Intel Heat Up's N Downs

[russmon]

Just built my first P4 in awhile and it runs really cool at idle. OC'ed to 3.13 and still runs at 23C@idle. However, when gaming it heats up to like 39 and then drops quickly when gaming is over.

Compared to my AMD2500 which runs between 43-51 idle and gaming.

It seems there is a larger temp variance in the Intel's. Is there a reason why?

 

[Scout]

I've noticed the same thing with P4's as well. I think what's going on is the Intel takes the temp off the internal diode so it changes quickly while many AMD boards still have the sensor under the CPU socket so it changes slowly.

I've tried to address the AMD diode with Motherboard Monitor and usually don't get a reading. I'm not sure why the Mobo manufacturers don't always activate the AMD diode readings... cause I think all the newer Athlons have these diodes...

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[Scout]

Really? I hadn't heard that... I thought the difference was the Intel chips had on-chip circuitry that auto slowed or shut down the processor and the AMD chips didn't. AMD relied on the motherboard to sense the thermal diode and shut it down if it overheated.

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