TEMPERATURES -

Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
1 SATA 250GB HDD
When working with nothing really operationing I get the following readings
on PC Probe
Motherboard 41C
CPU 40C


Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice please

"Young Mandy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following readings
> on PC Probe
> Motherboard 41C
> CPU 40C
>
>
> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
> please

What's the ambient temp, and is the case in an enclosed space?

If you want to load the CPU you can get programs like Prime95 that will work
your CPU, just so you can see what happens under load.

If it all seems to be working fine there is no problem.

Doesn't seem too bad though.

I have an E6400 and currently the temp ambient temp is 39c, and my CPU is at
54c according to speedfan.

HTH

Young Mandy wrote:
> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following
> readings on PC Probe
> Motherboard 41C
> CPU 40C
>
>
> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
> please

Your body temperature is 37C. That means your motherboard and CPU
are about the same temperature as a human.

A more important situation, is when the CPU is running at 100% duty.
That makes the CPU hotter, and if there is going to be a problem,
it would be when the CPU is at 100%. Try measuring the temperatures
again, while running something like Prime95 Torture Test. If the
temperature of the CPU gets close to 65-70C, the processor can
begin to throttle, and then you'd be losing some performance.
Throttling means the processor reduces its effective internal
clock rate, in an attempt to cool itself off. So that is why
you'd want to check what happens at 100% load.

And when quoting temperatures, it helps to know what the room
temperature is, the computer case air temperature, and the
CPU temperature. Those three numbers are useful for
determining where to invest extra effort in cooling.

A well cooled computer case, would be 7C hotter than the
room temp. If your room is 25C, then a well cooled case would
be 32C to 35C or so (7C to 10C temp rise). If your computer had
a 130W processor and two 8800GTX cards, it would be pretty hard
to meet that criterion :-)

Paul

"Young Mandy" <> wrote in
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> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe;
> Intel E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following
> readings on PC Probe
> Motherboard 41C
> CPU 40C
>
>
> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
> please

Sounds fine to me. I get about 40 on my CPU and 38 on the motherboard.
Previous PC it was about 42 and 40.

Those are excellent temp values. The thermal limit of Intel CPU's is 70 C,
so you are well below the limit.

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--------
DaveW
"Young Mandy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following readings
> on PC Probe
> Motherboard 41C
> CPU 40C
>
>
> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
> please

"DaveW" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> Those are excellent temp values. The thermal limit of Intel CPU's is 70
> C, so you are well below the limit.
>
> --
> --------
> DaveW
> "Young Mandy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
>> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
>> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
>> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following
>> readings on PC Probe
>> Motherboard 41C
>> CPU 40C
>>
>>
>> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
>> please
>
>

Thanks all

Agreed, but can one really trust the readings from PC-Probe,
or any other software that 'says' it's reading the correct onboard
or on-chip sensor? I doubt it, to be perfectly honest.
If you touch the CPU heatsink and it feels even slightly warm,
I guarantee that the CPU itself is running at well over 40C.

HTH,
--
Rob


"DaveW" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> Those are excellent temp values. The thermal limit of Intel CPU's is 70
> C, so you are well below the limit.
>
> --
> --------
> DaveW
> "Young Mandy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
>> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
>> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
>> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following
>> readings on PC Probe
>> Motherboard 41C
>> CPU 40C
>>
>>
>> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
>> please
>
>

I have a similar configuration with two 250 gig drives, a couple of dvd
burners and an XFX 7900 GS video card enclosed in an aluminium mid tower
case with four case fans and a Zalman 9700 cooler for the cpu - I get about
the same readings as you using both PC Probe and Intel's TAT program. Room
temperature has a lot to do with the cpu and motherboard temps. The good
thing about Intel's new processors is the temps don't go up that much under
full load like they did with the Prescott processors - even with the Zalman
fan running at the minimum setting.

"Young Mandy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Recently set up new system Antec Sonata II Case, ASUS P5B Deluxe; Intel
> E6600 CPU; 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC4200 800 Ram
> 1 SATA 250GB HDD
> When working with nothing really operationing I get the following readings
> on PC Probe
> Motherboard 41C
> CPU 40C
>
>
> Should I be happy with those readings.............any comments/advice
> please