dragonfly April 23, 2007 Share dragonfly Member April 23, 2007 I know that there's probably a billion threads about this already, but what do you use for monitoring your cpu temps? I recently (today) OC'd my cpu to 3.4 w/ 1.4v, but it was running (or so it said) at 54C under load. So I dropped it to 1.38v, and it cooled off to 52C under load. I was usuing NVIDIA Monitor View (software that came with the mobo - eVGA 680i sli) but I loaded up coretemp. With coretemp it reads temps sitting at 36-40 idle, while NVidia Monitor View is also saying 46 at the same time. I know it cools off really fast, but under system monitor in the bios it said 36-37C. What temp should I trust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo April 24, 2007 Share Cujo Member April 24, 2007 core temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly April 24, 2007 Author Share dragonfly Member April 24, 2007 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher April 24, 2007 Share Preacher Member April 24, 2007 using my friends temp gun I figured out that my CPU is exactly 2 degrees C cooler than Asus Probe II says it is. Coretemp says that it is 2 degrees cooler than asus probe so it should be almost exact. My thought is how can (or why would) my motherboard send info to coretemp different than it sends to asus probe? Since I am running an Asus board shouldn't probe be the most accurate? Wierdness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom April 24, 2007 Share discom Member April 24, 2007 My bios says that my CPU idles at 75c... I win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly April 24, 2007 Author Share dragonfly Member April 24, 2007 Discom, I dont care what you have, i'll trade you boards! Yeah, it is strange preacher... so I had no clue. I'll stick with coretemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo April 25, 2007 Share Cujo Member April 25, 2007 discom, i'm wondering if your cpu throttles in source cause it's too hot therefore lowering performance. i can't wait til ff to fix your comp once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher April 25, 2007 Share Preacher Member April 25, 2007 (edited) If your CPU is actually running that hot, it will burn up very fast. You need to have it under 50 to preserve it's lifespan. My suggestion is to get a new CPU cooler and upgrade your case fans and add a PCI slot fan. For under $70 you should be able to drastically cool off your system. I have a Vantec duel fan slot fan to help cool PCI area. PM me and we'll work out a trade or sale (cheap) http://www.xoxide.com/fancard.html As far as the CPU cooler : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835118115 or if that is too big: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835128014 Then add these if you have 120mm case fans then these will cool your system great: http://www.xoxide.com/th12blledsmf.html if you are stuck with 80mm fans then try a few of these: http://www.xoxide.com/smartfan.html If you have a little more space then this is the best case fan (I have one in mine: http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-silent-w...-130mm-fan.html You could also add a bay cooler like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817122110 to improve airflow around your hard drives. I would like to note that all fans are not created equal and most cheap fans push very little air and often become noisy when they age a bit. Edited April 25, 2007 by Preacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo April 25, 2007 Share Cujo Member April 25, 2007 preach, his system isn't worth that much. and he's had it running like that for a couple years. i'm not too worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly April 26, 2007 Author Share dragonfly Member April 26, 2007 That fan-card looks cool though I didnt know they made them. Too bad the top two slots are taken up by my gfx card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher April 26, 2007 Share Preacher Member April 26, 2007 I had 2 of them running in my old case but when I upgraded to PCI-E I only needed one due to my super fan on the side of my case lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly April 28, 2007 Author Share dragonfly Member April 28, 2007 So does that mean you have a spare lying around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher April 28, 2007 Share Preacher Member April 28, 2007 yep, wanna buy it or trade for it? PS HIJACKED THREAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly April 28, 2007 Author Share dragonfly Member April 28, 2007 Well, I started the thread so I can steal it from me if I want to You have my interest Preacher... hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher April 28, 2007 Share Preacher Member April 28, 2007 Hmmmmm ... indEEd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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