Another E8400 temperature question

[Alpherah]

Doesnt the temps in this pic seem a little odd? oO

OC'd to 3.6, speedstep (I think thats what its called?) enabled to see if it drops temps at all but always getting 40 dc in realtemp.. and this is idle.

Dropping it to stock speeds and the temp is only ~ 2dc lower so OC isnt to blame (Voltage is on stock btw)

Been having a few shutdown problems due to heat when gaming.

So some questions.

I hear the heatsink not being seated properly could cause heat issues, im using freezer 7 pro and surely with the way the pins work theres only one way to seat it? oO

Next - Any programs to tell you the ambient case temperature? (guess not), could this being too hot be causing the problem? two 4850's could be causing a massive ambient temp right? and elevating the CPU temps?


Thanks for the help.

 

[mathwat]

should be a lot cooler with your heatsink even with the stock cooler should still be lower than that..
check that it's mounted properly and check thermal pasta..
first think i would check is what vcore you are using is it set to auto?

 

[Alpherah]

hm well i think its fixed, its not "that" hot to touch after 2hrs benchmarking, updated BIOS and BIOS temps now show 27 on core one, and 30 on core 2, realtemp shows 37/40 and Coretemp shows 47/50 (all idle).

Could it just be the application showing the wrong temps?

 

[j.jarman]

intel 45nm chips are notorious for having poor temperature sensors. The temp reading is nowhere near as accurate (or as important) as on the 65nm counterparts.