One Core Hotter Than Others

chivs688 · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:29

I have just installed my Thermalright Silver Arrow onto my i5 2500k.
On RealTemp, it is telling me that my forth core (think that's what it is) is at quite a bit higher temperature than all the others, which are constantly the same.

Is this something to worry about? Is it a problem? Do I need to sort it out?

Thanks.

panyan · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:31

no problem - wouldnt give it a second thought

Jegethy · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:36

Not a problem don't worry about it. Normally one or two cores will be hotter than the others depending on the work load, or it could simply be an uneven coat of thermal grease. If one core is hotter by a large margin (15-20'c) then you have permission to worry.

Krony · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:37

Could be uneven application of thermal paste but i wouldn't worry about it, i get slight different temps on my i7 950.

Geeman1979 · 30 Jul 2011 at 18:59

I havn't seen one yet where all the cores are exactly the same temps.

olivier renault · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:12

The good thing is, you have three cores with the same temps

6 degrees is nominal, could be a number of things, but nothing worth worrying about. Air bubble in paste, tiny CPU socket defect... They all do that.