Everest Temps for Cpu.

[cerveau]

This might be a noob question but...

Im using everest to monitor the temps of my pc.

Ive got a quad core, and everest gives the temps for each
of the 4 cores labeled as #core1, #core2 etc.

There is another temp which it lists first as just "cpu"

Ive also got a a G15 keyboard, which can display the sensor info
that everest provides on the LCD screen on the fly - which is great for
watching the temps during gaming etc.

Right now it lists this as the temps (deg)

cpu 29

Core 1 39
Core 2 37
Core 3 34
Core 4 34

also lists mobo as 36 and gpu as 59

Im just wondering why it lists cpu as 29 when all 4 cores are clearly higher
than that?

thanks

 

[RJC]

It could be the case of were the sensor is mounted, the core temps are read off the actual core, the cpu temp could be read under the heat spreader.

Rob

 

[cerveau]

Thanks for the quick answer! - yeh that would explain it.

Ive got another noob question, if i may,

I know that just idling in vista wont be stressing cores 3 and 4 much,
so does that explain why the first 2 cores are higher, and why core 1 is
the highest? (cpu utilisation shows 0 for all 4 right now)

Its just I applied the AS5 paste as per their web site for quads
ie a thin line across the middle, but the when I was done, the line
was thicker at one side.

Is it normal for those kinds of temp differences between the cores
or do I need to re-apply the AS5 again, making sure that the line
is the same thickness all the way across?

thanks again

 

[RJC]

Thanks for the quick answer! - yeh that would explain it.

Ive got another noob question, if i may,

I know that just idling in vista wont be stressing cores 3 and 4 much,
so does that explain why the first 2 cores are higher, and why core 1 is
the highest? (cpu utilisation shows 0 for all 4 right now)

Its just I applied the AS5 paste as per their web site for quads
ie a thin line across the middle, but the when I was done, the line
was thicker at one side.

Is it normal for those kinds of temp differences between the cores
or do I need to re-apply the AS5 again, making sure that the line
is the same thickness all the way across?

thanks again

1) The core being used the most will show higher temps.

2) I would dought that would have too much affect on temps, the only way to prove is download prime and stress all cores and monitor the temps, you may get slightly different readings due to tolerance of the sensors.

Rob