Could my machine run faster?

DEL 707 · 19 Feb 2007 at 22:24

Quick question, what program would you actually believe when it comes to your motherboard temperature.

Smart guardian is the actual software supplied on my motherboard CD

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~del707/CPUZ12.JPG

elfy · 19 Feb 2007 at 22:34

i always beleive what's supplied with the mobo, but i'm probably alone in that hehe
core temp is supposedly a good un

MoodyB · 19 Feb 2007 at 22:46

Coretemp or SpeedFan here.

Looking at the temps in your screenshot, it might be an idea to run the 4400 at default and hold off overclocking until you try and get better case cooling / turn down the radiator in your room.

66c on 1 core is very risky afaik. And one of your hd's is at 53c which is also pretty hot. Most hd's recommended operating temp is between 5c - 50c or 5c - 55c, can't remember which....

DEL 707 · 19 Feb 2007 at 22:48

MoodyB said:
66c on 1 core is very risky afaik. And one of your hd's is at 53c which is also pretty hot. Most hd's recommended operating temp is between 5c - 50c or 5c - 55c, can't remember which....

That hard drive's faulty, it runs that hot on other machines, even if it's outside the case

DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2007 at 13:55

Quick question about Speedfan, which temperature do you pay attention to? CPU Temp or Core Temp.

The CPU temp seems to be all over the place, while the core temp is more in line with the rest of the programs.

Defcon5 · 28 Feb 2007 at 22:14

The temp on coretemp is the temp of the cores (no, really

) wheras the max recommended temp (of 65c) is at the IHS (IIRC)

El Jimben · 28 Feb 2007 at 22:19

DEL 707 said:
Ahh thanks for that, was wondering why people weren't emphasizing on me hitting 250 with the RAM.

I'm currently not using a RAM divider, FSB is set to 250 with a ratio of 10, so my CPU's up to 2.5ghz, voltage is 1.408, I ran orthos for 45 minutes, no problems detcted, but my CPU temp did go up to 52c, so I'm starting to wonder if I should leave things as they are.

Ideally you do want your RAM running @ 250MHz or as close to it as possible because that's the rated speed for yours, most people with A64 systems run DDR400 on a divider and hence wanting it to be around 200MHz. Not a bad overclock all in all so far though

DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2007 at 23:31

Defcon5 said:
The temp on coretemp is the temp of the cores (no, really ) wheras the max recommended temp (of 65c) is at the IHS (IIRC)

Aren't CPU temp and Core temp the same kind of thing? :confused:

Also what's the IHS?

MoodyB · 1 Mar 2007 at 00:03

DEL 707 said:
Aren't CPU temp and Core temp the same kind of thing?
Also what's the IHS?

CPU temp is measured from a sensor in the motherboard socket cpu afaik.

Core temp is measured from a sensor on the cpu core itself, so should always be the most accurate.

The IHS ( Integrated HeatSpreader ) is the large metal plate on the top of your cpu.It's there to help transfer the heat from the cpu core to the heatsink. It also helps protect the fragile cpu core from damage when installing heatsinks, which happened now and again on the older Athlon / AthlonXP cpus.