In my earlier post I suggested how a Tcase reading (An Estimate) could be less than ambient. The estimate is crude and can obviously be wrong when Tcase is less than ambient. Tcore readings are a different matter when they read lower than ambient.
Do a proper test and download Real Temp then run their rigorous stress test and post those readings.
Your test is outdated and does not yet support my Newer Processor? I know my temps are right because they were higher before I put this fan in the front of my case, they stayed around 30-40C before the fan so basically my question is solved. but I did try the test you suggested and it does not support my processor.
I threw a heavy load at it with Hot CPU Tester and every core ran at 100% 3.7GHZ, it got up to 40-43C but kept the temperature never went above 43C.
Last edited by Warlockz; 09 Feb 2012 at 22:04.
Fair enough. Maybe it's because it's a relative new relatively low cost AMD.
My system (see specs) is hardly outdated & it works fine but the CPU is Intel.
Some comparison specs for interest
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?...4100+Quad-Core
What you measure is what you get. What it means is another thing.
These are my system temps,the case is open,custom built by me,i added 3 powerful fans.
These temps are on air,i can get better temps only with full speed cooling power but just 2,3 points lower for each hardware and these are really good temps.
You have 9C? This is super cooling.
Yea those i7 are expensive, yours is 200 more than what I payed, It better be faster than mine lol.... I actually got it as a replacement for my Phenom x4, and It is much faster then my old Processor, I ended up with a 500W cooler Master PSU, the asus motherboard, 8GB of kingston ram, and the Processor for 200 bucks, Im not a gamer, and i dont render graffix/videos everyday, so it is actually perfect for what I need it for. you really cant go wrong, $200 for basically a new computer.Fair enough. Maybe it's because it's a relative new relatively low cost AMD.
My system (see specs) is hardly outdated & it works fine but the CPU is Intel.
Some comparison specs for interest
PassMark - Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz - Price performance comparison
What you measure is what you get. What it means is another thing.
Condensation aside, as far as cold temps are concerned, the only other way you would damage your CPU/GPU/PSU etc. is to introduce vast differences in temperature drastically. For instance, Getting a GPU up to a normal temp under load while playing games (lets say 70c) and then adding liquid refrigerant to a heat sink would most definitely cause cracking of the connections. Think of what would happen to glass if you got it red hot and then placed it into a bath of ice water! CRACK!!!
As heat always flow from a high temperature object (heat sink) to a lower (air) it's physically impossible to have CPU temperatures lower than air temperature. It should be ~10ºC above room temp at low load.
Don't trust on those programs. The one you can is the BIOS readings, IF the CPU sensor is working properly.
Only worry if temperatures goes higher than 80ºC.
Overclock increases the voltages, increasing generated heat and lowering CPU life. I wouldn't go above 10% (4GHz)
I use this hardware monitor: Open Hardware Monitor - Core temp, fan speed and voltages in a free software gadget It records actual, Max and min temp.
agreed, while running on air, reaching a temp below room temp is not possible. Although 80 is pretty high, its not a hardware damaging temp however it will lesson the longevity of the device. If you OC and by OC I mean by way of increase of voltage to obtain a higher and stable clock, you will generate more heat than the default heat sink is designed to dissipate and shorten the card/cpu's life. I have had many OC cards only last 15 months. I fixed them with the oven but this only temp fixes them. They always burn out again. The NVidia 6800 GTX cards I had from my first real build still work! I never OC them and I used them for at least 8 hours a day for 2 years. They still work!
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