checked for dust build up on the radiator? If it's stuffed with dust it won't be venting any heat at all, I'd also check if the pump is still working.

What sort of ventilation does your system have IE, case? Fans? airflow?
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I thought that might be the case but if it was I would be over heating when at full load and its not.

Case Airflow is fine, I have the silverstone FT02. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
By running down do you mean reverting to an idle state (1600Mhz)? Thats because you may have disabled Speedstep.. Keep it disabled. :)

1.4 is a bit high, that probably why you temps are high.

What voltage does it draw at Load.. You may need to tweak you vcore settings so it levels out.
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that is Weird, its drops to 1.376 at load.
 
Robertnpmk said:
that is Weird, its drops to 1.376 at load.
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vDroop - the difference between the idle and load voltage.. Generally, you get a higher voltage when idling than when at full load. That's because it works as a self-protection mechanism to prevent too much voltage surging into the chip and frying it, or not giving it enough power.

For example, if your chip needs can take a voltage range of 1.35v - 1.55v, you might find that your idle voltage is around 1.50v. When you put it under full load, it'd drop to 1.47v. That's vDroop.
The board gives it extra voltage at idle so that when the chip goes into full load it can handle the negative voltage drop without going below the minimum 1.35v.
Likewise, the voltage upshoot from from full load to idle is protected by vOffset. That's the difference between your idle voltage and the maximum the chip can handle. You might find that when switching from full load to idle the voltage goes over the 1.50v and then comes back down to settle at 1.50v. That's to give it some room up top away from the 1.55v maximum.
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Also found some further reading for you: http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=126

:)

Tell us what you vcore and LLC are and we may be able to help. That is very high voltage for 4.4
 
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