Quesion About SpeedFan?

lettuce · 1 Dec 2007 at 14:41

Just put together my new build

Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler
4Gb Geil Ram
8800GTX

and before starting to over clock i wanted to make sure my cpu and hearsink were seat and the thermal paste was applied correctly. So i ran SpeedFan, i noticed the following Core temps:

Core 0 = 18c
Core 1 = 14c
Core 2 = 9c
Core 3 = 9c

Now im guess this is usual for just browsing the web for cores 2 & 3 to be cold?? I have now had 2 copies of Go Sp2004 running for around 8 minutes and im getting the following temps:

Core 0 = 29
Core 1 = 25
Core 2 = 24
Core 3 = 24

Is this reasonable? should the core temps be so different?

chrissss · 1 Dec 2007 at 15:32

I think the coldest your cpu can get is the temperature of the room that you are in, so unless your in a 9degree room, I dont think it is right.

Cob · 1 Dec 2007 at 15:33

Try the latest version of CoreTemp from here.

lettuce · 1 Dec 2007 at 15:41

Cant seem to get that to work, says the driver has failed to load, so info shall not be avaliable

iKettles · 1 Dec 2007 at 15:58

Vista 64 eh?
http://forums.erodov.com/showthread.php?p=15559

lettuce · 1 Dec 2007 at 16:45

Yeah Vista, ok have used the vista version of Core temp, and now after 12 minutes of running Prime95 my temps are:

Core 0 = 56
Core 1 = 52
Core 2 = 48
Core 3 = 48

These temps seem quite high to me, seeing as the cpu is running at stock 2.40??

iKettles · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:32

lettuce said:
Yeah Vista, ok have used the vista version of Core temp, and now after 12 minutes of running Prime95 my temps are:

Core 0 = 56
Core 1 = 52
Core 2 = 48
Core 3 = 48

These temps seem quite high to me, seeing as the cpu is running at stock 2.40??

Seems about right, quite a large difference in temperatures though. Probably an unflat IHS.

lettuce · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:42

Whats regarded as unsafe difference in temps between cores? Is it worth reapplying the thermal paste, i used the clinfilm over the finger trick to apply the paste, maybe i should have added more? I have now OC my cpu to 3.2 and 1.4volts, temps after 25 minutes are

Core 0 = 68
Core 1 = 67
Core 2 = 61
Core 3 = 61

So looking at them theres a 7c difference between the cores

RJC · 1 Dec 2007 at 18:10

What version CPU are you using, G0 or B3 stepping!
When installing the Thermal paste if your using Arctic Silver you only need a thin line across the center and the heatsink will spread the compound.

Rob