E8600 temps

Bungral

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Howdy all,

I've just swapped out my Q6700 for an E8600 and am just curious about the temps I'm being reported.

This is all under water with a PA120.3 all to itself under a Supreme.

Which program is the one to be believed with 45nm dualies?

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Coretemp is my choice.

If its reading the highest (within reason) you can take it as a safety margin.
 
name='Ham' said:
Coretemp is my choice.

If its reading the highest (within reason) you can take it as a safety margin.

Thing is it's idling at like 45 degrees... That can't be normal can it? Or is it just that it's quite highly clocked at stock.

Just noticed it has a pretty decent VID too :)
 
name='Ham' said:
Its idle at 45 and loaded at 49?

Yep but now it's at 4 GHz at 1.1875 V's it's been Prime95ing for 45 mins and is at 59 degrees...

That's a bit high for that voltage....

I've been thinking about buying a new waterblock as the Supreme is a nightmare to tighten down. Might just buy the GTZ and swap it sometime. This is just a toy really until I can be arsed to go i7... Really wanna wait for a nice new revision or chip or something...
 
CoreTemp, as it's the only one with the right TJMax set. 40 idle on an E8xxx cpu is quite high though I thought those CPU's were cool. Most other users can hit 4GHz on air and still not have to turn up their fan (with a decent heatsink).
 
coretemp is fine for 65nm but for 45nm you should be using realtemp.

O/T: anyone else not able to get on xs?
 
Thing is real temp is just low.. Is it really that one to believe?

It's got me at 45 - 46 idle at stock volts at 4ghz.
 
name='Bungral' said:
Thing is real temp is just low.. Is it really that one to believe?

It's got me at 45 - 46 idle at stock volts at 4ghz.

CoreTemp because it has the right TJMax. Well not exactly right as it varies but 105 for 45nm and 95 for 65nm. In realtemp it saves the TJMax of your last CPU which from your sig seems to be a Q6700 so maybe it has the TJMax stuck on 95 which would explain the 10c difference between Core and RealTemp.
 
None of my Wolfdales seem massivly cool tbh (when theyre not under ice at least :rolleyes:). The one im testing atm idles around 32 at stock with coretemp, cooled by a Vendetta II and the crappy fan it comes with.

I've had bugger all luck overclocking it though, wondering if thats in part to the board being run under phase and somthing degraded/got used to high volts. Will have to try the IP35 Pro later...

If your really worried mate the only thing to do is grab a digi thermometer and get a real reading. Although as long your not encountering stability issues due to overheating, don't worry about it.
 
well just lumped it up to 4.5GHz at 1.35V at it seems stable enough but temps showing 70 on core temp and 62 on real temp when prime 95ing it up..
 
Howdy, armed with your knowledge, I've just downloaded the newest beta version of Real Temp and the latest version of Core Temp and both now read my TJMax at 100 which prompted me to look for the number. It turns out Intel released the info and this is it here:

Update (8.21.2008):

45nm Desktop Dual-Core Processors

Intel Core 2 Duo processor E8000 and E7000 series - 100°C

45 nm Desktop Quad-Core Processors

Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q9000 and Q8000 series - 100°C

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9650 - 95°C

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 - 85°C

Now both my Real Temp and Core Temp are reading the same and I'm happy that it's sound. As for Everest, well it's a bit naff with regard this now. Perhaps the newest version would sort it.

name='moogle' said:
CoreTemp because it has the right TJMax. Well not exactly right as it varies but 105 for 45nm and 95 for 65nm. In realtemp it saves the TJMax of your last CPU which from your sig seems to be a Q6700 so maybe it has the TJMax stuck on 95 which would explain the 10c difference between Core and RealTemp.
 
Good to see you got it sorted. Everest is still good for all those other temp sensors it can read though :)

Perhaps the TJMax value can be changed in there too so it displays the correct values but I'm not sure on that.
 
name='moogle' said:
Good to see you got it sorted. Everest is still good for all those other temp sensors it can read though :)

Perhaps the TJMax value can be changed in there too so it displays the correct values but I'm not sure on that.

I had a really quick look but couldn't see anything... Rushing as the footy is about to start.

Thing is now it's correct, I'm still unhappy with my temps lol.... sitting at 53 degrees idle.. fair enough it's at 4.5GHz though with 1.3V.
 
name='Bungral' said:
I had a really quick look but couldn't see anything... Rushing as the footy is about to start.

Thing is now it's correct, I'm still unhappy with my temps lol.... sitting at 53 degrees idle.. fair enough it's at 4.5GHz though with 1.3V.

:haha:

Could just be a bad chip maybe. I think it should be a bit cooler. My Q9550 at 4GHz didn't idle that high and it was on a worse off radiator.

Enjoy the footy :)
 
Ok so just pulled my waterblock off and most of the skin on my fingers with it due to dodgy bolts... Decided to do away with the springs on the supreme too... They do my head in.

Anyway with the reseat I seem to have managed to drop temps by like 5 degrees at load or something...

Still peaking at 73 while priming but that's not too bad considering it hit 80 degrees yesterday.

Hmmmm still unsure...
 
have you lapped your cpu???? or are you planning on lapping it??? are you brave enough to lap your £150 cpu??

interesting thread to see bungral as i am building my new water setup around an e8600!!!
 
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