First I'll list my parts:
Core i7 920
Asus Rampage II Gene
LAPPED TRUE 120 with 2x Scythe S-Flex G in push/pull and AS5 (bead in middle and spread by HSF pressure)
Corsair 6GB DDR3-1600 Dominator (with airflow fan)
ThermalTake Extreme Spirit II NB cooler (also with AS5)
Antec Mini P180 (with all 3 120mm fans filled by Scyhe S-Flex G fans - 2 intake, 1 exhaust)
2x HIS Radeon HD 4850 (reference cooler - but these are sitting down at 50 C during prime95)
Asus PhysX PCI Card
Corsair TX750 PSU
WD 640 GB Caviar Blue
So as you can guess, I have a MASSIVE amount of airflow in my case, that is NOT the issue here..... YET, when i prime95 my cpu with small overclock to 3.2 GHz (1.3625 vcore) my CPU core temps go UP. I am hitting 83 C on individual core which is way out of whack to what I would expect here. The TRUE is lapped to a mirror finish and the AS5 was applied about a green pea in middle of heatspreader then spread by heatsink pressure. I have not (and do not want to) LAPPED the heatspreader on the cpu as this makes is nearly unsellable for me if I upgrade - and voids the warranty I believe. I also have a considerable gap in what my monitoring programs are telling me for the CPU temps:
RealTemp 3.00 (not calibrated) - 83 82 81 78 on the 4 cores (all C)
AI Suite - 69 C
PC Probe 69 C
LCD Poster off MB - 69 C
HWMonitor - 81 80 81 77 (all C)
My room temp is about 75 F - about 24 C and i keep my window open all the time to help vent (its a dorm).
Now I would expect the Asus poster and programs to all be the same, but why this huge delta from the other programs? AND why so dam hot? Is there any specific program that can be called reliable for use with i7 processors and Asus MB?
Core i7 920
Asus Rampage II Gene
LAPPED TRUE 120 with 2x Scythe S-Flex G in push/pull and AS5 (bead in middle and spread by HSF pressure)
Corsair 6GB DDR3-1600 Dominator (with airflow fan)
ThermalTake Extreme Spirit II NB cooler (also with AS5)
Antec Mini P180 (with all 3 120mm fans filled by Scyhe S-Flex G fans - 2 intake, 1 exhaust)
2x HIS Radeon HD 4850 (reference cooler - but these are sitting down at 50 C during prime95)
Asus PhysX PCI Card
Corsair TX750 PSU
WD 640 GB Caviar Blue
So as you can guess, I have a MASSIVE amount of airflow in my case, that is NOT the issue here..... YET, when i prime95 my cpu with small overclock to 3.2 GHz (1.3625 vcore) my CPU core temps go UP. I am hitting 83 C on individual core which is way out of whack to what I would expect here. The TRUE is lapped to a mirror finish and the AS5 was applied about a green pea in middle of heatspreader then spread by heatsink pressure. I have not (and do not want to) LAPPED the heatspreader on the cpu as this makes is nearly unsellable for me if I upgrade - and voids the warranty I believe. I also have a considerable gap in what my monitoring programs are telling me for the CPU temps:
RealTemp 3.00 (not calibrated) - 83 82 81 78 on the 4 cores (all C)
AI Suite - 69 C
PC Probe 69 C
LCD Poster off MB - 69 C
HWMonitor - 81 80 81 77 (all C)
My room temp is about 75 F - about 24 C and i keep my window open all the time to help vent (its a dorm).
Now I would expect the Asus poster and programs to all be the same, but why this huge delta from the other programs? AND why so dam hot? Is there any specific program that can be called reliable for use with i7 processors and Asus MB?