Normal CPU Temps for E6300

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ronbotex

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I have a nice new Velocity Micro Campus Edition with an E6300 using an Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro w Artic Silver(5) Thermal compound.

When I use Core Temp or TAT the temperatures pretty much agree. During idle, CPU temp is 56-58C, and processor fan speed around 460RPM. If I run the load test within TAT on both cores, temperature rises to 67-69C. and fan speed kicks up to around 1100RPM and holds..

The motherboard on this system is an Intel DP965LT flashed with the latest bios. Intel's desktop tools show a lower CPU temp about 50C idle and 60C under load, but I believe it is reading a differnet sensor.

Do these numbers sound reasonable?. I'm not sure what's normal for this type of processor and cooling solution... :confused:

P.S. The system is NOT overclocked.
 
Those temps are high. I would shoot for maybe like 45C at idle would be better. You really dont want temps over 60C.
 
Yeah, there's a problem with your fan... Run it off a full 12 v if you can, and report back :).
 
Arcygenical said:
Yeah, there's a problem with your fan... Run it off a full 12 v if you can, and report back :).
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Hmm. The theory makes the most sense. The system experienced some rough handling in shipping, and the snap-on fan had been knocked off the heatsink. Perhaps it was damaged, although I didn't notice anything.

Even at full load, the fan never got higher than 1600rpm. I noticed it didn't even start to speed up very much till the temperature got over 60C, but I thought that bios function.
There didn't seem to a whole lot of adjustment on the DP965LT board.

Thanks for the tip. I'll let you guys know what happened.
 
While I'm waiting for the replacement cooler, I thought I'd plug the fan into a 12 volt 3/wire port as was suggested.

Result: around 37C idle and 55/56C using the Intel TAT loading both CPU's 100%. RPM's showed a constant 1860. So the fubar fan diagnosis is correct. :D

Why do I even need to bother with the speed control anyway, it seems like the fan on the Freezer 7 is pretty quiet as it is?
 
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