q9450 temps

[cybermaniac]

hey guys

when i first installed my system, under watercooling, my q9450 was showing about 40-50c temps.

updated the bios and that went down to about 1-2c above ambient.

however.......if i look at lets say everest or realtemp, they show something rather strange:

(see enclosed picture)

seems that the "cpu" temp is 25c or so, whilst the cores are almost double that temp.....

any ideas?

The reason I ask ofc, is for overclocking........I can't really monitor my temps unless I know what the real temps are lol

 

[Luigi]

You want to go by the temps on the cores, rather than the cpu. the cpu is taken by the motherboard i believe, from the socket, whereas the cores are the cores themselves

The CPU temp changes with different bios's, whereas core temps should stay the same

 

[Silentsnake]

that sucks!!! and you say you have water cooling :O!!!!

I got this CPU and im running them temps on the stock cooler at the moment :S

What Water Cooling Parts you got?? cos i was going to go WC and was hoping to notice a dramatic Drop in Temps :S

 

[cybermaniac]

thing is.......im not sure that the asus maximus extreme is actually taking the temps correctly....i mean cmon....just updating the bios changing temps to that level???!!!

something must be drastically wrong here...

PA120.3, noctua fans, only grfx + cpu on loop.........CPU coming first after rad.....I've got a feeling that the mobo isn't taking the correct temps here.

 

[Luigi]

Nah, Its fine

whats changing is the motherboards reported temperature, not the cpu's..

The cpu's always stays the same pretty much.

Is that screeny on full load? what cpu block you running?

 

[cybermaniac]

here are the specs:

12V Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/EK DDC X-TOP

EK-FC88 GT/GTS (G92)

D-TEK FuZion CPU Block v1

D-Tek FuZion Accelerator Nozzle Kit

ThermoChill PA120.3

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

XSPC Bay Reservoir

the way the system goes is:

rad > cpu > grfx card > res > rad

edit:

what does worry me tho is this following post:

And finally, if it just DOESN'T work, remember this: Asus, for all intents and purposes, "hid" the Winbond sensor. Asus didn't utilize it in Asus Probe, so something must not be exactly right. Perhaps it worked on most boards, but bugged out on enough for them to not "officially" make use of it.

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16364

 

[GavX]

I run a similar set up, and even when at 3.6Ghz (oh yeah!) I didnt go above 55oC, when its stock speed it is something like 30-35oC, so might be the gremlins at work, as if not overclocked that chip doesn't make much heat, you checked for the usual suspects, CPU block correctly seated, rad fans getting suficient airflow etc?

 

[cybermaniac]

i'll try reseating the cpu block sometime soon + checking the nozzles are clear/nozzle kit is on correctly

 

[Silentsnake]

I run a similar set up, and even when at 3.6Ghz (oh yeah!) I didnt go above 55oC, when its stock speed it is something like 30-35oC, so might be the gremlins at work, as if not overclocked that chip doesn't make much heat, you checked for the usual suspects, CPU block correctly seated, rad fans getting suficient airflow etc?

wahhh im running 55'c average and they hardly move if on load or idle just 55/56 and i got stock temps :s every1 says that this shouldnt run warm so im confused lol mine is more or less double what your saying it should be lol

 

[GavX]

might just be bad luck, are you sure your VCore maybe isnt set too high and throwing out alot of excess heat? I have 480mm total rads in the Antec 900 so that might be helping me, but they are guff thermaltake ones anyway. Tomorrow if I remember I will boot up my PC overclocked and run orthos and see what I get idle and load. When overclocked they do go up a bit, but I don't have any "official" reading to hand, just memory, will see to more info tomorrow

 

[cybermaniac]

thing is, my board and cpu is stock stock stock. I haven't even started overclocking anything yet.

edit:

i've just changed my voltage to 1.2v-1.3v and here are the results:

 

[Silentsnake]

might just be bad luck, are you sure your VCore maybe isnt set too high and throwing out alot of excess heat? I have 480mm total rads in the Antec 900 so that might be helping me, but they are guff thermaltake ones anyway. Tomorrow if I remember I will boot up my PC overclocked and run orthos and see what I get idle and load. When overclocked they do go up a bit, but I don't have any "official" reading to hand, just memory, will see to more info tomorrow

Just wondering what vcore should i have this cpu on? cos i noticed my Mobo tends to push evrything up lol

 

[Luigi]

Its not the board.. try a remount, maybe tighten the block down a bit more?

 

[Silentsnake]

mhh done that :S i mean i even installed my Thermaltight 120 Extreme Heatsink with push and pull fans and it went to 50'c WTF is this correct or am i loosing the plot lool

Reminder::: CPU is not OC

 

[Luigi]

Ok.. that is rather high.. maybe try another bios.. Although i doubt it.

 

[Silentsnake]

Ok.. that is rather high.. maybe try another bios.. Although i doubt it.

yh i know its anoying ... mhhhh i will update bios when i get back going restaurant for my sister birthday yey!

 

[mrapoc]

my e6300 was stubborn on temps even under water cooling. just got my q6600 and even on stock heatsink its cooler... i reckon u may have a bad hs or ihs

 

[Luigi]

Lapping? either the block or the cpu, or a combination must be really bad

 

[Silentsnake]

i dont belive in lapping my cpu i would rather have my warrenty lool

will lapping my WC CPU BLOCK make a difference when i get it?

 

[Luigi]

Thats not under water yet? you said it was? :S