Quick Question

[TDUBS]

Hey,

I just got my Arctic Cooling AC-MX4 Thermal Compound in from Newegg. I already put it on my CPU and what-not, all went well. However, I am not familiar with temperature readings. I downloaded a program called Core Temp and I know it shows me the temperature of my CPU.

What exactly am I looking at temperature wise? Like, is the above good or bad? That's just with Skype, MSN Messenger, and Chrome with about 6 tabs open.

Thanks!

 

[obsama1]

It's only showing one core. And 15C is very unusual. Try Real Temp to see if you get different results.

 

[TDUBS]

It's only showing one core. And 15C is very unusual. Try Real Temp to see if you get different results.

Says my processor is not supported.

 

[mocchan]

What's your ambient temperature? I'm thinking something's wrong with your sensors.

 

[TDUBS]

I used a different program:

 

[mocchan]

That's still odd...I'm guessing 30C is what the CPU package temp is, however, the cores are still showing 16C, which isn't right.

What is the ambient temperature in your room? Is it hot? Cold?

 

[TDUBS]

That's still odd...I'm guessing 30C is what the CPU package temp is, however, the cores are still showing 16C, which isn't right.

What is the ambient temperature in your room? Is it hot? Cold?

I'm in my basement and it's not cold. It's somewhat hot (warm).

 

[mocchan]

In that case, the readings are most likely wrong. You will probably want to add around ~10-15C to the temperatures shown to get an idea of what your temperatures are.

I still can't be too certain that it's accurate, however.

 

[TDUBS]

In that case, the readings are most likely wrong. You will probably want to add around ~10-15C to the temperatures shown to get an idea of what your temperatures are.

I still can't be too certain that it's accurate, however.

Eh, all in all should I be worried? I mean, I do game but not serious *** like World of Warcraft. I had been running my computer for about two weeks without fresh thermal compound since I got my new motherboard in 2 weeks ago. But I haven't noticed any problems. I just bought thermal compound because I'm working on a new build and I know it's needed.

 

[mocchan]

Eh, all in all should I be worried? I mean, I do game but not serious *** like World of Warcraft. I had been running my computer for about two weeks without fresh thermal compound since I got my new motherboard in 2 weeks ago. But I haven't noticed any problems. I just bought thermal compound because I'm working on a new build and I know it's needed.

Well generally speaking, those temperatures are nothing to be worried about, they're just a bit on the warm side.

If you run into any BSOD's or crashes, then you know you have a problem. If you're only doing some casual gaming, then I wouldn't be worried too much. Any day-to-day programs wouldn't even come close to how much OCCT stresses your CPU, so you should be fine.

 

[TDUBS]

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