What’s up with my Core 2 Quad’s temperatures?
January 24th, 2020
I wanted to check how much does it get when underload, so I’m currently running a (software) 3D rendering which uses pretty much 100% of the cores.
But the temperatures are strange and don’t look even.
The maximum for each core was (in Celcius) 75, 68, 72, 70.
What’s up with that? As you can see, the first core seems much higher than the others, which aren’t very even as well. Is it a bad heat dissipation or that the sensor doesn’t work correctly?
Check your temps using mobo’s BIOS.
How?…
And I need it underload.
your comp is ok mate, no need to worry about anything.
I would get a 3rd party cooler if you’re going to be keeping it like that a lot.
What “like that”?
I was asking about the differences.
It’s not always “NO THAT’S TO HIGH GET A NEW COOLER”.
If the TJ Max they have set is 100c and that’s the temperatures it gets to underload than it’s most likely what it’s supposed to be.
It was some while since I’ve checked that one, but anyway, even after I had the CPU for months which I used it pretty a lot, it got the same time in a rendering bench software. It doesn’t just ruin it.
Whats is your ambient temp???
Those are very high temps though, I think processors hit the real danger zone at around 60. Something tells me your thermometers need complete calibration, because I don’t think your computers CPU can work at that temp
Where do you just this “ambient temperature”?
And that’s obviously not 60.
The TJ Max (which is also explained in RealTemp’s website as a point where the processor starts to throttel a bit) is 100.
1st. Are those temperatures in degrees celsius or in fahrenheit?
What brand motherboard are you using? Because if i was you, id goto you motherboards website to get the official Mobo monitoring app and use it to check the temperatures, if one is available.
+ anything above 60 degrees celsius is getting hot, and you want to stay away from those sorts of temperatures by installing some type of cooling system inside your pc case.
I have an Asus motherboard and i use the latest application available to monitor the motherboard which i get from the asus website. Whenever the cpu reaches 64 or 65 it makes a loud noise to warn me.. when that happens, i just turn on my 2nd case fan which sucks the hot air our out.
Only problem with it is that its loud.
I have some “Asus Pro”, I don’t really remember the name.
It’s in Celsius.
Well I would check with some other recording temperature software.
Try everest – download from here
Under extreme load that isn’t to bad. A stressed CPU will go up to those temperatures but you are at a line. Any higher and its not really suggested. Try a new cooler, Arctic coolers are very good. My quad just goes up to 70 under extreme load.
Well, I also have a small fan that is connected over some “holed” section of the case to suck air out, I guess, but it does make for some reason some cranky sound for some time after the computer is just booted up, and you’ll need to slap the PC a bit to make it stop that sound. Pretty strange (maybe it’s contacts aren’t smooth and it only gets more “free” after some time of spinning).
But I don’t know if it actually helps because my case is opened on its side.
Totally agree with the slapping part. The only way to make it “shut up”
But I don't know if it actually helps because my case is opened on its side.Having the case opened actually disrupts airflow. Just get a good cooler and forget all this.
I’m not planning to buy more stuff, I just asked about the strange results.
And it shouldn’t disrupt it or anything, it only lets off the barrier so air from the outside can pass more freely.
And anyway, as well for that, it’s still supposed to bring more air like that from there when the other fan sucks inside air out.
I suggest you not leave your case open. Leaving a case open can disrupt cooling and cause dust and other ‘bits’ to enter the case ans interfere with your components.
Again, leaving it enclosed with it’s own hot air doesn’t sound better. Especially not “less disruptive”.
And being closed also collects dust.
case open or case closed
what ever gives you the lowest temps is best
Thermal Specification: – 71.4�C
is what intel says for the Q9550
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAWQ
so you are running high under a load
low 60’s would give you head room and the hotter the CPU gets the slower it works
your temps
that’s normal, to have uneven temps, as each core is working separately on diff tasks and some are more demanding creating more activity on this core or that core
and the 1st core gets more demand because it’s the core single core apps look for 1st
in task mgr you can set affinity of those apps to other cores to see if that balances temps out
I use an app called “set affinity II” to do that a boot
http://edgemeal.110mb.com/SetAffinity/
you can run everest ultimate in logging mode to show you core usage over time and help you determine it one core is over or under used
It wasn’t a single core task, obviously. It’s a multithreaded renderer.
If it was single core and the other ones were still so high it was really not good.
But what is the “Thermal Specification”?
It’s the ‘official’ temp that Intel say the processor will be stable up to.
And the renderer may be multi-threaded, but all the cores are still doing different jobs.
Personally, I think the temps are fine – as long as your not keeping the temps up like that 24/7.
Maybe if your still concerned, then turn the fan up in the BIOS.
It wasn't a single core task, obviously. It's a multithreaded renderer.It’s alright. I have the same CPU and Core #1 is marginally below the other 3 for some reason. I never bothered with it. With Q6600 always Core #3 is lower. Idk must be due to some reason.
If it was single core and the other ones were still so high it was really not good.
But what is the "Thermal Specification"?
You can have it, and that might be a problem.
And how do you set the fan? Is it safe? Because I know that CPU fans can get really bad and worn out. At least with the old ones.
It should probably be automatic, but if it’s the same like with my GPU then it’s probably not very effective.
My GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB almost always gets its “automatic” mode of the nVidia program at 37%, and only if it gets really high it suddenly gives a big burst of speed up and does that constantly every few moments.
It can get to about 85c this way.
But if I’ll set it manually to about 45-50%, it would keep under load at 70+.
there may be fan control in the bios under health
Ok – yes they are high temps for load, and I reccomend an after market cooler (I chucked the intel one and got a zalman 9700 and saved 20C on load temps).
BUT – for some reason ALL temp measure prorams show a 5 degree difference over the four cores – dunno why, dunno if it’s real or just wanky measuring.
My Q6600 was 75 79 79 81 with the intal rubbish, and now shows 56 61 62 62 with the zalman.
Each core will be at different workloads so the temps are different.
Your PC is okay. There is nothing to worry about.
You dont have to buy another cooler.
[quote=””]Those are very high temps though, I think processors hit the real danger zone at around 60. Something tells me your thermometers need complete calibration, because I don’t think your computers CPU can work at that temp[/quote
Not true!
PC processors are safe to a way higher temperatures.
Mine’s works with no problems at 80�C (when converting for about 3 hours… 100% of processor power is used)
The dead zone is 100�C, then your PC just shut down, restart…
Be cool man, your PC is okay