CPU temps - which to watch?
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Demented,
Posted on: 2009-08-25 18:14 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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CoreTemp or RealTemp are the programs that best report your temps. PC Wizard, while a good program, isn't specifically designed for temp monitoring as CoreTemp and RealRemp are. Your temps will 'jump around' a bit when you are doing certain things. As you use your CPU, the temps will change. Also, ambient (room) temperature, as well as case air flow play a big roll in overall temps.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Nah, not overheating. Had a little "mystery" recently resolved, and this just led to one other question.
I've got two systems - my main and my work system. Different MB and video card, both running Zalman 9500-cooled Athlon 64x2 5600+ Brisbane based CPUs, 4Gb. One - my main/gaming/etc. system had been showing, idle, 29-31c idle, the other was showing in the 40s. (Using coretemp.) Getting them updated to the same version of coretemp, they're reasonably the same (high 30s-low 40s.) Poking around in PCWizard 2008, though, there are two sets of temps - processor (showing, for instance, 39c on one,) and the processor thermal diodes (one per core, showing mid-high teens on the same machine.) If I'm wanting to keep an eye on CPU tmeperature, which should I pay attention to - as it looks like coretemp takes the higher values? (Neither are "overheating," mind - though Coretemp seems to jump around a bit more. This is pure curiosity on my part.) |
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Since both processors are on the same physical chip, the temp you want to watch is all of them.
The higher temperature will always be the combined temperature.
On my machine, both cores generally run around 40c, but the combined temperature is 62c, usually.
Generally, you'll find one core running hotter than the other due to load, and the main reason to watch both core temps is to decide whether or not to offload some processes onto the less used/cooler core, IMO.
Question:
In BIOS, is there a temp reading or even a system status area?
If so, this will at least give you a base number to either find an In WIndows temp monitor that works or be used as a guage to change the delta in a program that is at least close.
Sidenote: Oh, and by the way...many (NOT ALL!!! Have to ward off the nit-pickers before they try to choke me) Brisbane chips temp sensors were funky and will never be able to accuratly provide a correct temp. 
Nah, not overheating. Had a little "mystery" recently resolved, and this just led to one other question.
I've got two systems - my main and my work system. Different MB and video card, both running Zalman 9500-cooled Athlon 64x2 5600+ Brisbane based CPUs, 4Gb. One - my main/gaming/etc. system had been showing, idle, 29-31c idle, the other was showing in the 40s. (Using coretemp.)
Getting them updated to the same version of coretemp, they're reasonably the same (high 30s-low 40s.) Poking around in PCWizard 2008, though, there are two sets of temps - processor (showing, for instance, 39c on one,) and the processor thermal diodes (one per core, showing mid-high teens on the same machine.)
If I'm wanting to keep an eye on CPU tmeperature, which should I pay attention to - as it looks like coretemp takes the higher values? (Neither are "overheating," mind - though Coretemp seems to jump around a bit more. This is pure curiosity on my part.)