New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant

Uberpwnage · 07-20-07, 09:43 PM

Just built my first C2D system today, got an E6600 for just under $200 on sale at a local store. I wanted the 9x multi instead of the 8x on the E6750. Figured it would hold me over until the G0 quad cores are more common.

Anyway, specs are same as in my sig. After installing windows I ran coretemp and it reports about 30*C idle on both cores and 40*C load. I have 4 120mm fans installed, all at 78cfm. I thought those temps were really good, but when I run Smart guardian or speedfan it reports my idle temp at 45*C so which one is correct?

This is coming from my old AMD rig where coretemp reported similar readings to smart guardian, are the core 2s different? I really want to start overclocking this thing but the temps incosistancies are disconcerting...

Ambrose · 07-20-07, 10:16 PM

I started out my overclocking expedition with SpeedFan, using the CPU temp as my guide. I found out though that the CPU temp is not as accurate as the two Core temps. I then got the program CoreTemp and compared the two core temperatures as measured by CoreTemp and SpeedFan and they were exactly the same.

I've heard a lot of good things about CoreTemp so that's what I'm using.

$n][pErMan · 07-21-07, 11:53 AM

Ya... my ASUS Ai will say my idle temp is 36c while CoreTemp says its 26c. Quite frankly I love the CoreTemp reading... but I am unsure what to trust so I go with the highest just to be on the safe side.

Libertysyclone · 07-24-07, 11:21 AM

I personally use Everest Ultimate, it has 90% of the benchmark/testing that I need and all of the monitoring utilities I love that it reports on the G15 and all th emonitoring on the LCD is fully programable.

**mullet** · 07-24-07, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by $n][pErMan

Ya... my ASUS Ai will say my idle temp is 36c while CoreTemp says its 26c. Quite frankly I love the CoreTemp reading... but I am unsure what to trust so I go with the highest just to be on the safe side.

+1

**jcrox** · 07-24-07, 04:07 PM

Core Temp, Speed Fan, Intel tat, Everest

They all give a different reading, even when running at the same time, ranging from CoreTemp's 29C* to tat's 44C* @ idle. Which is totally unlike my last AMD setup (6000+) where SpeedFan, Everest and CoreTemp all had pretty close to the same readings.

I've decided not to worry about it at all.... if the CPU melts and ruins the mobo, just gives me an excuse to buy newer better stuff lol.

CaptNKILL · 07-25-07, 05:29 AM

So... if all temperature monitoring software gives different readings, is the BIOS usually accurate at least? I know they used to be the same way, but with on-die temp sensors they must have fixed it. Right?

I just checked with my currect setup and I get totally different temps between core temp and speedfan.

How the hell are they different? I thought they just displayed the numbers that the temp sensor was recording...

**crainger** · 07-25-07, 06:13 AM

I get really weird readings from Speed fan with my Q6600. Right now it's listing the CPU temp as 82C!

Even though Abit's own utility reports the usual 25-30C, core temp reports 35C. Might give Everest a try. Would be nice to have temps on the g15 seeing as Sirreal isn't Vista ready.

**jcrox** · 07-25-07, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

So... if all temperature monitoring software gives different readings, is the BIOS usually accurate at least? I know they used to be the same way, but with on-die temp sensors they must have fixed it. Right?

I just checked with my currect setup and I get totally different temps between core temp and speedfan.

How the hell are they different? I thought they just displayed the numbers that the temp sensor was recording...

It's more than a little annoying isn't it? 15C* difference in 2 progs that are running at the same time... thats 60F* difference!! Maybe the local weatherman is influencing these utilities... he's about as accurate.

Edit: one utility reads System 31C* the other reads it as -65C* wewt... I give up.

Uberpwnage · 07-25-07, 12:44 PM

Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem lol. I went ahead and started oc'ing, temps aren't really much different then they were at stock, and everything seems to be stable. So far I love my new setup

**mullet** · 07-25-07, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jcrox

2gig PC8500 Corsair Dominator w/ fan thingy (<---- I think thats the technical term for it anyway)

**XDanger** · 07-26-07, 03:12 PM

My readings are always all the same! Am I doing something wrong?

07-20-07, 09:43 PM	#1
Uberpwnage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 898	New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant Just built my first C2D system today, got an E6600 for just under $200 on sale at a local store. I wanted the 9x multi instead of the 8x on the E6750. Figured it would hold me over until the G0 quad cores are more common. Anyway, specs are same as in my sig. After installing windows I ran coretemp and it reports about 30C idle on both cores and 40C load. I have 4 120mm fans installed, all at 78cfm. I thought those temps were really good, but when I run Smart guardian or speedfan it reports my idle temp at 45C so which one is correct? This is coming from my old AMD rig where coretemp reported similar readings to smart guardian, are the core 2s different? I really want to start overclocking this thing but the temps incosistancies are disconcerting... __________________ Core i7 980x @ 4.4GHz* - EK Supreme HF - BlackIce GTX 360 - MCP655 - Rampage II Extreme BIOS 1639 - EVGA GTX 480 SLI - Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 2 x 1TB Samsung F1 RAID 0 - Plextor PX-880SA DVD Burner - Dell 3008WFP - Silverstone Zeus 1200w PSU - Lian Li PC-P80 - Razer Mamba - Logitech G15 v2 Windows 7 x64, 3DMark06:30000, 3DMark Vantage: P38000 Eurocom M860TU: X9100 - 9800M GT - 2x2GB OCZ DDR3 1333 - 320GB 7200rpm - 15.4in 1920x1200 Last edited by Uberpwnage; 07-25-07 at 12:47 PM.

