I7 temps

[CompuTronix]

If you understand what you're looking at, then it's very obvious that I don't use Real Temp, especially since my Guide is based on SpeedFan. As such, you can see that I show CPU temperature, AND Core temperature @ standard ambient temperature, which is specified by Intel as 22C (71.6F), and is the ambient temperature at which I conduct all thermal testing.

Since my temperatures are calibrated, they're highly accurate, so all 4 Core temperatures are equal at 100% workload, (Prime95 Small FFT's), and there's no point in showing 4 identical Core temperatures, such as:

68c CPU | 73c Core 73c Core 73c Core 73c Core @ 22c Ambient.

 

[vinceg]

gotcha thanks again for the help, i gotta move in the next couple days so i been way to busy and wanted to got the proper stable overclock with good temps before i moved to the house this friday . based on what ive showed you do you think my temps are a bit high or i shoudlnt worry about it?

 

[CompuTronix]

I would stop placing so much emphasis on Idle temps, and concern myself more with Load temps.

Once again, Intel's Thermal Specification for Maximum CPU temperature (Tcase Max) is 68c, which corresponds to 73c for Core tempertatures.

As long as you don't exceed 73c Core temperatures while running Prime95 Small FFT's, you're OK.

Now that you have HT turned off, you should be able to increase your overclock to 3.8 Ghz without increasing Vcore. Your rig should still remain stable, and your temperatures should not be noticably affected.

 

[vinceg]

thanks for your advice man ! i will do that. and sorry for taking so much of your time away. il try not to bother ya anymore

 

[CompuTronix]

No problem. Good luck, and enjoy your rig!

Comp

 

[vinceg]

after moving into my new house i decided to put the pc on top of the desk instead of the centter of the wood desk that i have, and my core temps are now 38 36 37 34 on idle!

 

[CompuTronix]

What are your Load temperatures during Prime95 Small FFT's?

Also, SpeedFan 4.38 has been released, which works correctly on the Core i7's, and does not need any + 15c offset for the Cores.

 

[vinceg]

sweet! il have to download the new v also i didnt run the prime95 yet since i only set everything up last night at my new place but last time i ran it under the desk it was 73 72 72 71 with hyper thread on.

 

[CompuTronix]

Understood. At 22c ambient my Cores are 72c during Prime95 Small FFT's, which is within spec by just 1c.

 

[vinceg]

ok i ran the prime 95 for about 3 hours now, with ambient of 22c and max core temps are 69 67 66 65