AMD 4850e running at 36c idle!! is that right??

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Hi All,

Just built a small HTPC with a Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H and a AMD 4850e.

The temp as reported by the bios is running at 36c while it idles, is that right?? My E6400 over clocked to 3.2 runs at 19c idle.....yes i has a freezer pro 7 in an antec 900, but the 4850e is a 45w cpu that is supose to run cool.

Running stock cooling so also if someone could recomend me a low profile cooler.........i have just over 8 cm from top of the chip to case.

Also after a 80mm by 15mm pwm case fan.......can only fine 25mm ones. Is there such a thing.

Many thanks in advance.

Mc6701
 
No idea about the cpu but 36c idle sounds normal to me. Are you sure the other one was really at 19c? Room would have to be pretty chilly to idle that low.
 
most likely the 19C was incorrect, on a freezer pro, which isn't a great sink, nor is it terrible, you'd probably be in a room temp of at least 10C or below, probably far below for that number to have been accurate. Its also likely the it was running idle and also downclocked to its minimum multiplier and a much lower speed while it gave such low readings, even then that temp is highly unlikely to be accurate.

Running cool and using less power are completely unrelated things, you can have a 1W chip with a tiny cooler and no airflow running along at 150C, and a 150W chip with a superb cooler running at 1C, it doesn't mean anything. A 45W chip however uses 45W< and a 100W chip uses 100W (exluding minor variations) no matter what temp they are running at and thats the difference.
 
36oC is normal.
19oC is very odd and - as already posted - probably BS.

If your load temperatures are breaching 60oC, then start asking questions...
 
Hi all,

Thanks for the feed back......

About my e6400 temp see pic below. Is this not correct???

Will check if bios reports the same as picture.

Or should i be using something else to show my temp?

Not tried the 4850e at load as not yet loaded anything on the htpc yet and was only going from bios temp.....any sugestion on a free program to show temps?


e6400temp.png
 
Just check bios temp........shows cpu 29c - 31c and mobo 28c so maybe the Asus Ai Suite is not reading the right temp:confused:

Any idea's??
 
mc6701 said:
Hi all,

Thanks for the feed back......

About my e6400 temp see pic below. Is this not correct???

Will check if bios reports the same as picture.

Or should i be using something else to show my temp?

Not tried the 4850e at load as not yet loaded anything on the htpc yet and was only going from bios temp.....any sugestion on a free program to show temps?


e6400temp.png
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As I said: the Asus tool is telling porkies or you're in a very, very cold room.

mc6701 said:
Just check bios temp........shows cpu 29c - 31c and mobo 28c so maybe the Asus Ai Suite is not reading the right temp:confused:

Any idea's??
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Yes. Learn how to use the apostrophe. ;)

Software monitoring tools in general vary from fiction the likes of which George Lucas would be proud to that crafted by Jean le Carre or John Grisham: resembling reality, but still only a reflection.

The only way to accurately measure your core temperature is to stick a thermal probe onto the die of a CPU. The only other alternative is consistent measurement using the same motherboard/tool: it's going to be out, but at least by something resembling the same amount.

The only tool I've ever head that gets remotely close to reality is CoreTemp. Try that and see what happens.
 
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