Temp tools

[OlIv0rIolI]

I have q6600 and I use watercooling. Core temp shows temp 37 degrees C for core 0,1 and 31 degrees C for core 2,3. The gigabyte easytunes 6 shows only one temp of 25 degrees.

Which is more accurate? Is core temp reliable? What tools do you use?

Also can someone tell me which core is which on the pic?
http://techgage.com/reviews/intel/q6600/quad_core_illustration_thumb.jpg

 

[BillParrish]

Which is more accurate?
core temp
Is core temp reliable?
Yes very. It uses the internal Digital Temp Sensors and will thus read higher.
What tools do you use?
We mostly use tools that report DTS temps, speedfan, coretemp, realtemp. everest etc. all will read the same with any discrepencies due to time inverval rounding. Realtemp has become my favorite due to the customized look but frankly after testing etc. I set my cpu alarm and shutdown temp in the bios and do not waste resources running temp monitoring all the time.

Easytune is reading an on board sensor located near or in the cpu socket.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031080147#post1031080147


Discussion of core layout:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2186615

 

[Atech]

Which is more accurate?
core temp
Is core temp reliable?
Yes very. It uses the internal Digital Temp Sensors and will thus read higher.
What tools do you use?
We mostly use tools that report DTS temps, speedfan, coretemp, realtemp. everest etc. all will read the same with any discrepencies due to time inverval rounding. Realtemp has become my favorite due to the customized look but frankly after testing etc. I set my cpu alarm and shutdown temp in the bios and do not waste resources running temp monitoring all the time.

Easytune is reading an on board sensor located near or in the cpu socket.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031080147#post1031080147


Discussion of core layout:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2186615

One fun part about all temp programs.
The sensors they use, get worse and worse (more inacurrate) the longer the sensor is from TJMax...so you only have a guess at "low" temps...in no way accurate of the real world.

 

[OlIv0rIolI]

From reading the link, it seems people at anand believes that with vertical orientation to the mobo, the bottom most core is 0 and the top one is 4. Can anyone verify? I used to remember this way back when I first bought the cpu, but I forgot.

 

[Zero82z]

From reading the link, it seems people at anand believes that with vertical orientation to the mobo, the bottom most core is 0 and the top one is 4. Can anyone verify? I used to remember this way back when I first bought the cpu, but I forgot.

I don't know for certain, but can I ask why you need to know? The core arrangement isn't terribly important in terms of what you can actually do with that knowledge. As long as Core Temp or Real Temp report that your temperatures are a reasonable distance away from Tjmax, you really don't have to worry about them at all.