E6300 / Vista x64

TomL · 10 Jul 2007 at 04:11

Hey, I've clocked my E6300 to 2.8GHz and I'm using CoreTemp to monitor the temperatures, and I'm feeling a little paranoid.

I went into my Asus P5B-Deluxe BIOS and checked the hardware monitoring in there and it was reporting the CPU at the temperature of 39-40 degrees celcius. I find this worrying as under normal Windows use CoreTemp is reporting 29-31 degrees celcius.

I'm thinking that CoreTemp might be missing out at least 15 degrees celcius? Or is the CPU meant to be hotter when it's just in the BIOS? Or is the BIOS reading the temperature wrong?

TomL · 10 Jul 2007 at 17:02

Is anyone else monitoring their temperatures using CoreTemp under Vista, using a E6300, and can you tell me what your temperatures are?

dan1987 · 10 Jul 2007 at 21:15

I have a e6600 and use vista and both core temp and everest report temperatures 5 to 7 degrees below what my bios reads at, this could be the same issue as yours but that does sound a little hot for just in windows.

TomL · 11 Jul 2007 at 00:14

At the moment I'm running my E6300 at 450x7, temperature currently idling at 33-34c in Windows. That isn't that bad afaik, but I read somewhere CoreTemp may be calculating it wrong and missing 15c off, so that's just under 50c idle oO.

Margaret · 11 Jul 2007 at 02:20

Eh Core Temp actually works for you? :eek:

I can't get it to freakin' load under Vista x64.

Cybertronic · 11 Jul 2007 at 02:44

For Core Temp to work in Vista 64 Bit, you need to disable driver signing

Big.Wayne · 11 Jul 2007 at 03:30

TomL said:
is the CPU meant to be hotter when it's just in the BIOS? Or is the BIOS reading the temperature wrong?

Yeah the CPU is slightly hotter while you in the BIOS than it would be when 'idling' in Windows.

I still think your temps seem high?

Margaret · 12 Jul 2007 at 00:58

Cybertronic said:
For Core Temp to work in Vista 64 Bit, you need to disable driver signing

Cheers for that Everest was reporting temps a few celcius higher than what Core Temp does.

BlackDragon · 12 Jul 2007 at 01:23

Just wondering TomL, what voltage settings did you use for the following:
-FSB Termination Voltage
-NB Vcore
-SB Vcore
-ICH Chipset Voltage

Also what RAM are you using, and what voltage and RAM divider are you using?

TomL · 12 Jul 2007 at 04:35

FSB Termination: Auto
NB: 1.45
SB: Auto
ICH: Auto

And 4GB of Corsair XMS2. Using 2.1v and the RAM divider is 1:1.

PhillyDee · 12 Jul 2007 at 09:45

When i try to open coretemp in vista x64 it just spawns numerous error windows and doesnt stop. 1 per second. It spawned about 60 before i managed to shut it off by killing it in task manager.

BlackDragon · 12 Jul 2007 at 09:51

Thanks TomL, what did you start your NB voltage at and at about what FSB frequency did you reach before having to increase it? Sorry to ask all these questions, am looking to overclock myself as well hehe

ScoobyDoo · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:03

PhillyDee said:
When i try to open coretemp in vista x64 it just spawns numerous error windows and doesnt stop. 1 per second. It spawned about 60 before i managed to shut it off by killing it in task manager.

Get the same problem myself. Gave up on it in the end, couldnt get it to work.
Using Everest instead now.

TomL · 12 Jul 2007 at 12:45

I put the NB voltage up to 1.45 because that's the only voltage the P5B Deluxe allows me to run my PCI-E bus width at x16. If I change it the bus width will go down to x1.

TomL · 12 Jul 2007 at 13:02

Big.Wayne said:
Yeah the CPU is slightly hotter while you in the BIOS than it would be when 'idling' in Windows.

I still think your temps seem high?

What, 32c idle when it's clocked to 3.15GHz (1.8GHz stock), on air??? Doesn't seem very high to me.

Margaret · 13 Jul 2007 at 14:09

TomL said:
What, 32c idle when it's clocked to 3.15GHz (1.8GHz stock), on air??? Doesn't seem very high to me.

Mine idles at like 47c and gets to about 56 playing Stalker.

I wouldn't worry about it, besides I hear Conroes are safe until about 75?