Kentsfield 63degC idle on air

Barkerd

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Guys,

Just installed a Kentfield CPU in an Asus P5WDH with an arctic cooler 7 pro air cooler just to run as a stop gap before putting under phase in a couple of weeks hopefully. This cooler only has a 92mm fan running at 1000rpm but I was staggered to see in the BIOS the idle temp was 63degC:O Looks like this cooler is not man enough to cool a quad core - I wasn't execting this at stock voltage!!

Thinking that the BIOS was probably misreading I touched the alu fins on the heatsink and it was damn hot so maybe 63degC is right. I suppose with 4 cores to cool down this might be expected.

What coolers you guys using on your Intel chips and what temp ranges are you getting?

@Mav - what temp is your kentsfield running under air/water?

Also if anyone can recommend some good temp monitoring software for the Asus P5WDH that would be great ...maybe an updated version of motherboard monitor?
 
I only used water and phase.

Water idle was 38degs with triple rad and 44degs load - all 4 core loaded was more like 52.

The best air cooler to use is the Ninja Scythe or the Tuniq Tower - the temps shoudl be controllable then my friend.

ASUS Probe is okay, I think also that sppedfan is now compatable also.
 
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