CPU Temp HELP!!!!

[robertg231]

i have a athlon x3 455
i unlocked the fourth core no problem
my question is that cpu temp reads at 1degree celcius at idle and 15 at full load with prime 95
is this good or bad
and if its good can i do any overclocking with the stock cooler.

 

[CaedenV]

not good or bad, it is just plain wrong. I run a C2D with a big cooler and the coolest it gets is 22*c.
Check the prime forums for more help

 

[robertg231]

wrong????

 

[mouse24]

unless you live in antarctica that is wrong, you cant get below ambients on either water or air cooling.

also unlocking the 4th core on cpus makes the core temp readings flat out wrong

what you need to do is check the cpu socket temp over a period of time with just 3 cores, then see how far it is from the actual cpu temp and use that a gauge how much lee way you have

 

[jsc]

Air and water coolers are not magic.

What mouse is saying is that PC's are cooled by air at room temperature. So the temperatures around the PC ("ambient") will determine the lowest possible temperature inside the PC.

A defective temperature sensing diode in a core would explain why AMD disabled that core.

 

[robertg231]

so with 3 cores i got a max temp of 48 degrees celcius and 30 at idle
so can i do any overclocking and if i can how much

 

[mouse24]

ok, good, now you need to take note of the cpu socket temperature, so you can see how much your heat increased when you unlocked that core

 

[robertg231]

u know what forget he 4th core unlock
can i do any overclocking with its 3 cores and how much

 

[mouse24]

Forget getting a free core? Uhm ok...

And I think you can do a bit of overclocking, I cant give you exact numbers but that stock cooler will hold you back a bit, however i think you should give it a whirl and test temps regularily to see how much farther you can get, do it in steps, slow and steady and you will be fine

There are guides all over the place man

 

[robertg231]

k thanks