e4300 temp questions

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Ezekiel

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That is a pciture of 3 different temp read outs of my current rig.
I want to know what are some standard temp results.

this is a e4300 @ 3gig cooled with Artic Freezer Pro 7, Arctic Silver Ceramique thermal compound, and my case has 1 entry and 1 exit 120mm fans.

and which of these programs is the correct temp.

thanks

EZ
 
The Coretemp .95 and the Intel TAT programs are both correct. I also have a e4300 but with a Zalman 9500 on it and get about the same temps as you.
 
ok so these temps that i am getting are OK? they are not to hot?

and what is the "good" temp range for these e4300 cause i know mine can overclock a bit more.
 
what are your ambient temps? load temps around 70c aren't bad, but they could be a whole lot better.
 
Ezekiel: The problem with all core temperature monitoring programs presently available are that they need to be able to correctly determine the processor Tjunction value.

There is a digital sensor within every Core2 Duo but it does not report an absolute temperature. It is a number relative to when your processor will start to throttle. As DTS approaches zero, your processor will slow down and throttle itself until the temperature decreases back to a safer value.

Software takes this value and then uses a formula to determine the absolute core temperature.

core temperature = Tjunction - DTS

where DTS is the reading from the digital thermal sensor and Tjunction is a fixed value which is typically 85C or 100C.

The problem is that Intel has no documented way to determine the appropriate Tjunction for a cpu. If a monitoring program guesses wrong, then the reported absolute temperature is going to be wrong by 15C.

SpeedFan v4.32 assumes a Tjunction of 85C and CoreTemp 0.95 assumes a Tjunction of 100C for your E4300. No one knows what value is right as the E4300 seems to come in both varieties.

I came up with a test that might sort out this mystery for you. It's simple and will be very low stress on your computer.

Head over to this thread to learn more:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1174781&page=5

A good temperature range for a Core 2 Duo is a temperature that allows it to run Orthos for 4 hours or longer without crashing and without your processor throttling and reducing power. The most important thing is your computer running stable. The C2D is extremely intelligent and will shut down when it starts getting too hot long before it comes close to self destructing.

There is an option in CoreTemp 0.95 to report the actual DTS correctly regardless of what processor you have and generally speaking keeping that at 15 or more degrees away from the throttling point is a good safe maximum to shoot for while running Orthos.
 
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