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    How Hot is my CPU

    I have a Scan 3XS system with an OCed i7.

    PC Wizard 2012 is telling me the 4 Cores are 40/38/36/42 with the package being 43 C.

    SpeedFan 4.46 is telling me the CPU is 128C !!

    Hardware Monitor is past it's eval period.

    I presume Speed Fan is just Broken.

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Go off the core temps. Sometimes mine says 128c as well.
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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Use either CoreTemp or RealTemp to read out the temperature sensors in the CPU directly, instead of some questionable external/mainboard ones like Speedfan tends to use instead.

    To really stress your CPU (finding out the max. temps), try Coredamage. I kinda wanted to put a link to their site (damage.vigilantesoftware.com) up here, but it seems to be down for some reason. Hopefully not forever :/

    Web archive link to their website (for infos): http://web.archive.org/web/200910261....com/index.htm
    mirror of the tool itself: http://91.121.194.115/Hexus/coredmg08h.exe

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    edit: careful with Coredamage though. It starts loading up your CPU to 100% the second you start the program, so open up Coretemp/Realtemp before starting Coredamage..

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Forget speedfan. It has only ever given me crazy readings. Ranging from 5 degrees to 100.

    As said above I now use coretemp. Seems to be much more on the money as far as reports go.

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    In regards to temperatures, how about AMD OverDrive, vs HWMonitor and ASUS's own AI Suite II?

    I have temperatures but they are 10 c apart.

    ASUS AI Suite II reads 60 c (I am stress testing)
    HWMonitor shows each core at around 50 c, but CPU at the top is 60 c
    AMD OverDrive reads the cores at 45-50 c.

    Which should I go by, the individual cores or the whole CPU read? In regards to the safe max temperature when stress testing, which do you go by? I don't want to frazzle my CPU for 24/7 use

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Quote Originally Posted by mikeo01 View Post
    Which should I go by, the individual cores or the whole CPU read? In regards to the safe max temperature when stress testing, which do you go by? I don't want to frazzle my CPU for 24/7 use
    You're nowhere near frazzling - the limit is around 105C

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    But the max temp it should be running at for 24/7 is around 50 isn't it?

    If overclocking makes the CPU temp hit 60 isn't that going to reduce the life of my cpu? Or is it mainly voltage that kills CPUs?

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Quote Originally Posted by mikeo01 View Post
    But the max temp it should be running at for 24/7 is around 50 isn't it?
    Nope. You're safe below 105 (though check the data spec for your exact processor).

    If overclocking makes the CPU temp hit 60 isn't that going to reduce the life of my cpu? Or is it mainly voltage that kills CPUs?
    Voltage (and to a lesser extent, higher frequencies).

    It's true that I wouldn't like to run a processor at 104C 24/7 for 5 years, but 60 isn't a problem in the slightest.

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Higher frequencies mean higher power consumption, and over-volting to get reliable operation st higher frequencies increases power consumption again, and that higher power consumption means higher temperatures, unless you improve the cooling.

    Most CPUs have built in thermal protection anyway, either reducing speed (to reduce power consumption) and/or shutting down when a threshold is reached.

    And yes, over-volting does increase the dielectric stress at semiconductor junctions, and heating dies age components, but it sounds as if you are doing modest overclocking, the effect on component life will be minimal.
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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Well I MAY be running an overclocked FX up to 60 c temperature, with CPU VID of 1.45 (CPU VCore will hit 1.50), and NB VID of 1.25-1.30. This will be running as an everyday computer.

    Are the chances of reducing the CPU life high or low using these settings? I want to make sure, because I don't want to do extreme overclocking, but I don't want to have to reduce my settings because the CPU is wearing out. Ideally I want this CPU to run for years to come, but what is the chances of that overclocked?

    Will my voltage settings kill it or unexpected temperature rises?

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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Personal opinion, probably not. Random failure can happen anyway, so while there may be a statistical chance of overclocking increasing that, you would only see it over a large number of samples.

    So with that minimal level of over-clocking, just enjoy the machine and don't worry!
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    Re: How Hot is my CPU

    Quote Originally Posted by mikeo01 View Post
    Well I MAY be running an overclocked FX up to 60 c temperature, with CPU VID of 1.45 (CPU VCore will hit 1.50), and NB VID of 1.25-1.30. This will be running as an everyday computer.

    Are the chances of reducing the CPU life high or low using these settings? I want to make sure, because I don't want to do extreme overclocking, but I don't want to have to reduce my settings because the CPU is wearing out. Ideally I want this CPU to run for years to come, but what is the chances of that overclocked?

    Will my voltage settings kill it or unexpected temperature rises?
    Yes, you will reduce the CPU life, that's an inevitable fact of physics. But it's very unlikely this will affect its working life - ie you are going to replace the CPU before you become affected. A reduction from 60 years to 50 years (made up numbers) is irrelevant!

    I would be incredibly surprised if those settings killed it.

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