E8400 Temps

[Deshman]

With one program giving one temperature and another giving a reading 14 degrees higher, which do you trust?

 

[Mr. Smith]

Neither one.

There is a known fault I keep seeing about temp reporting on e8*00's. Not owning one I never really looked at it.

I do know users have returned CPU's with large differences across cores under intel warranty.

There is some other temp program you can use... Give me a while and I'll get back to you...

Edit: Realtemp - here

Cheers

 

[Deshman]

The Sensor test is showing Core 0 Sensor Movement 0 and Core 1 Sensor Movement 3.

This processor is under a D-Tek Fuzion block and I don't have much experience watercooling Intel CPUs but I was getting lower temps on air with my old AMD.

 

[Mr. Smith]

Seems fine to me, not had a 45nm intel but afaik those temps are ok. Google is your friend

Now OC it!

I actually read an article about these proccys and degradation. Go easy on the voltage. Deffo no more than 1.45v, prob 1.4v to be safe...

 

[Deshman]

Quick go with the Asus overclocking tool heralds 3.6Ghz with all settings on auto and a 1:1 with the memory. The program decided I needed 1.32V and with Prime95 running RealTemp reports 46 degrees - not too bad I suppose.

One question though, my RAM is rated 1000Mhz; do you think it would be possible to retain a 1:1 ratio and increase the FSB whilst remaining within the boundaries of the CPU voltage range AND keep it stable?