LGA1366 Cooler round up

[chookman]

Is it just me or is this going to confuse a HEAP more people. We already get threads of "PLZ help CPU running too hot 60c under load" when we all know its most probably fine. Results displayed like this in delta from room temperature is just going to cause more of this.

In the forums on the site its stated that with the ambient temp included it makes the graphs messy? how is that the case when at any one time the ambient temps are only going to be +- a few degrees from the previous tested HSF... anyone agree?

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/02/19/ga-1366-cpu-cooler-group-test/7

 

[jimmysmitty]

Um not sure.... TBH the temps are a bit confusing..... 20c idle but 75c load? Is that with or without ambient????

 

[jive]

I think when you check your cpu temp it's pretty hard to not include the ambient temperature of the room . The temp reading you obtain is from the cpu. for all cpu if the temp inside the case or in the room is lower the temp reading should be lower. Most of the time people give the ambient temp as reference, for exemple if your room is at 20c. the reading on the cpu his 31c idle, but if the temp in the room is higher , 30c., then the idle temp on the cpu would be higner like 33-34 c. may be higher.

 

[cjl]

Those are delta t values. In other words, they measure the number of degrees above ambient. 20C above ambient is rather terrible for idle.