Conroe temp too low?

[Serp86]

I've just put together a system based on an E6300CPU and a DQ6 motherboard.

I -think- the HSF - an Akasa AK-960 is on OK (every clip clicked, and it was sturdy enough to withstand some tugging). So on first boot after i installed windows i touch the heatsink, and its still cool! Heatpipes were slightly warm, but that's it.

So i rushed to the bios expecting a 90degC+ temperature due to badly installed HSF, but i see a 32 degrees (ambient is about 28-30)! System temperature is 42. Are the temp sensors switched the other way round? (ie 42 is actually cpu?). Everything else is very cool - even the heatsink on the chipset is mildly warm.

Then I overclocked to fsb 333 (2.3ghz) and the temps were still the same. Will try overclocking higher when I recieve the memory (right now i only have ddr 667, hence stopping @ 333fsb).

Is the temperature reading on this accurate?

 

[Conky]

Yep, looks like your temps are switched. The higher number is the cpu.

And they don't look half bad for a "badly installed HSF". :thumbsup:

 

[Serp86]

well, i used the thermal paste which came applied on it from the fab so that might explain it.

anyway, it's still VERY cool. The athlon xp 2600+ it replaced used to be something like 55 deg idle, 60 load (smaller heatsink, granted)

 

[Baked]

Download CoreTemp and see what kinda temp you're getting.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Serp86
...on first boot after i installed windows i touch the heatsink, and its still cool! Heatpipes were slightly warm, but that's it...

So i rushed to the bios expecting a 90degC+ temperature due to badly installed HSF, but i see a 32 degrees (ambient is about 28-30)! System temperature is 42. Are the temp sensors switched the other way round? (ie 42 is actually cpu?). Everything else is very cool - even the heatsink on the chipset is mildly warm.

Is the temperature reading on this accurate?

Allow me some latitude, and *perhaps* I can explain the situation...

I'm running a 3.0GHz Northwood. Core temp is measured on the internal CPU diode. PC Wizard 2006 shows the temp is 35.5 ºC. Is this accurate? Yeah, I *guess*, but that's at the core, not the heatpipes.

The thing is, I can absolutely, positively, guarantee you that if I take the window off my case and *feel* the HSF heatpipes on my Scythe Mine 3 [pronounced 'me-nay'], they'll be cool to the touch. I did this the other night, while it was running -- got my fingers all the way down to the TIM, and it was just slightly warm, sooooo... don't let those fingers fool you!

Temp readings can be accurate and inaccurate at the same time! That is, the temp readings can be accurate at (and around) the sensor -- but NOT accurately indicate the overall situation.

To digress: Let's say you want to measure your own body temperature. Where do you stick the sensor, e.g. where do you measure it? Orally, rectally, in your armpit, in your ear? You WILL get different readings in different places! Which one is 'accurate', and which one is 'backwards'?

If your sphincter is 104.3 ºF, but your forehead *feels* cool to the touch -- which shall 'we' believe?