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Hello all -
First of all, Mussels your avatar cracked me the hell up!!
I have some questions about my recent build regarding CPU temps and could use some help. The build is:
Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz @ 3.6GHz 1.1875v
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe motherboard
4GB (2x2) OCZ Gold memory
2x nVidia 460 GTX 1GB in SLI w/ 3D vision
Win7 64-bit
I believe I've captured all the info needed in these screenshots but please let me know if I need something else. The first screenshot is at stock settings. The second screenshot is overclocked to 3.6GHz @ 1.8v.
STOCK
3.6GHz @ 1.1875v.
(all of the following refers to the STOCK settings screenshot, the OC was taken on a different day)
OK so reading the RealTemp website calibration portion, it says to leave the CPU settings at default (for the new i5/i7s because of the auto-throttling) and that the temps I should be seeing should be about 8* C above what my room temperature is for my cpu cooler type (decent single fan air cooler). However as you can see in the screencap, the minimum temperatures is 21* C - which is 70* F. Now unfortunately I don't have a way to take my room temp, and it was pretty cool in the room the day, but let's say
at coldest it was maybe 68* F (20* C) room temperature. So do I need to go enter a +8/+9 calibration into RealTemp or are the new CPUs really putting off that little heat at idle when throttled down? BIOS reporting somewhere around 22*-24* I believe.
The second part of the calibration involves the sensor cool down test, but I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to do there...
I take it the test is supposed to tell you how to further calibrate the sensors so they are normalized against each other, but I don't really understand how to interpret these results.. Could someone help me?
After I know I have accurate temp readings, my final question is what is the real max temp for the i5 as displayed in RealTemp? I know Intel lists T
case as 74* C, but RealTemp shows T
junction (at 100* C!!), and I don't really know which I'm supposed to be adhering too. What is the difference between Tcase and Tjunction, and what is the max for Tjunction for an i5 750? I can't seem to find a straight answer to this.
As you can see in the overclock screenshot, the max temps 'only' get to ~65* C (without possible calibration yet) but the minimum temps are drastically higher, even with the throttling enabled and it has self-throttled to just 1.6GHZ. But I'm not sure if I should be alarmed of 74* (intel spec) or 100* (realtemp) and that I might be harming my CPU already if my calibration is off.
I appreciate any help!