CPU TEMP VS CORE TEMP

Sorry to jump on this thread, i am a bearer of little brain and just need some clarification.

My Q6600 in Everest Pro is reported at idle to be:

CPU = 31
CORE1 = 43
CORE2 = 39
CORE3 = 33
CORE4 = 34

Do i worry most about the core 1 temp as this is the highest?? And when people say up to 70c is OK, i should worry when my core1 goes over this value???
 
My budget could do with watercooling, according to my bank manager :/

Does the difference in temperature indicate a possible gap in thermal paste or a heatsink that's not quite secured enough, I wonder?
 
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mat100

Thankyou kind sir

Next question whilst here if i may

I have a Thermaltake VE2000 which came with built in water cooling. I notice that the reservoir is getting near the min level. What do i buy to top it back up???
 
not sure, what came with it?

deionised water is generally fine and dirty cheap, normally in the car section of a supermarket, white and blue bottle. Its car battery water.

Unless you have some elaborate liquid in there which is possible.
 
matt100 said:
what I'm saying is IGNORE the cpu temp. God knows what its reporting but its nothing you need to worry about. Your cores are the true temp you need to think about.
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:eek:

Good to know I've been looking at the wrong temp all along.

Just to be clear: Speedfan reports CPU = 29, Core 0 = 19 and Core 1 = 19. I should only pay attention to the last two readings, right? I'm asking this because the above users are using a different program and their CPU temps are lower than their Core temps.

Edit: And what about the CPU temp reported in BIOS?
 
tbh I'd ignore speedfan altogether and anything reporting a cpu at 19 degrees is lying unless you're outside in sub 10 degrees ambient temps or have some kind of sub ambient cooling such as a waterchiller/tec or phase.

coretemp/realtemp these are what you need to be watching.
 
As I understand it the CPU temp on Asus boards atleast is reported from the socket, and in my experience normally runs around 10c lower than the core temps that are reported from each of the cores on the CPU.. core temps are what you are concerned about
 
from my understanding all mobo cpu temps are measured by thinking of a number, doubling it, finding the square rout and then adding the number you were first thinking of.

:D

DFIs were always the worst for me, just total fantasy, constantly telling me it was running at or under ambient.
 
true, I think until the manufactures take temp readings and that seriously and not as an added extra will all be a little bit of speculation.. would love to have a board with proper sensors and diagnostics..
 
matt100 said:
tbh I'd ignore speedfan altogether and anything reporting a cpu at 19 degrees is lying unless you're outside in sub 10 degrees ambient temps or have some kind of sub ambient cooling such as a waterchiller/tec or phase.
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I installed Everest and it's reporting both cores at about 35-37 idle. Seems more realistic. I've ordered one of those Arctic 7 coolers to cool things down a bit.

Another question about temp. At idle, my HD is at 43, the GPU diode is at 57, GPU ambient is 45 and GPU is 47. Are these temps normal?
 
yep, seems pretty reasonable. HDDs seem to be about 35-50 depending on airflow and for the record my watercooled 8800GTX is showing:

GPU 38c
GPU Diode 47c
GPU Ambient 40c
GPU Memory 38c
 
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