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Are these temps normal for a Q9450?

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EnderW

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I just put together a new system and my temps seem kinda high.

P5Q Deluxe
Q9450 at stock
Thermalight Ultra 120 Extreme w/ washer mod
AS5 Thermal Paste
Antec Tricool at medium
No case right now, just sitting on my desk - open air

Ambient temp: 23.3 C

Idle temps:
  • Core 1: 46
  • Core 2: 48
  • Core 3: 51
  • Core 4: 51

Load temps:
  • Core 1: 57
  • Core 2: 57
  • Core 3: 59
  • Core 4: 61

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1792/tempsatstock01ml0.jpg
 
I think I'm gonna swap in my HR-01 Plus to see how it compares
 
Arctic Silver 5 takes some time to cure. After some usage, the temps will go down a little. Also, is the base of your CPU cooler flat? The Ultra-120 extreme heatsinks are notorious for not being completely flat. If it isn't flat, buy a lapping kit. (www.frozencpu.com and www.svc.com are two good places)
 
You should be seeing low 30s idle, maybe even high 20s. Up to 50 or so under load I guess, based on my system, similar temps, also open air, Noctua NH-U12P.
 
Use real temp for temp monitoring on 45nm chips. You'll see your temps are more in line when you run it.
 
samsonJS said:
You should be seeing low 30s idle, maybe even high 20s. Up to 50 or so under load I guess, based on my system, similar temps, also open air, Noctua NH-U12P.
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are you using a 45nm chip?
what temp program?

Darkatom said:
Use real temp for temp monitoring on 45nm chips. You'll see your temps are more in line when you run it.
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wow, they are about 10 C cooler with Real Temp
is this normal?
 
Those temps are normal for a 45nm chip, assuming you're probably using something calibrated wrong like Coretemp or Speedfan. I think the Q9450 is a 95 TJMax chip, so Realtemp would be more accurate "out of the box".
 
My Q9450 @ 3.2 with 1.25v, using MX-2 and a Zalman 9700 idles at about 38-39c and hits 51-53c under load.

Those temps are taken with RealTemp with a Tjmax of 95 which seems to be the "accepted" Tjmax for the 45nm C2Q's. Other programs like Hardware Monitor give me a reading of about 10c higher because they use a higher Tjmax, 105 I think.

-V
 
well I swapped in the HR-01 Plus and temps are basically the same
I think I'm gonna lap the TRUE and apply some MX-2
 
My Q6600 B3 stepping idles between 38C and 42C under a Tuniq Tower and AS5 with ambient temps around 75F. Seems like they might be a bit high.
 
EnderW said:
are you using a 45nm chip?
what temp program?


wow, they are about 10 C cooler with Real Temp
is this normal?
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Yes, q9450, sorry. I use real temp, but if you set tjmax to 95 in core temp it works fine.

It's normal, there are explanations around if you're curious why.
 
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