Hypothetical Question

[Lando95]

If one were to setup say somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 to 20 computers in the same room, with the EXACT same hardware on all of them, would each processor(assume Pentium 4) record the EXACT same temperatures? Or, does it vary from chip to chip?

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[etp777]

It varies from chip to chip

 

[Lando95]

By how much could it possibly vary?

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[etp777]

By a whole lot more than can be defined without actually setting it up. How the computerse are arranged, airflow through the room, whether there are dead spots in the airflow, and so on. Ask any IT guy at a college who's repsonsbile for a bunch of ocmputer labs in different buildings, there's no way to answer this without a ton more information,a nd even then, everything will be guesses until you just do it.

 

[Lando95]

Ok, let me rephrase the question. Lets assume that a person has 20 computers, identical in every single aspect, including: room temp, airflow both in the case and the room, exact same humidity, barometric pressure, etc, etc, would the processors show different temperatures?

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[TheRod]

Yes! different temp, but not much difference. Each DIE differ in electrical behaviour, it'S why chip makers "bins" their die depending on different test or market need.

Some processor will ba marked/sold has 2.0GHz, but some might be able to run at 2.6GHz ad others at 2.2GHz, or else... All chips are the same, but in the process of making of the silicon, there is always tiny difference that makes each CPU behave not exactly the same. Everything that is man-made have some "fault/error tolerance".

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[scottchen]

Motherboard quality also varies, so some vcore may fluxuate more than others.

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[Lando95]

Thats what I was thinking, but not sure Thanks, I appreciate it.

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