core 2 duo and quad idle temp heads up

Been stressing alot recently about the idle temps of my cpu (new pc case) (when load temps are spot on) after much research and much stress about what turns out to be nothing i found this

IDF Taipei: Intel Releases DTS Specs For All Core 2 Processors

Basically if your idle temps seem high or low then dont worry as they are almost 100% likely to be reporting way off (45nm are the worst)

Just thought id share incase anyone else is spending time worrying about nothing

"The digital thermal sensor (DTS) accuracy is in the order of -5°C +10°C around 90°C ; it deteriorates to ±10°C at 50°C. The DTS temperature reading saturates at some temperature below 50°C. Any DTS reading below 50°C should be considered to indicate only a temperature below 50°C and not a specific temperature. External thermal sensor with “BJT” model is required to read thermal diode temperature."

oh and to make matters worrse it seems i have 2 sensors (core0 and core3) that are absolutely and completely stuck..........it just gets better and better

yeah Smarty ive given up worrying about it now , 4 hours of prime small fft's its maxing out at 70 degrees which is fine , i get obsessed about certain things sometimes and cant rest till its sorted ha ha

I recently changed out a E6750 for E8400. I also went from stock intel heatsink to Tuniq Tower 120 with AS5.

On auto-voltage, my idle temps were 39C and only rose to 43C stressed in Orthos. I saw the voltage climb to 1.3 or so in HWMonitor.
When I turned the voltage all the way down in the BIOS (1.1v) the cores do not move past 39C at 100% load in Orthos.

Using RealTemp, CoreTemp, HWMonitor, CPU-Z. Same results.


Should I be concerned?

Edit: I'm not sure if my system specs are in my profile. The filter at work gets angry with the Xbox 360 gamertag module and I'd rather not set it off.

Motherboard: Asus P5K-Deluxe WiFi/AP

nope those temps are more than fine , although ignore your idle temps they are most likely wrong , as reported the slope error is huge when the cpu is not under load , trust (and worry) only about your load temps and yours seem unusually low but as its not overclocked that maybe normal

run prime 95 and select small ffts to test full load temps , or if you really want to see how hot your cpu can get get intel burn test and run that 5 passes on high