definitive i7 temps?

G-Dubs

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been looking at various threads and good ol google to see whether my temps are good, or even safe.

running at 4.0GHz with Vcore at 1.35

Real temp is reporting core temps of 46,38,40,35 at idle, and 81,78,77,73 after about 30 mins of prime95 blend. speed fan reports them all quite a bit lower though.

Opinion seems to vary quite a bit, just wondered what others were actually getting and whether it's thought mine are too high.
 
3.8 Ghz with a Noctua. Temps from Everest on a warm day.
Idle 44C - Everest stability testing ~78C, Gaming ~50C
These cooler days have seen the idle drop a couple of degrees. Yours seem absolutely fine to me.
 
bulldog147 said:
Someone from OCUK (cannot give out his name for against the forum rule) had recommend me to use Linx (and Prime95 is pointless now)
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I wouldn't say Prime is pointless.. I use both LinX and Prime, LinX will tell you sooner if your system is unstable, but I have had my system run 20 passes of LinX using max RAM (runs for just over 1 hour) yet Prime failed after 40 minutes.

So I like to get my system to run 20 passes of LinX and also pass Prime overnight, and then general day to day use, if it doesn't crash with this I class my system as stable.

On Topic, my idle temps are around 38 to 41c depending on ambient temps, and my loads are around 79 to 82c full load with LinX using a TRUE with 1 Xigmatek XLF-F1253 fan, I have tried fitting 2 fans in push/pull but there wasn't any difference at all for me, so I just went back to using one instead.

I find it a real PITA trying to fit a second fan onto the TRUE, anyone else think it is a pain?
 
DavyBoy said:
I wouldn't say Prime is pointless.. I use both LinX and Prime, LinX will tell you sooner if your system is unstable, but I have had my system run 20 passes of LinX using max RAM (runs for just over 1 hour) yet Prime failed after 40 minutes.

So I like to get my system to run 20 passes of LinX and also pass Prime overnight, and then general day to day use, if it doesn't crash with this I class my system as stable.

On Topic, my idle temps are around 38 to 41c depending on ambient temps, and my loads are around 79 to 82c full load with LinX using a TRUE with 1 Xigmatek XLF-F1253 fan, I have tried fitting 2 fans in push/pull but there wasn't any difference at all for me, so I just went back to using one instead.

I find it a real PITA trying to fit a second fan onto the TRUE, anyone else think it is a pain?
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I tend to agree: LinX is a good start point, but a bad end point for testing. It will tell if your rig is unstable, but not if it is stable. There's no substitute for just running the rig normally for a few days, but Prime95 in Blend comes close.

Temp wise, I'm running pretty high: after several days of SETI at 4.15GHz CoreTemp says 82-87oC. But it's stable so I don't care.

I've not had a problem as long as I use either the original clips (for the "suck" fan) or the plastic sgroud (for the "blow" fan).


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I don't have a problem fitting one fan with the wire clips, it is when I try fitting a second fan with another set of clips, it's really annoying!!

Will be setting up my first custom WC loop very soon anyway, I can't wait!!
 
G-Dubs said:
been looking at various threads and good ol google to see whether my temps are good, or even safe.

running at 4.0GHz with Vcore at 1.35

Real temp is reporting core temps of 46,38,40,35 at idle, and 81,78,77,73 after about 30 mins of prime95 blend. speed fan reports them all quite a bit lower though.

Opinion seems to vary quite a bit, just wondered what others were actually getting and whether it's thought mine are too high.
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So these temps ok I guess is what you guys are saying??
Any thoughts on the variance between the 4 cores??
Normal??
 
G-Dubs said:
been looking at various threads and good ol google to see whether my temps are good, or even safe.

running at 4.0GHz with Vcore at 1.35

Real temp is reporting core temps of 46,38,40,35 at idle, and 81,78,77,73 after about 30 mins of prime95 blend. speed fan reports them all quite a bit lower though.

Opinion seems to vary quite a bit, just wondered what others were actually getting and whether it's thought mine are too high.
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Looks like too wide to me. Try re-setting your your HSF.
 
reygjabla said:
Looks like too wide to me. Try re-setting your your HSF.
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I have similar differences between my cores as well, I have reseated my HSF loads of times, and reapplied TIM as well, and it doesn't seem to make any difference at all..

Whereas with my other i920 there is only 4c difference between the hottest and coolest cores..

I think it is just my chip that is causing the temps to be so wide on my 2nd i920.

The one with the widest gap between the hottest/coolest cores is the better chip of the two, so I put the other one in my fiancees rig instead..

They are both average clockers, and will do 4GHz without breaking a sweat.
 
Why am I getting so low temps compared to users of the same heatsink?

Using a Noctua cooler and these are my temps during stability testing

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Temps don't seem to go above 61c, I got headroom for a 4Ghz & higher?

This is using a silverstone FT01, standard fan config with one HD bay removed.
 
Need to overclock my eyes to see that :D

I can see you're using Everest stability test - this doesn't stress the system as much as some others, and you'll probably see core temps increase around 5c if you run LinX @ max RAM for a while.
 
Will do! I'll run Intel Burn Test, as that is one of the best available at the moment if I remember correctly? May sound nuts but I switched from a thermaltake armor to this case and got huge temperature drops. I'm talking 35-40C on my gpus @ load and obviously it seems a good 20-25C on my CPU.

Haven't even added the scythe kama bay to it yet!
 
Well, I have had quite a noticable drop in temps with my rig, as I ordered some of the new Arctic Cooling MX-3 paste, and applied some to my chip today, and my load temps have dropped by quite a bit!!

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I never thought I would have seen that much of a difference between AS5 and this stuff, but I was wrong.

I will be using MX-3 from now on.

It has a really weird consistancy compared to AS5 to, it is quite pastey, and really easy to apply to.

Before applying this stuff my loads were around 82c, now they are down to 77c on the hottest core, really can't fault this TIM at all.
 
@Rex, mate try using RealTemp to monitor temperatures, and use LinX to stress your chip, then report your temps back here, I bet they will be quite a bit higher than what they are with those Everest stress tests..

Still though, I am sure you will be able to do 4GHz without any problems.
 
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