What the hell? (temp problem).

Robert · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:08

What the hell? My conroe stock temps where around 48 per core...now I've just checked and they're 56 at stock? This is using coretemp/tat. I've checked speedfan and it reports idle temp@48 (as does my motherboard).

Spec:

[email protected]/2.6ghz
512mb geil PC6400
DS3

It hasn't crashed. I've just spent 5 minutes playing quake 4 (with the dual cpu option enabled) and it didn't exceed 60. The thing is the temp in the house isn't that hot at the moment...is this dangerously high? It hasn't crashed yet anyway. It's weird how speedfan AND my bios are reporting lower temps.

Robert · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:22

Even gigabyte reports 48/40. I'll see if it stays stable...if not.

IceShock · 17 Nov 2006 at 21:20

my friend has a X6800 and idle is about 48c aswell, :S

allso when he overclocked to 3.8ghz tho it was 56c idle with a sythe ninja cooler

clone · 17 Nov 2006 at 21:47

My x6800 @ 3.4 on the DS 3 with tower cooler ran at 29c,have you tryed reaseating the cooler also you may have put to much AS5 on.

Nuttah · 19 Nov 2006 at 12:32

What cooler you using? I had my 6300 overclocked to 2.6ghz using stock cooler and was around 54 idle, this would shoot up to 66+ when running stress test. Chucked in a Freezer 7 Pro and now getting 35-40 idle. Lesson learnt, stock cooler is pants when overclocking.

Oh, and the reason coretemp and speedfan read different temps is due to where they get their reading from, they use different sensors I believe - coretemp is the more reliable.

Robert · 19 Nov 2006 at 12:57

Same situation mate. I'm using stock. When it goes to 60 it seems perfectly stable.

james_earl · 19 Nov 2006 at 13:42

that guy who reported being at 29 idle could not have been using coretemp or tat. simple as that. air will not cool it that well unless he lived in a freezer.

Its_Me · 19 Nov 2006 at 13:45

Cropped up a few times already.

but a good post to read .
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17651274

Robert · 19 Nov 2006 at 13:55

Well my bios reports 42/42. Oh well...it shouldn't cause any problems.

Nuttah · 19 Nov 2006 at 21:25

Robert said:
Same situation mate. I'm using stock. When it goes to 60 it seems perfectly stable.

Aye, mine was perfectly stable too. Just worried me a little with temps being that high. Wanted to sort it before I tried taking the clocking a little bit futher.

AndyBorzi · 19 Nov 2006 at 21:38

Ive got a 6400 and a Sythe Ninja jobbie and idles between 30 and 34 though I have seen it idle at 29 when it was a cold night!!

. When playing NWN2 it got to about 38.

Not overclocked it yet though.

jNive · 20 Nov 2006 at 00:31

check the sig.

basically, my case temp = 38 normally. at that, the temp range for my E6300 running at 1.32V and 3.15GHz = 50 up to 65 load.

Now late at night, the room temp drops, and the case becomes 30, giving a CoreTemp reading then of 39/40 at idle.

Room Temperature is critical factor when considering idle temps more so than load overclocked temps.