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E5200 Hot! Did I get a LEMON?

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roscoe1972   03-30-2009 at 05:20:51 PM

Is there any reason my new E5200 @ 3.0 1.175v is running 41 degrees idle and 58 on Prime95.
I reseated my Zalman cnps9700 three times using two different thermal greases and reducing the amount. Case open/closed. There was only a couple degrees difference each time.

Did I just get a bad chip?

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------------------------------ E5200 @ 3.0-1.175v
9800 GTX+
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Zalman CNPS9700LED
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Mondoman   03-31-2009 at 12:29:22 PM
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That doesn't seem excessive to me.

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randomizer   03-31-2009 at 12:59:54 PM
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roscoe1972 wrote :

Is there any reason my new E5200 @ 3.0 1.175v is running 41 degrees idle and 58 on Prime95.


Because processors output heat. :na:

roscoe1972 wrote :

Did I just get a bad chip?


Nope, looks pretty normal. We don't even know your ambient temperature.

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outlw6669   03-31-2009 at 01:33:40 PM
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Looks fine, don't worry so much :p

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roscoe1972   03-31-2009 at 04:35:24 PM
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I just read about others temps being lower and got concerned. Now that my fears are allayed I will try to inch above 3.0MHZ.

------------------------------ E5200 @ 3.0-1.175v
9800 GTX+
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Zalman CNPS9700LED
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Kari   03-31-2009 at 06:36:02 PM
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and quite frankly the zalman 9700 isn't the best aircooler around.... it's decent but not the best, maybe not even in the the top ten anymore...

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