07-20-07, 10:16 PM	#2
Ambrose Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 326	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant I started out my overclocking expedition with SpeedFan, using the CPU temp as my guide. I found out though that the CPU temp is not as accurate as the two Core temps. I then got the program CoreTemp and compared the two core temperatures as measured by CoreTemp and SpeedFan and they were exactly the same. I've heard a lot of good things about CoreTemp so that's what I'm using. __________________ <Antec 900 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case> <EVGA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard> <Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2GHz> <Evga 8800 GTX @ 630/1050> <OCZ Flex XLC 2GB DDR2 800> <Samsung 500GB 7200 RPM Sata Hard drive> 3DMark06 score: 12243 http://service.futuremark.com/orb/re...0&UID=11981243 Windows Vista Ultimate Avid gamer, dedicated student (most of the time).

07-21-07, 11:53 AM	#3
$n][pErMan GTX 285 SSC Goodness! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,719	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant Ya... my ASUS Ai will say my idle temp is 36c while CoreTemp says its 26c. Quite frankly I love the CoreTemp reading... but I am unsure what to trust so I go with the highest just to be on the safe side. __________________ Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.51GHz (390 x 9 / 1.39v) \| ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 (1236 BIOS) \| OCZ GOLD 4GB (2GB x 2) DDR2 PC2-8500 Dual Channel (4-4-4-12 780Mhz/1.95V 1:1 Ratio) \| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 (Currently @ 720MHz Core / 2750MHz Memory) \| Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS \| Zalman CNPS9700 LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler \| 5 Western Digital 500GB SATA II 7200RPM w/32MB Buffer \| Acer X241W 24in Widescreen LCD 1920 x 1200 32bit \| Samsung DVD-RW-DL 18x Burner w/ lightscribe\| SILVERSTONE OP650 ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply \| AOpen 5.1 Surround sound system \| Windows Vista Business 64-Bit 3dMarkVantage: P16103 3dMark06: 17606 SuperPi 1M: 14s 100% Orthos Stable!

07-24-07, 11:21 AM	#4
Libertysyclone I Lie about MPG Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SL,UT Posts: 531	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant I personally use Everest Ultimate, it has 90% of the benchmark/testing that I need and all of the monitoring utilities I love that it reports on the G15 and all th emonitoring on the LCD is fully programable. __________________ System= Q6600@3.8Ghz/ EVGA 790i Ultra/ EVGA 9800GX2/ and some H20

07-24-07, 04:07 PM	#6
jcrox Mahna Mahna Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, Wi Posts: 6,123	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant Core Temp, Speed Fan, Intel tat, Everest They all give a different reading, even when running at the same time, ranging from CoreTemp's 29C* to tat's 44C* @ idle. Which is totally unlike my last AMD setup (6000+) where SpeedFan, Everest and CoreTemp all had pretty close to the same readings. I've decided not to worry about it at all.... if the CPU melts and ruins the mobo, just gives me an excuse to buy newer better stuff lol. __________________ Gaming MSI Z68 G3 \| 2500k \| CNPS9900MAX-B \| 8GB G.Skill \| EVGA GTX570 2560MB \|ThermalTake 850w \| X-Fi Titanium \| Antec 900 \| Asus PA248Q \| Lycosa \| Death Adder \| Win7 Pro 64 Dev/Backup Asus P5QL Pro \| Q9400 \| H50 \| 8GB G.skill \| GTX260 216 \| Ubuntu 11.10 Laptop 17" Inspiron \| i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500GB HDD \| Win7 Pro 64

07-25-07, 05:29 AM	#7
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant So... if all temperature monitoring software gives different readings, is the BIOS usually accurate at least? I know they used to be the same way, but with on-die temp sensors they must have fixed it. Right? I just checked with my currect setup and I get totally different temps between core temp and speedfan. How the hell are they different? I thought they just displayed the numbers that the temp sensor was recording... __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

07-25-07, 06:13 AM	#8
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant I get really weird readings from Speed fan with my Q6600. Right now it's listing the CPU temp as 82C! Even though Abit's own utility reports the usual 25-30C, core temp reports 35C. Might give Everest a try. Would be nice to have temps on the g15 seeing as Sirreal isn't Vista ready.

07-25-07, 12:44 PM	#10
Uberpwnage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 898	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem lol. I went ahead and started oc'ing, temps aren't really much different then they were at stock, and everything seems to be stable. So far I love my new setup __________________ Core i7 980x @ 4.4GHz - EK Supreme HF - BlackIce GTX 360 - MCP655 - Rampage II Extreme BIOS 1639 - EVGA GTX 480 SLI - Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 2 x 1TB Samsung F1 RAID 0 - Plextor PX-880SA DVD Burner - Dell 3008WFP - Silverstone Zeus 1200w PSU - Lian Li PC-P80 - Razer Mamba - Logitech G15 v2 Windows 7 x64, 3DMark06:30000, 3DMark Vantage: P38000 Eurocom M860TU: X9100 - 9800M GT - 2x2GB OCZ DDR3 1333 - 320GB 7200rpm - 15.4in 1920x1200

07-26-07, 03:12 PM	#12
XDanger Whaaat? Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,674	Re: New C2D E6600, temp monitoring is inconsistant My readings are always all the same! Am I doing something wrong? __________________ 2500K 4.4ghz,P8P67Pro,120gb Force3, 12gb Vengeance,HD6950,TX850v2,W7HP,LaCie Blue 22" crt COMMODORE 64 Silver Label 1Mhz/128D 4Mhz(Z80)