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    T9300 temp question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by smokinokie, Jun 12, 2008.

  1. smokinokie

    smokinokie Notebook Consultant

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    I have my CPU OCed to 2.812 through set fsb. When I ran Orthos it showed core 0 maxing at 65c and core 1 maxing at 63c. When I ran 3dmark06 it showed core 0 at 67c and core 1 at 59c. I'm using CPUID to monitor.

    Is it normal to have such a large temp difference between the 2 cores?
     
    smokinokie, Jun 12, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Run it again just to confirm.Since orthos doesn't show much difference,I think it's okay as it's more dual processor centric compared to 3D Mark.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 12, 2008
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Yes this is completely normal. The thing is that the thermal diode on intel cpu's are on the right side of each cpu core. This means that if you look at the processor from the top view, you have the corner, core 0, diode, core 1 than diode for core 1 and then the other end of the chip.

    The thing is the thermal diode for core 0 is between both of the cores of the processor, so the diode is reading the temperatures from core 0 and a little from core 1, so it is indeed always picked up as a higher value.

    DO not worry about the thermal discrepencies.
    You have a nice cpu and pretty nice OC.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 13, 2008
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  4. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    These applications are not accurate, that is it? They all report different.
     
    powerpack, Jun 13, 2008
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  5. flipfire

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    maybe one core is getting used more than the other for the 3dmark results?
     
    flipfire, Jun 13, 2008
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    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    I think Flipfire is correct.
     
    Tusin, Jun 13, 2008
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    Yes, flipfire is correct, if you check the usage levels,one of them sometimes is used more, or is already a tad hotter before.
     
    eleron911, Jun 13, 2008
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  8. smokinokie

    smokinokie Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the replies. I guess I won't worry about it. Core 0 is consistently a few degrees hotter than core 1 but the margin on the 3dmark concerned me a little.
     
    smokinokie, Jun 13, 2008
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