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pent5ht   12-30-2008 at 06:58:19 AM

Well I heard that with the E8400 The temps are reported incorrectly in the BIOS And i heard to get accurate temps you need to download a program called Real Temp, But im confused, In Core Temp, HW monitor and the BIOS My Temp will say 60 C under Load with Orthos. But Real Temp will say 54 C, So which temp is correct? Real temp shows the temps as being about 5-6 Celsius cooler than my other apps and the bios. im not sure which one is correct and i dont wanna fry the CPU. Specs

Ep45-UD3R motherboard
2 gb ram
E8400
9800GT


thanks in advance.

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pent5ht   12-30-2008 at 09:15:15 AM
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Anyone? i really need to know cause im gonna be overclocking and i need to know which temp is accurate thanks in advance


Message edited by pent5ht on 12-30-2008 at 09:15:44 AM
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louisbs   12-30-2008 at 04:13:52 PM
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I trust coretemp. At 100% load those temps sound ok if your using the stock cooler. If your in UK it should be cooler because of the current temperature outside... BRRRRRRrrrr.

My Q6600 o/c to 3.2ghz hits 46 degrees at 100%... 26-30 idle temps.

If your using the stock cooler i recommend swapping it for a arctic cooling freezer pro 7.

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Infinity_Wasted   12-31-2008 at 12:39:58 AM
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if you're going to be overclocking you should absolutely not be using the stock cooler. unfortunately, I can't recommend one that would keep the temperature down enough for overclocking. I'm using an Ultra Copper X-Wind with an Intel C2Q Q9550: it idles around 23C and peaks around 28C I can't say if it would be good for major overclocking, though, as I have only overclocked my processor by a couple hundred Megahertz.

but yes, at 100% or even 75% load, those temperatures are acceptable for the stock cooler.

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Huttfuzz   12-31-2008 at 01:10:34 AM
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pent5ht, use RealTemp for Wolfdales because it's the only one that uses the right TJmax, which is 95 C. So Realtemp gives your the Real Temp...

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