There's definitely something wrong with my Temps

PGdude · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:40

Hi there guys, my Q6600 has been running fine under a Tuniq Tower at 3GHz lately but now I notice that at idle the temps read:

0: 46
1: 47
2: 36
3: 37

There's a rough 10 degree difference between the pairs of cores! :eek:

It's the first time I'm seeing this, what are the first precautionary measures that I should take?

Edit: Okay now I notice the first two cores are at about 75% load... But are these temperatures a bit high anyway? At least for the latter two? Or is that the temperature from the former two just being spread well over the die?

Thanks in advance.

Justintime · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:44

Quite common on Q6600 for 2 cores to be 5-10C hotter. If they were equal before then the sink might need a reseat, but if not its ok.

setter · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:46

Were the temps more even previously? Differences between cores is pretty normal on quads. For idle the higher two are a bit steep, but load temps are the ones to keep an eye on. Perhaps a reseat and re paste of the cooler will help.

PGdude · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:55

Yeah the temperatures were a bit closer before. I'll do a few load tests and get back to you guys. No harm in a little reseat... except it's a mild pain to do with the Tuniq Tower.

These temps are with the CPU fan at max and all case fans at minimum (sub 10%) in an Antec 300 kitted with Bitfenix Spectre Pros.