Hi All
After a bit of advice or some thoughts on CPU temperatures.
I recently bought a Qotom Q220S mini PC with an Intel i5-3317U processor, 8GB RAM and 64GB SSD, that I want to use as an Opnsense router. I've been using an old PC as my Opnsense box until now and I was really impressed, the only issue is the constant fan noise in the background, and because it has to be positioned in the living room, the noise becomes very annoying, hence why I wanted to get a quieter mini PC with dual LAN ports, and the Qotom seemed to fit the bill perfectly. The model I purchased has a CPU cooling fan, but you can get fanless models.
Anyway, after installing Opnsense on the Qotom, and using it for a few days I have noticed the CPU temperatures seem to always be between the 60'C to 65'C range, even with a low CPU load. For a brand new machine I thought this quite warm. I know the CPU is within it's safe operating range, but I can't help but think there might be an issue with it, considering its brand new. I've changed the thermal paste for the CPU and thermal pad for the GPU, thinking it might have been built with shoddy materials, but this has had no impact on temperatures. I have to say that even though the fan does create airflow, it's not what I would call substantial. I've also attached a USB fan to it and positioned it to blow air through the side vent, and this has bought temps down to what I believe is a much more acceptable level, ranging between 45'C and 50'C. Being used as an Opnsense router, the Qotom will never really go into an idle state, it will always have some load going through it, so I don't expect it to achieve idle temperatures.
What I'd like some advice on is whether this 60'C to 65'C CPU temperature range is something to be concerned about, or whether this is quite normal and perfectly safe to run at these speeds indefinitely.
Any thoughts / views on this would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
After a bit of advice or some thoughts on CPU temperatures.
I recently bought a Qotom Q220S mini PC with an Intel i5-3317U processor, 8GB RAM and 64GB SSD, that I want to use as an Opnsense router. I've been using an old PC as my Opnsense box until now and I was really impressed, the only issue is the constant fan noise in the background, and because it has to be positioned in the living room, the noise becomes very annoying, hence why I wanted to get a quieter mini PC with dual LAN ports, and the Qotom seemed to fit the bill perfectly. The model I purchased has a CPU cooling fan, but you can get fanless models.
Anyway, after installing Opnsense on the Qotom, and using it for a few days I have noticed the CPU temperatures seem to always be between the 60'C to 65'C range, even with a low CPU load. For a brand new machine I thought this quite warm. I know the CPU is within it's safe operating range, but I can't help but think there might be an issue with it, considering its brand new. I've changed the thermal paste for the CPU and thermal pad for the GPU, thinking it might have been built with shoddy materials, but this has had no impact on temperatures. I have to say that even though the fan does create airflow, it's not what I would call substantial. I've also attached a USB fan to it and positioned it to blow air through the side vent, and this has bought temps down to what I believe is a much more acceptable level, ranging between 45'C and 50'C. Being used as an Opnsense router, the Qotom will never really go into an idle state, it will always have some load going through it, so I don't expect it to achieve idle temperatures.
What I'd like some advice on is whether this 60'C to 65'C CPU temperature range is something to be concerned about, or whether this is quite normal and perfectly safe to run at these speeds indefinitely.
Any thoughts / views on this would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
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