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musman
05-01-09, 09:55 AM
What is a normal temp for a I-7 920?

I'm getting about 37 Celsius on idle. i was wondering if that is a normal temp.

Thanks!
de><ta
05-01-09, 10:18 AM
It is dependent on the ambient temperature too and the relative humidity.

For me the min is around 30C with a max of 65C and a variation of 5-10C.
Revs
05-01-09, 11:00 AM
It is dependent on the ambient temperature too and the relative humidity.

For me the min is around 30C with a max of 65C and a variation of 5-10C.

Is yours OC'd, if so what to?
de><ta
05-01-09, 11:17 AM
Nope its still stock. The max temperature I got was from running Prime95 for 4+ hours on a Sunday afternoon when the room temperature was around 90F (32C).

I am giving myself a month to observe my system before I overclock the memory and the cpu on my system.

My threshold for overclocking is 75C under full load.
de><ta
05-01-09, 11:18 AM
Nope its still stock. The max temperature I got was from running Prime95 for 4+ hours on a Sunday afternoon when the room temperature was around 90F (32C).

I am giving myself a month to observe my system before I overclock the memory and the cpu on my system.

My threshold for overclocking is 75C under full load.
Logical
05-01-09, 06:24 PM
The only time i saw my surface temp goto 75c was when i overclocked to 4.2 and ran Prime. At that point my cores were touching 90c so i backed off.

At 3.6Ghz it idle's at 26c average and loads at 60c with prime after a few hours. Under normal use like gaming and video encoding its usually around 40c. Thats with the TRUE120 HSF installed.

I have seen some folk running there i7 920's at 4.0Ghz with similar temps as i get at 3.6Ghz.
methimpikehoses
05-01-09, 06:26 PM
About 40C idle at 4.0ghz here, 70's under full load.
hewlett
05-01-09, 06:33 PM
40 idle 68 load so far will see what summer heat brings !
john19055
05-03-09, 12:04 AM
according to intel 80c is safe .It can go up to 100c before it is consider unsafe.so if you run it in the mid 70's c you will be fine .It not like a core2 duo.
bob saget
05-03-09, 02:54 PM
About 40C idle at 4.0ghz here, 70's under full load.

:wonder:
methimpikehoses
05-03-09, 10:45 PM
Don't look at my OC like that, bob. It makes everyone uncomfortable.
Muppet
05-04-09, 05:24 AM
About 40C idle at 4.0ghz here, 70's under full load.

That's pretty much the same as mine. Are you using the Thermalright for cooling?
nekrosoft13
05-04-09, 02:39 PM
About 40C idle at 4.0ghz here, 70's under full load.

what is your northbridge and voltake regulators temps?
Tr1cK
05-04-09, 03:42 PM
Mine idles as low as 26 and havent seen it over 40.
Ninjaman09
05-05-09, 01:44 PM
Under full load mine gets to the 70s, but nothing brings it up that far besides synthetic benchmarks. Usually 45-50C while gaming and 30-35C idle. Overclocked 160x20 with turbo mode, speedstep, and HT enabled.
methimpikehoses
05-05-09, 02:29 PM
That's pretty much the same as mine. Are you using the Thermalright for cooling?

Xigmatek dark knight (s1283 mod).

what is your northbridge and voltake regulators temps?

Who knows, nekro. :)
nekrosoft13
05-05-09, 02:46 PM
you should ;) go check
Logical
05-05-09, 02:48 PM
Idd the voltage regulator can get pretty hot. In xtreme cases i have seen people using a fan mod to cool the vreg independantly. Around 75c is a good temp for the vreg when the CPU is under load though temps upto 80c are pretty common.
methimpikehoses
05-06-09, 03:24 AM
northbridge is 30C, VRM is 63C.
Wolken007
05-06-09, 02:15 PM
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=316&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=4

Just slapped that heatsink on my 920. Works great. Temps idle in the low 30s, doesn't go above 62C on full load at 3.9ghz.
musman
05-07-09, 08:49 PM
Is there a way to speed up the the stock I7 fan?
john19055
05-17-09, 02:08 PM
you don't want to speed up the stock fan,if you want to overclock then buy a after market heatsink. you can get a pretty good one for $34, a XIGMATEK HDT-SD964 92mm for $24.99 and a i7 bracket for $9.99.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233028
bob saget
05-17-09, 02:34 PM
you don't want to speed up the stock fan,if you want to overclock then buy a after market heatsink. you can get a pretty good one for $34, a XIGMATEK HDT-SD964 92mm for $24.99 and a i7 bracket for $9.99.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233028

what is the difference between that and the dark knight?
FastRedPonyCar
05-18-09, 04:36 PM
what is the difference between that and the dark knight?

Around 1*C cooler with the DK and TDK is substantially quieter

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2333&page=5


that reviews convinced me to get TDK for my new i7 build this weekend. (nana2) IMO it seems to have the best performance to low noise ratio.

It was a toss up between TDK and the standard non black chrome plated version but hey... it's black plated chrome... Totally metal. :super:
[AK]Zip
06-11-09, 03:38 AM
I am running at 4.2 right. Idle cores range from 35-40*C and full load from 71-76*C. I really need to lap my heatsink though. Truly feels like no one is making things like they used to. Due to how poor it was I expect a 8-10*C drop easy on load.