Re: Systems running hot?

On 22.12.2009 13:06, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> "Daniel O'Connor"<doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>  writes:
>    
>> FWIW the Core 2 Duo in my "games" machine which is overclocked from 2.13
>> to 3.06GHz idles at 60C and gets up to 75C when under heavy use. Before
>> overclocking it used to idle around 50C (that appeared to be the BIOS's
>> target temperature)
>>      
> My E6600s idle at around 35 C in the summer and 25 C in the winter
> (they're in an unheated room).
>
> 85 C (not 75 C as I wrote earlier - I misremembered) is critical for a
> C2D, except for some Xeon-branded models which go up to 100 C.  See the
> comments in the coretemp driver.
>    

I'd still call that a bit extreme. For example, the thermal 
specification for 3 of 4 available Core2 Duo that runs at 2.13GHz is 
61.4C, and the remaining one has it set to a bit over 60C. Which means 
that at 61.4C, Intel Thermal Monitor should kick in and use SpeedStep to 
slow down the CPU and prevent overheating.

Intel's mobile Core2 Duo versions usually have that parameter at 105C 
because they don't have integrated heat spreaders.

Core2 Quad Q8400 (non-overclocked, 2.66GHz, thermal spec: 71.4C; in a 
heated room) runs at 33C / 24C (winter/summer) here.

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