Are the temps OK?

[Tony Rotten]

Last week I received my brand new mid-tower PC from a "boutique" builder and for the first time I am paying attention to temperatures (and voltages, and fan speeds) so I am asking the forum if these temps look alright (all Centigrade):

(NOTE: MB is a Sabertooth Z77 and CPU is a 3rd Gen Core i-7 3770.)

CPU: 37
MB: 38
VCORE: 33
VCORE (Back): 31
VCCIO/VCCSA: 38
iGPU: 33
DRAM: 48
PCH: 46
USB3.0: 47
PCIE-1: 35
PCIE-2: 41

 

[nikorr]

Why dont u run the Prime95 and than post the temps, under the load.

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

And post a screenshot of the http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

It shows the temps of everything.

 

[nikorr]

 

[Tony Rotten]

SO do these temperatures look alright to all of you?

 

[nikorr]

Its not enough info there.

Is it OC'd?

Is it idle? Or ..?

 

[nikorr]

Why dont u run the Prime95 and than post the temps, under the load.

That will tell the story.

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

And post a screenshot of the http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

It shows the temps of everything.

 

[Tony Rotten]

Thanks Nikorr. I'll see about that. I want to be careful and not install "GarbageWare"

 

[Tony Rotten]

And no, there is no overclocking at all and yes, it is idling. Thanks.

 

[jaquith]

Thanks Nikorr. I'll see about that. I want to be careful and not install "GarbageWare"

Duh, Prime95 is not "GarbageWare" by any stretch, you can use AIDA64 Extreme to stress it's about the best you can get and all of my builds are validated using it - http://www.aida64.com/downloads

The temps look fine. Q - Where are you seeing that data? Keep in mind 'Probe' data isn't completely accurate.

 

[Tony Rotten]

Sorry, I didn't mean to put down the program you suggested. I was referring to what else may be installed in my PC w/o my knowledge. But if you guys vouch for the program, that's good enough for me.

I'll look more into it.

And the temps above are being reported by ASUS's MB utility AI Suite II. (I assume that if I look in the BIOS screens I would get the same readings?)

 

[jaquith]

Temps & Readings (same) - Not necessarily and I'd trust in order: 1. Direct readings with instruments, 2. BIOS Level readings, 3. OEM Applications (though I do not recommend installing ASUS AI Suite unless required - talk about problematic software), and ... dead last third-party applications.

There's no 'probe standardization'.

 

[Tony Rotten]

These are the readings while idling:

 

[nikorr]

Your hard drives are burning!!!

 

[nikorr]

I like the CPU temps in low 30's. But it should be fine, if it is on stock cooler.

Is it a stock CPU cooler?

Whats your case?

The HDD temps should be in low 30's, mine are in 28 - 32 most of the time.

Temp on HDD is #1 killer of the HDD!

 

[Tony Rotten]

I found the following HTML file in my brand new PC:

http://tony-alicea.site.aplus.net/alicea/newpc/AIDA64_2.htm

It's the manufacturer's (AVADirect) test results. There are more files there but I would appreciate it if anyone sees something wrong offhand. I know it's a long listing but many of you would probably know what to look for first.

Thanks!

 

[Tony Rotten]

Nikorr:

COOLER MASTER, Elite 311 (RC-311B-OWN1) Black/Orange Mid-Tower Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, Steel/Plastic

ANTEC, EarthWatts EA 750 Green, 80 PLUS® Bronze, 750W, 24-pin ATX12V 2.3 EPS12V, Four 8/6-pin PCIe, Retail

COOLER MASTER, Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler, Socket 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3/AM2, Copper/Aluminum

 

[Tony Rotten]

This is another (rather long) HTML file in the directory of test results:

http://tony-alicea.site.aplus.net/alicea/newpc/AIDA64_2012-06-21_13-58-29_log.htm

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

 

[nikorr]

Nikorr:

COOLER MASTER, Elite 311 (RC-311B-OWN1) Black/Orange Mid-Tower Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, Steel/Plastic

ANTEC, EarthWatts EA 750 Green, 80 PLUS® Bronze, 750W, 24-pin ATX12V 2.3 EPS12V, Four 8/6-pin PCIe, Retail

COOLER MASTER, Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler, Socket 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3/AM2, Copper/Aluminum

OK, If u spend money on premium system, I would get a better case.

Water cooler like H100

The PSU is good, I like Antec.

x79 is produces more heat than Z77.

 

[nikorr]

Tony, can u post a picture of the case opened inside? 2-3 including the HDD's.

Something is keeping your HDD's hot! Not good for longer life. Period.

 

[Tony Rotten]

Thanks Nikkor for your assistance!

Here is a page I made up in a hurry with the (non re-sized) images that the manufacturer took for me:

http://tony-alicea.site.aplus.net/alicea/newpc/newpc.html

I WAS WONDERING... if the disk temps are real or just displayed by default with those readings (!?)

 

[jaquith]

Huh?! The temps (HW Monitor) look fine, the (1) one HDD is maybe +2C higher a tad atypical but nothing I would even care to be concern about if something's R/W at that exact moment of a screen capture. 42C~45C is very average and all of the other temps are low if anything. AUX/CPU IN Temps are 'null' temperatures i.e. there's no probe data.

 

[nikorr]

My HDD never goes over 35. Only one older HDD stays 36-39.

 

[jaquith]

Run ATTO on the HDD and look again. My SSD is 28C.

edit/ any my wife's SSD is 32C.

RAID HDD's won't show-up in most Apps or I'd post the images...but I know on my other single HDD's 42C~45C was normal.

 

[Tony Rotten]

What is ATTO?

(My SSD is Intel 520 series - 180GB) and I have no RAID config.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[jaquith]

I meant (me), practically every PC (except Notebooks) I own has some form of RAID.

ATTO is one of many drive benchmark utilities, but practically every R/W speed you'll see when buying came from the cherry picked max R/W from ATTO; official link - http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

The HDD temps are influence by: Cooling, Density of the platter, Rotation speeds of the platter, and mostly (USE R/W).