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I have a X5650 Xeon running at 45 degrees Celsius idle. I want to reduce the temperature. I changed thermal paste but I want to also configure it so its cooler. I've heard HT can increase temperatures by 8-10 degrees on modern CPUs but I am willing to try disabling it on mine to see how much cooler it will go. About 2 years ago I went into my Dell Precision T3500 bios and turned on HT. Since the CPU is a 6 core one I doubt I will benefit from HT based on my work load. My question is - if I turn it off from the BIOS will I get any errors or problems when I boot into Windows? I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Thanks in advance.
 
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I have a X5650 Xeon running at 45 degrees Celsius idle. I want to reduce the temperature. I changed thermal paste but I want to also configure it so its cooler. I've heard HT can increase temperatures by 8-10 degrees on modern CPUs but I am willing to try disabling it on mine to see how much cooler it will go. About 2 years ago I went into my Dell Precision T3500 bios and turned on HT. Since the CPU is a 6 core one I doubt I will benefit from HT based on my work load. My question is - if I turn it off from the BIOS will I get any errors or problems when I boot into Windows? I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Thanks in advance.

Disabling hyperthreading will mostly reduce performance. It may reduce temps a little, but...

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I have a X5650 Xeon running at 45 degrees Celsius idle. I want to reduce the temperature. I changed thermal paste but I want to also configure it so its cooler. I've heard HT can increase temperatures by 8-10 degrees on modern CPUs but I am willing to try disabling it on mine to see how much cooler it will go. About 2 years ago I went into my Dell Precision T3500 bios and turned on HT. Since the CPU is a 6 core one I doubt I will benefit from HT based on my work load. My question is - if I turn it off from the BIOS will I get any errors or problems when I boot into Windows? I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Thanks in advance.
Hyperthreading on/off won't change idle temps significantly. It could raise loaded temps by better utilizing all parts of the CPU.
You should not get any errors by disabling hyperthreading in the BIOS.
 
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I have a X5650 Xeon running at 45 degrees Celsius idle. I want to reduce the temperature. I changed thermal paste but I want to also configure it so its cooler. I've heard HT can increase temperatures by 8-10 degrees on modern CPUs but I am willing to try disabling it on mine to see how much cooler it will go. About 2 years ago I went into my Dell Precision T3500 bios and turned on HT. Since the CPU is a 6 core one I doubt I will benefit from HT based on my work load. My question is - if I turn it off from the BIOS will I get any errors or problems when I boot into Windows? I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Thanks in advance.

Disabling hyperthreading will mostly reduce performance. It may reduce temps a little, but halving your threads won't half your temps.
 
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