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| What do you guys make of these temps?
Lemme give system specs:
4 gigs ddr 1066 ram
e6400 overclocked to 2.8
gtx 260 (not overclocked)
2 hdds
antec 900 case
ocz 700 watt sli psu (this psu doesn't have modular wiring, all wires for it are attached, which means bad wiring inside)
The temps I get are (all idle)
MB: 29c (Or less, done from bios)
GPU: 39c (gpuz)
CPU: 40c 1st core, 41c second (realtemp)
I'm wondering how the hell I'm getting these temps. None are bad, and even with the cpu overclocked and the gpu not overclocked, and even with bad wiring, I can't see why the cpu would run hotter then the gpu.
Anyone got any ideas? |
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clubs: | How much voltage are you using for the CPU?
What type of heatsink/fan are you using?
What type of thermal compound/paste?
How much did you apply? |
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Metatron2008
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| 1. I'll check
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4. Just a little. |
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3 edits | 1.5125 volts
It's 2 and a half years old, the original e6400's without 2 megs cache.
I've used it for 2 and a half years in my old thermaltake swing, first with a x1900xt 512, then 2 years ago with a 8800gts 640, now with the gtx 260.
I had to do alot of interesting stuff to keep it overclocked but not too high temps. My temps were usually at 50-55c in the swing.
What do you suggest I set the voltages to now?
My 8800gts 640 died, since it was evga, I'm contacting them to get a replacement. I paid the same amount that a gtx 260 is now, so I'm expecting another gtx 260, at that point I'm gonna get quad core and put the 6400 in with the gtx 260.
Quick question: Could anything go bad with thermal compound in 2 and a half years? Should I attempt to remove it and put it back on?
The only things I've updated on my pc the past two years before a few days ago was ram.
Honestly, I would've kept the system a while longer if my gpu didn't die. The only thing I couldn't play at 60 fps on highest settings at 1920x1080 was Crysis. |
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3 edits | reply to Metatron2008
Those temps are fine. I understand it being odd that the GPU is running cooler then the CPU. However, it does not change the fact that both temps are well below any sort of danger zone. The GPU's danger zone being 120c, and the CPU being 75c.
That CPU temp is on-par. The GPU temp does seem to be to low, oddly. My only suggestion would be to download the latest version of nvidia system tools (6.03), and use that to find what the temps are.
Don't worry about it. I see people worry about temps all the time. However, there is no reason to worry if they are below 60c idle.
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Hmm...
Temps don't worry me much, especially since anymore it seems like hit or miss on the accuracy of the number anyway - BUT - your core voltage is pretty high.
On all my Core2Duo systems (ranging from original e6300s to the newer quad cores) I've never ran any of them higher than 1.425 vcore. 1.5v+ is quite a bit! If you were having issues with your OC in the past, did you ever set the multipliers up to see if it was the RAM or CPU maxing out when you would crash? A lot of times I've seen it where people keep giving the CPU more volts and yet their RAM settings were fubar'd and the actual reason for the crashes.
2.8 seems like it should be easy for a e6400. I have one running 3.08 and a e3620 at 3.15 - but of course ymmv. |
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Re: What do you guys make of these temps?
those temps are perfectly fine. who cares if the GPU is cooler? the GTX200 series runs in a 2D also a low-power 3D mode when not gaming that has greatly reduced clock speeds.
play a game and youll quickly see the GPU temps skyrocket past the CPU cores |
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