Check my Temps before OC Wolfdale E8500

Exibit · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:30

Hi

Can you please check my temps in the screen shot attached

I have not Overclocked my CPU or Memory, all settings are stock, but before I OC I want to know how my temps and airflow are now. Should the top 120mm fan in the P-180 be blow air down onto the Tuniq tower or sucking it out of the case ??

My PC spec is below
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 4GB (4 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache RAID 0
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Razer Tarantula Advanced Gaming Keyboard
Razer Diamondback
Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Vista Ultimate 64bit
2 x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin
3 x Antec 120mm Silent case Fans
Netgear DG834N 270Mbps RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router
Netgear GS605 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

ryder · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:00

Im not 100% sure but those temps seem perhaps slightly warm for a e8500.
Is that shot taken while the pc is idling?

I use a q6600, so it's probably best to wait for confirmation from a fellow e8500er

As to the 120mm fan ... it's a better idea to have it blowing out the top of the case, to extract the warm air (heat rises).

Side note: can you link to where that wallpaper is from.

jamieufc · 11 Mar 2008 at 23:13

seem to hot to me 2

jamieufc · 11 Mar 2008 at 23:14

I would turn the bots on the Tuniq Tower a little more with a tool

Reality|Bites · 12 Mar 2008 at 00:12

Is your vcore actually at 1.33v?

take 10C off the reported temp for your real temp(or there abouts)

Vipernet · 12 Mar 2008 at 19:46

Use realtemp and post another screenie

Exibit · 12 Mar 2008 at 20:34

Hi thanks for the replies so far

I would turn the bots on the Tuniq Tower a little more with a tool

What do you mean bots ?

Yes those are the idle temps at desktop

I will try realtemp and post again

Exibit · 12 Mar 2008 at 20:55

ok I have downloaded Real temp and am really confused as they are showing Core 1 24c and Core 2 26c are these correct I am using the newest version of Core Temp and Everest though they are way out compared with real temp

Grumpy · 12 Mar 2008 at 21:22

On first screenie I thought those temps were on load not idle, but reading further down seems they were on idle so would be a bit hot for my liking.

Interesting that Real Temp shows them so much lower.

Back to the 'which temp sensor is best' argument.

Exibit · 12 Mar 2008 at 21:51

Well I have only just changed my Cpu from a E6850 sold that to my brother and bought a E8500 now when using the 6850 no matter which temp sensor I used it always said the same though with the Wolfdale the temps seem all over the place very confusing

Exibit · 15 Mar 2008 at 13:26

Any idea guys why I'm seeing such a difference now that I have a Wolfdale Cpu

pastymuncher · 15 Mar 2008 at 13:33

I had a E8500 and it was being shown as both cores running at 33 Degrees when idling at stock under custom watercooling. Yeah right!! My Quad was way lower than that. Coretemp, speedfan and everest does not read the temps correctly. Realtemp is just about spot on after you have done the calibration (it's all in the realtemp thread).