Do Core 2 Quad run significantly hotter than a Core 2 Duo.

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HerbalNekoTea

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Hi, i recently found a Core 2 Quad Q6700 CPU + gaming board in a electronic recycling bin, my main desktop which nowadays's mainly use for my hdd storage of anime and eroge use a Core 2 Duo E8500 with a shitty prebuild compaq board based on a previous hp one. I don't have too much money and since sometime i believe my old Core 2 Duo run too hot (not has worse than my previous pentium d), i was not sure if i should invest right away for a full modular corsair 650w PSU with 10 year warranty (and yes i do plan to use it until it break over the 10 years warranty and since normal degradation are 20% per 5 year) + 4x2gb of ram in ddr3 + pcie wifi+bt4.0 card for around $300 CAD. I also will be able to get a new build in 13 month when a certain heirloom will be unlocked. My current main computer is a Surface Pro 3 since i only play low end game like visual novel (eroge).

TL;DR How much hotter in general's a Core 2 Quad over a Core 2 Duo, if possible in Celsius.
 
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Why is it important what degree Celsius it runs?

Modern i5's and i7's have a 65w TDP, whereas the Q6700's is 105w, which is how much heat the cooler is expected to deal with. However, you'll see a far greater reduction in heat output and power usage at idle. When I moved from a Q6600 + HD4870 Crossfire to i5 3570K + HD7850, my idle power draw dropped from around 300w down to about 40w.

That said, modern i5's often report higher "degrees C" than older chips. In part this is because the temperature sensor is closer to the hottest parts of the chip. The produce less heat, and are probably actually cooler too, but the number you see is higher. You generally can't compare the temperature readings of different generations of CPUs because...
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Ok, so i guess i will not invest then, so instead, if i wait 13 month for my heirloom, do modern i5 or i7 run hotter with a stock fan than my Core 2 Duo ?
 
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Why is it important what degree Celsius it runs?

Modern i5's and i7's have a 65w TDP, whereas the Q6700's is 105w, which is how much heat the cooler is expected to deal with. However, you'll see a far greater reduction in heat output and power usage at idle. When I moved from a Q6600 + HD4870 Crossfire to i5 3570K + HD7850, my idle power draw dropped from around 300w down to about 40w.

That said, modern i5's often report higher "degrees C" than older chips. In part this is because the temperature sensor is closer to the hottest parts of the chip. The produce less heat, and are probably actually cooler too, but the number you see is higher. You generally can't compare the temperature readings of different generations of CPUs because they're not reading the same thing.
 
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HerbalNekoTea

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Thank, it was mostly for comfort since the a/c in summer is not efficient in my room in summer and in winter it's hot has fuck.

 
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