how hot does YOUR w3v get

Let's see if there are any real abnormalities between people's w3v temperatures


using mobile meter.. power4gear on high performance

Frequency 1.86ghz

CPU Temp 56

HD Temp 46

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by onetake

 

The hottest I've seen my HD get (I have Centrino Hardware Control, and no Power4Gear) is 51 degrees after leaving a file sharing program on for hours. No power saving stuff on.

I have not undervolted or overclocked anything, and my W3V is all stock.

I beileve I saw my system (or CPU?) temperature hit either 72 or 73 once as I exited from a game, then it dropped fairly quickly.

 

mine was just websufing / chatting

 

hmm my cpu shot up to 68 degrees after some copying files. and my hd is 49 degrees. keyboard is pretty warm

 

CPU got to 67C while copying 4GB of data over the network and room temperature was about 30C during that time.

 

hey bbq, what kind of temperature are u getting? it must be pretty high for you to call urs "defected"

 

computer left idle for at about 30minutes; internet was only active activity.
[CPU: 51C
HDD: 45C]

will be used as the reference temperatures for THIS trial only.


room temperature: ~74F
humidty: ~60%


poor man's test #1
copied ~4GB of DIVX encoded movies from DVD-RW


CPU: 51C
HDD: 48C
(CPU: 800Mhz)


CPU: 50C
HDD: 49C

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poor man's test #2
Ran FFXI Official Benchmark Program (high resolution) and set ATI settings to quality. Looped for ~30min


CPU: 50C
HDD: 49C
CPU: 1.86GHz
ATI Core: 405Mhz
ATI Memory: 250Mhz

CPU: 75C
HDD: 44C
Benchmark score 3350
"Very tough" PC
We assume that your computer can run FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows enjoyably with the default settings. If your video card exceeds the recommended system requirements, it may be possible to run "FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows" easily even in high resolution mode.


after 1 minute of turning off benchmark program
CPU: 54C
HDD: 44C
CPU: 800Mhz

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poor man's test #2b
Ran FFXI Official Benchmark Program (high resolution) and enabled ATI Powerplay (optimal battery) BUT mimimal CPU speed. Looped for ~15min


CPU: 54C
HDD: 44C
CPU: 800Mhz
ATI Core: 104Mhz
ATI Memory: 122Mhz


CPU: 48C
HDD: 44C
Benchmark score 1018
"Easy Prey" PC
We assume that your computer can run FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows.
However, your frame rate may drop when in a party with lots of effects or in crowded cities. You should set the game settings (such as resolution and texture) as low as possible. In addition, if these symptoms bother you, you may consider upgrading your computer (such as increasing the amount of memory or upgrading your graphics card, etc).

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poor man's test #2c
Ran FFXI Official Benchmark Program (high resolution) set ATI settings to quality and disabled Powerplay BUT maximum CPU speed. Looped for ~15min


CPU: 49C
HDD: 43C
CPU: 800Mhz
ATI Core: 405Mhz
ATI Memory: 250Mhz


CPU: 49C
HDD: 43C
Benchmark score: 2175
"Even Match" PC
We assume that your computer can run FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows enjoyably with the default settings. You should be able to play easily with weather effects on.

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poor man's test #3:
doom3, dynamic CPU speed enabled powerplay disabled. Doom 3 does a hardware scan and chose the lowest settings by default. No surprise, I expected it.


CPU: 49C
HDD: 43C


CPU: 72C
HDD: 46C
FPS mean: 62
Game does not look so great, slightly better than what I remember Half Life 1 looking like. AA is turned off...

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poor man's test #3b:
doom3, dynamic CPU speed enabled powerplay disabled. I changed it to ultra level, the highest. AA still off.


CPU: 49C
HDD: 46C


CPU: 79C
HDD: 48C
FPS mean: 23
Game looks much better despite the jaggies since AA is off but looks good enough that without a reference to compare, I'd be happy. Framerate takes a big hit, I would not play at this FR. Stutters too much.

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Running the FFXI benchmark made me miss that game; those cute tarus. Oh well. And uhm, now that I think of it, I bet HL2 would look quite nice seeing how scalable it is and it looked great on my desktop radeon 9600pro [ ].

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Philip

 

For my W3A (intel integrated graphics):

CPU (lightly loaded - <5% utilisation) and undervolted to 1.084V max, temperature = 46°C.

Hard disk (Seagate 100GB 5400rpm) lightly loaded temperature = 52°C.

Room temperature = 25°C.

Heavy HDD use (eg a virus scan) will push the HDD temperature above 55°C. To get my fan to speed up to 1500rpm requires more than 1 minute of 100% CPU utilisation, but the increased airflow doesn't seem to significantly lower the HDD temperature.

John

 

My particular W3V is showing the same characteristics as John's, under the same environment as eightone's, using stock Hitachi drive.

Thank you for taking the time to do the tests, eightone. I'm sure we all appreciate it.

Kai

 

Running at 1.86 GHz and 1.004V, I have been at 46C for the HD and 54C for the CPU. This with general usage: word processing, wireless on and websurfing/downloading, etc. (Temps reported by Centrino Hardware Control.)

Today I am carrying the W3V with the travel drawer instead of the optical drive, and doing the same activities I am running at 48C on the CPU and 42C on the HD.

I realize that leaving the optical drive out is not an optimal solution for many people, but if you are for some reason having heat issues, it may be worth a try if during times when you're not going to absolutely need the drive. Certainly at home you can leave it out, then just swap it in when you do need it. (Yeah, it's a bit more annoying to have to carry it with you separately when you're traveling, but for a 6 degree drop, it's worth it. Beyond the longevity benefit for the unit, it's going to help a little bit woith battery life, too.....)

 

the keyboard getting warm is normal right? and thnx for the tests eightone

 

After 4 hours of world of warcraft, at 14x 1.1v the temp drops at peak from 61 to 60 degrees c, harddrive at 55 degrees c... temperature recorded in non air conditioned room (about 28 degrees c rtp)

.. on stock Asus W3V

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by JingYou

 

I have never notinced my keyboard itself get warm, just the right palmrest.

 

the cpu and gpu are right below that... although it shouldn't get anywhere near as hot as the air blowing out the vent on that side of the system, right?

Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
www.proportable.com
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my keyboard on the right side gets fairly warm

 

Well right below those buttons is actually the heatsink part of the heatpipe for the cpu... the fan blows through that and pushs out that heat through the vent.... but I can tell that some of that heat can get pushed up through there. About an inch over from those buttons if you turn your hand upside down, you can sort of feel a slight draft. That is the fan sucking air down through the hole under the keyboard.

Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
www.proportable.com
[email protected]

 

well, as long as i know its normal =), but someone on this post said something about their keyboard not getting warm

its cool

 

yeah its warm but not as hot as the hot air blowing from the vent..

and the part right nexto to home pgup pgdn is hot

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by John Ratsey

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by John Ratsey