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  • Intel Core I7 Temperature

    From ROB MCCART@VERT/CAPCITY2/ to NIGHTFOX on Sun Aug 14 17:11:00 2011
    motherboard's BIOS says the CPU temperature is around 51 Celsius. That
    > > > a bit hot to me, particularly for a brand-new system.. I thought these

    Isn't that only like 123.8F? I wouldn't think that is considered a bit hot
    > > all, is it?

    I typically see temperatures of around 30-40C when a CPU is idle, so 51 seeme
    >a little warm to me. I remember having PCs that would shut down when the CPU
    >got to around 55-60C (if I remember right).

    This post is a few weeks old.. I missed getting updetes for a while..
    I have temperature monitoring programs on my old 3Ghz Prescott P4 and,
    under light use, it cruises at about 43c but playing games or doing
    other more intense things I fight to keep it under it's maximum temp
    of 69c. It's a hot summer here so I have actually Underclocked the
    processor to about 2.5Ghz to try to keep it running a little cooler.
    That works reasonably well but it still hits as high as 65c during
    more intense parts of a game.

    So take from that what you like...

    BTW.. I have 4 extra fans on the computer but no 'trick' heat sink..

    Further points.. Computer processors run hotter the more work they
    have to do so if you don't have a video card it will run hotter than
    if you do.. Likely the same with sound cards and hardware modems if
    those come into the mix..

    Old software also runs much hotter but most people won't get into
    programs that old.. I'm talking DOS based applications running
    on old Windows version machines.

    (I play Doom II on a Win98se based system..)

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  • From Nightfox to ROB MCCART on Mon Aug 22 07:37:24 2011
    Re: Intel Core I7 Temperature
    By: ROB MCCART to NIGHTFOX on Sun Aug 14 2011 17:11:00

    I have temperature monitoring programs on my old 3Ghz Prescott P4 and,
    under light use, it cruises at about 43c but playing games or doing
    other more intense things I fight to keep it under it's maximum temp
    of 69c. It's a hot summer here so I have actually Underclocked the
    processor to about 2.5Ghz to try to keep it running a little cooler.
    That works reasonably well but it still hits as high as 65c during
    more intense parts of a game.

    Those temps aren't too bad.. I think Intel CPUs seem to run cooler than AMD CPUs.

    Further points.. Computer processors run hotter the more work they
    have to do so if you don't have a video card it will run hotter than
    if you do.. Likely the same with sound cards and hardware modems if
    those come into the mix..

    That's true. With my recent PC build, I've been debating whether or not to buy a sound card for it and use that instead of the onboard sound. And I am concerned that an additional card could disrupt airflow through my PC and make it generally hotter.. :)

    One thing I find interesting is that both Intel and AMD have now started making CPUs with GPUs integrated into them. It's a nice idea for simplifying PC setups (motherboards won't have to have onboard video chips), but I imagine that having the video processor inside the CPU itself would make the CPU run hotter.

    Nightfox
  • From ROB MCCART@VERT/CAPCITY2/ to NIGHTFOX on Tue Aug 23 17:09:00 2011
    Further points.. Computer processors run hotter the more work they
    > > have to do so if you don't have a video card it will run hotter than
    > > if you do.. Likely the same with sound cards and hardware modems if
    > > those come into the mix..

    That's true. With my recent PC build, I've been debating whether or not to b
    >a sound card for it and use that instead of the onboard sound. And I am
    >concerned that an additional card could disrupt airflow through my PC and mak
    >it generally hotter.. :)

    Then there are card slot coolers...

    One thing I find interesting is that both Intel and AMD have now started maki
    >CPUs with GPUs integrated into them. It's a nice idea for simplifying PC
    >setups (motherboards won't have to have onboard video chips), but I imagine
    >that having the video processor inside the CPU itself would make the CPU run
    >hotter.

    I'm thinking Dual and Quad core's would run super hot if that were the
    case. A dedicated GPU on it's own core/layer might not run as hot as
    having all the data exchange going back and forth as in the older style
    setup. No way to know for sure until you've tried one or others have
    done so and reported on it. Video takes up a huge amount of processing
    power compared to most other actions so heat is always a concern..

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