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    Core temps for Penryn T8300

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by canada16, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. canada16

    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys

    I thought I would post this cause started checking my temp after someone here helped me.

    I currently am seeing 39-40 Degrees on general stuff, surfing ect.

    And as soon as I turn my games off I see a temp of 50 Degrees after about an hour and a half of hard gaming no O/C

    XPS M1530
    Vista 32bit
    250gb hdd 5200rpm
    2gb ram
    dvd/rw

    Not too sure how this fare's with normal chips, just thought I would post.
     
    canada16, Apr 3, 2008
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  2. Kreeeee

    Kreeeee Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks fine to me.
     
    Kreeeee, Apr 3, 2008
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  3. deputc26

    deputc26 Notebook Consultant

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    I stay at 35deg for general use, when running orthos, prime95 etc. core temps "spike" to 42deg, I'm undervolted to 1.025v at 12x multiplier.

    Inspiron 1720
     
    deputc26, Apr 3, 2008
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  4. Sacred G

    Sacred G Notebook Guru

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    what program do you guys use for measuring the cpu temp?
     
    Sacred G, Apr 3, 2008
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  5. deputc26

    deputc26 Notebook Consultant

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    I use rmclock
     
    deputc26, Apr 4, 2008
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  6. snowbro

    snowbro Notebook Geek

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    hey, anyone notice that RMclock always shows something like 50-60% core usage when I'm doing nothing? Is something wrong? All my other detectors don't show that... including Ikfangui and the built in windows monitor...
     
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  7. deputc26

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    nope. mine works fine :p
     
    deputc26, Apr 4, 2008
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    You have to use several apps to get a feel for which ones are correct. A lot of programs out there need an offset applied to measure temperatures correctly.

    Also, keep in mind that ambient temperature has a huge impact on cooling performance (exponential).

    The same person with the same laptop running the same apps, but with an ambient tempreature of 25C instead of 18C (as an example) could see a difference of 20C on a max load processor.
     
    kermit1979, Apr 4, 2008
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