Temps Per Core - Q6600 GO

[liquidfluidity]

I just installed my q6600 last week and started overclocking this week. I installed Coretemp and noticed a diff. in the temps of each core. All That I have read states that this is pretty common and I'm not really worried about it. My temps are:

0 - 32
1 - 25
2 - 28
3 - 25

With the closeness of the 3 cores , I am wondering if it may be an installation issue with the Enzotech. Both cooler and cpu are pretty flat. I'm just wondering if I try and reinstall(real PITA!) the cooler , if I might get core 0 down a little. Used AS5 and their application method. Maybe I just tightened one screw too much before the next?

Also , I would like to know how the designation of Coretemp relates to the cores - are 0 and 1 on the same die?

Thanks and any insight is highly appreciated!

 

[marylandman]

except yours is running way cooler than mine, but my core 1 is always signicantly warmer than the others

 

[liquidfluidity]

I have seen a lot of GO's with about the same differences between the highest and lowest cores. I'm just wondering if there's a relation with my cores and heatsink mounting especially with how close the other 3 cores are.

 

[liquidfluidity]

Just did some more reading and I see that there is a consensus that one core does most of the work since a lot of apps are ran single thread. Is this correct and could this contribute to the temp diffs?

 

[silasbear]

Temps look good. Enjoy the cpu!

 

[liquidfluidity]

Thanks! I'm just real anal about things. Sometimes excessively!

 

[marylandman]

Just did some more reading and I see that there is a consensus that one core does most of the work since a lot of apps are ran single thread. Is this correct and could this contribute to the temp diffs?

u read exactly what i was thinking that makes sense. u could try it by seeing if u could change all the process affinities to core 3 and see if ur hot temp shift to core 3

 

[liquidfluidity]

This is true - is it then true to say that cores 0 and 1 are on the same die?

 

[doormat]

I would assume that 0 and 1 are on different dice. Judging by the temps, I would assume that core 0 and 2 are on the same die and 1 an 3 are on the other. This makes sense, since if the OS hands out most tasks to 0, then 1, then 2, and 3, by having 0 and 1 on different cores, the cache usage is more efficient because only 1 core is active in each die.

 

[marylandman]

and after i did this the temps are almost all the same. actually i now have much less variation, my crappy intel hsf, here are the temps for cores 0-3 47 44 45 47. And now im testing this further, i opened up an intensive video encoding on nero and im switching the video to each core, whatever core is doing the work becomes the hottest core

 

[DonDon]

On my Q6600, 2 temps run almost 10 degrees warmer than the other 2. doesn't matter if it si idle or fully loaded.

That is just the way it is.

Don

 

[Mithent]

Considering that, when either entirely idle or entirely stressed, my 0 and 1 are usually within 1C of each other and 2 and 3 are within 1C of each other, I was pretty sure that 0 and 1 are one die and 2 and 3 are the other (about 6C cooler than 0+1).

The temperatures look pretty good to me, and core 0 is probably in use more than the others; my TRUE 120 only got my Q6600 G0 to the low 30s idle at stock clocks, albeit going for pretty low-speed fans.

 

[liquidfluidity]

It's been my consensus , from here and general reading , that my temps are pretty good so I'll just let sleeping dogs lay thanks for the replies and insight.