Vaslty different core temps. E8500

hi, long time user of the site, first time poster

Ok, to the point, not to long ago i got my EP45-ds3, INTEL E8500, and a nocrtua cooler.

Using real Temp i am a bit worried about the temperature difference between the two cores. On idle i am getting 26/32, that is a big difference between cores.

Also, looking at the two core usage, it looks like more of the load gets shoved to one core, though both do get used, a vast ammount does get shoved to one core

please comment

1) Some of the 45nm cores have stuck sensors. This only affects idle temperatures readings, not load. What happens is the sensor can't give a reading below a certain number.. it sticks. So your hotter core may stick at 32 degrees and can't give a reading any lower than that. It's possible the 32 degree core is actually cooler than its reporting.

2) In Vista you can set the affinity of a program to make it run on a specific core:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/win [...] ows-vista/

3) Did you calibrate RealTemp for idle temperatures? To me it looks like you did. Below 60°C RealTemp will inaccurately report the core temperature because apparently the DTS sensor does not measure temperature linearly below this point. The E8x00 series tends to report temperatues 5°C too high between idle and about 60°C. In real temp you can adjust for this for more accurate readings. Read more about it here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/docs.php

any other comments???

Per that message you got, it appears there aren't any sticking sensors and what you see is normal. Idle temp really doesn't matter. Your main concern is load temps, cause that's where you can run into problems.

ok thanks for your help guys .

JW do you have the stock cooler? and is it OCed?

RMA'ed it this morning, i couldnt help it

though the new one, i "think" it has a stuck sensor. It sits at 32 at idle, though sometimes under load will go up to 33, and sometimes will jump up to 44 quickly (same as other core)

at all?

tried that, it says it is stuck