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E8400 Temps?

RoEy

RoEy

RoEy

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Hi all,

I built a PC for my mate over the weekend and I'd just like to see if the CPU temps he's getting are ok. It's the stock Intel HSF he's using as he's not going to overclock initially.

He had several parts already like CASE, GPU, PSU, DRIVES.

Specs:

Intel E8400 3.0Ghz
ASUS P5E X38
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX
Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
WD 250GB SATA2 16MB Cache
Case unsure of but is small - 2 80mm rear fans - 1 92mm front fan.
EZCool PSU 700Watts

Testing Software:

Orthos
CoreTemp

I removed the stock thermal paste and applied Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound. When building the PC I have ensured that the cable management was as good as I could possibly make it. I've used plenty of tie wraps so it does look extremely tidy. The stock HSF is on correctly, all 4 pins are through and is sitting level.

I used Orthos to test the CPU for 40 minutes and the temps went up to and stabilised around 69-71 degrees, which I thought were a little high. As soon as I closed Orthos the temps went down to 59-60. The system now idles at around 52-53 when doing everyday tasks like downloading etc. Gaming though (cod4), temps were around 65-68.

Does this seem normal for stock cooling and is it ok running at these temps for long periods of time?

I have suggested that he get a bigger case with better cooling, i.e. 120mm fans and I’m convinced it will dramatically reduce his temps.

Hope someone can help,

RoEy
 
Seems abit hot to me..

I get loads temps of around 53 and thats overclocked to 3825 Mhz ! but using a scythe ninja, not stock cooling.
 
TaKeN said:
Seems abit hot to me..

I get loads temps of around 53 and thats overclocked to 3825 Mhz ! but using a scythe ninja, not stock cooling.
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So what temps should he get for stock? Surely the case has something to do with it?
 
I have just used Orthos at work as I have an E8500 in my PC and the temps were 70 degrees after 20 minutes and that is in an air con room. I'm pretty sure his temps are ok after I got this on my work PC. I'll advise him to get a bigger case then a new HSF afterwards. But for now the stock cooling will do him. He will mainly use it for gaming so his temps will be around 66-69.

Will the CPU be ok running at this temp for several hours at a time?

RoEy
 
Talking to myself here but nevermind. Just phoned my mate and he played COD4 for four hours last night and the temps didn't get above 65 so I'm happy with that.

RoEy
 
My [email protected] with 1.45V runs at 38C idle and shoots to ~60C under Orthos load with watercooling.

What you need to look at is the TjMAX, this is propably 95C or 105C and the coretemp should stay below that otherwise the CPU will throttle.
 
I've used RealTemp on it instead and its reporting the load is 55 degrees now so that's fine. RealTemp is supposed to give more accurate temps than CoreTemp. Even CoreTemp reported 7 degrees lower after a few days, so I imagine that was the Arctic Silver 5 burning in.

RoEy
 
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