Temperatures and which to take notice of...

[Jason Dewhurst]

Ok so heres the thing....

On Load

Core 1/2: 82
Core 1/1: 75
CPU: 54

Which of the three are key? average or single core temps?

I ve had some overheating issues but ive got the average to 55 ish on load but there cores can reach 80 is this normal or is my cpu shot?

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

17 views and not one reply, just a joke.

 

[Damian Henderson]

What program are you using to check the temps? (need to know before I can go further with helping)

 

[Ant Creasy]

Need more info. What CPU is it? You say you've gotten the temps down, does that mean extra cooling or are you adjusting voltages? And some programs report different temps. Depending on your motherboard you might get some false readings. Have you checked the temps in the BIOS if it's available?

 

[Ant Creasy]

And I don't understand how you can have 82 and 75 on each core but a CPU reading of 54? Are these all from one program?

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

program is everest

 

[Damian Henderson]

And what CPU is it?

Use http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
&
http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

its a amd athlon 64 dual core 2.7gb

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

its a amd athlon 64 dual core 2.7gb

HWMonitor: http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1310/tempsy.jpg
Coretemp: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/51/temps2m.jpg

Either its normal for cores to do more work than other or my cpu is faulty.....

I mean 51 idle for one core and 35 for other sounds a bit off to me.

 

[Ant Creasy]

It could need resetting. If you've been messing around in the computer and bumped the heatsink it's possible one side of the CPU has more/less contact than the other. Or it has cheap thermal paste which needs re-applying. Are you also monitoring individual core loads? I doubt your CPU is shot. Do you know much about computers? You could buy some good thermal paste and re-apply it. That's the second thing I would do. The first would be to get a screwdriver, open up CoreTemp, and slowly turn each screw on the heatsink until you start to see the temps even out. Tighten or loosen one side, then try the next side and so on.

 

[Ant Creasy]

And if it helps, normal temps for your CPU are 45-75.

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

It could need resetting. If you've been messing around in the computer and bumped the heatsink it's possible one side of the CPU has more/less contact than the other. Or it has cheap thermal paste which needs re-applying. Are you also monitoring individual core loads? I doubt your CPU is shot. Do you know much about computers? You could buy some good thermal paste and re-apply it. That's the second thing I would do. The first would be to get a screwdriver, open up CoreTemp, and slowly turn each screw on the heatsink until you start to see the temps even out. Tighten or loosen one side, then try the next side and so on.

It was working fine until the shop bent one of the cpu pins and let grease drip onto the pins during a service, I had to get it fixed a while back.

I use Arctic Silver 5 for compound.

 

[Damian Henderson]

The temps seem fine if they are on full load. But it's not good they bent one of the pins, they should of replaced the CPU with a new one, could be the reason why you have uneven temps.

 

[Michael Herrmann]

yep as Damian sayed if the bend that pin the shop should replace the CPU atleast i would not move out of the store till they had replaced it
i mean comeone the break stuff and fix it only with make ste pin strait again ?? lol probaly that pin is the source of this totaly different temps
may 1 of the cors dont run with 100% power anymore

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

maybe so, not sure whether to go full amd or intel chipset, if I go intel it means I need a new board as well.

 

[Michael Herrmann]

thats not easy to say as its a lot of personal opinion but after havin several amd systems and had
allways stability problems i got back to a full intel system and it runs way more stable but to be honest
the amd system is cheaper

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

price isnt an issue, im after stability and efficency, need a decent board and a quad cpu

 

[Michael Herrmann]

go for a I7 then (8 core) boards for this cpu i have no clue but i am sure the pro techis here can give an advice

 

[Jason Dewhurst]

as long as I can get brand and model, I should be able to order it in my local shop as I cannot shop online.

 

[Damian Henderson]

Get a i7 920 with a Gigabyte UD3 or UD5 Mobo and 6gb DDR3 (Ocz, Corsair, G-Skill etc)