V8 cooler master temps on i7

[migs008]

Hello people of the forum. I finished properly building my new rig and have found out how difficult it is to test if it's running in optimum performance.

One of them is how people would refer to their temps using coolers on i7. So does anyone know what people generally refer to when measuring their temps. For example all the reviewers for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055 who state they have like below 30 C IDLE temps and some say like 35-40 C. Most of them are running on stock and then some OC'ed and getting saying they have temps of 35ish temps idle @3.8ghz or whatever.

What ARE the temps supposed to be?

Because I dunno if they are referring to CPU temps or like average core temps like CPU #1,#2,#3,#4.

Also please those of you who have v8 cooler master and core i7 post your own temps so I can compare mine.

Currently mine is cooling the i7 920 stock@ CPU = 21 C CPU #1,#2,#3,#4 average = 36 C

Measured using Lavalys EVEREST ultimate edition, EVGA Eleet tool, Real temp 3.00

I'll be checking this post tommorrow since it's late and I have work tomorrow.


COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

 

[Jim_L9]

The idle temps look good, but what are your temps under 100% load?

 

[migs008]

Have'nt tried 100% load yet but on 60-70% load it goes to about 42-46 C

And it's really cold in my room at night my temps right now in the morning is CPU = 16 C and CORE average = 30 C I left it on downloading. My old Dual core kept my room nice and warm during the entire night though which tells you how hot that thing could be.

 

[kingleo037]

Here are my temps after 12 hours... Cooler master cosmos S case (43c average idle and 65c full load in prime95 for about 25min OC to 3.65Mhz) I wish i had this cooler on my old 8400 for a real comparison....Also my temps Jumped about 8c when i added my 2nd GTX 285 They put out alot of heat! also my readings from Eleet are right now..Room is about 75F
Cpu 30c
Vreg 62c
system 47c <---- mostly due to the 285's
hope this helps....



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[Jim_L9]

Your temps look decent, but you really need to test at 100% load with prime95 using smallFFT to be sure.

 

[migs008]

Thank you now for you reply. Now I have something to compare to.

Also I'll try loading it at 100% too.

 

[foolycooly]

I have the cm v8 in my recent i7 build. I have it OC'd to 3.8ghz 12 hour prime stable at 1.2125 core voltage. I idle in the 38-41 range (sometimes a few degrees cooler, and sometimes as high as 43 when it gets really hot in my room). The 100% load temps capped around 85 after 12 hours of prime95. I have a gtx 295 slightly overclocked which puts out a TON of heat...I think that's why my temps are few degrees higher than I would like them to be.

From doing a lot of research on the topic, a rule of thumb that I follow is that you want your idle temps to be below 45c (40 optimally) and under 90c full load (under 80 optimally)

Ambient temperatures make a huge difference. A lot of people claiming sub 30 idle temps are either using inaccurate temperature monitors (like the BIOS), or have very low ambient temps, or do not have a powerful video card that adds a lot of heat. Realtemp is the most accurate temperature monitoring program currently available...use that.

Keep in mind the i7 chips are able to run up to 100c before they throttle (which they do automatically), so there isn't a huge danger of overheating causing your cpu to burn up...it's more of an issue with the longevity of the chip.

 

[migs008]

So from stock to overclocked how many degrees is usually added to the idle temps?

 

[foolycooly]

it depends on how much you increase the voltages.