CPU temp flucuations

[Corporate Thug]

with a constant room temp, my CPU is at 41 degrees C one day and 45 degrees C another. what can account for this? i'm kinda worried because this is IDLE with not OC. cpu is a 1700+ @ stock

 

[Peter D]

what kinda cooling you got on it? any case fans? what case? rest of the computer stats? details details

 

[Corporate Thug]

coolermaster case, 2 stock fans (both coolermaster, there is only room for two), SLK 800 with Smart Fan II, abit NF7-s mobo, XMS pc3200, 9700 pro, Pionner A05

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

maybe when its 45 its been doing something cpu intensive before, so it raised the cpu temp
and when its 41 its been doing nuthin but waste cycles lol

 

[Corporate Thug]

lately, i have put absolutely NO load on it. i wash surfing the net when i observed the 41 degrees C and i was doing the same thing when i observed the higher temps

 

[Peter D]

quite the conundrum @_@

how long has the computer been on when you view the temps? 5 mins, an hour?

thats quite weird, your cpu SHOULD be quite cool with all that cooling equipment. i only have a volcano 7 and no other cooling and my cpu is 42 after gaming load..

 

[onza]

my cpu(p4 1.6a@2.4) temp idle is 32c full load ups to around 46c, and this is after i added just a small low rpm case fan

Before that i was idel around 37c and full load of 50c, cooling is good

 

[Corporate Thug]

i view temps after an hour or so. after gaming, my temps are 44.50 or so. i think i'm gonna get some AS3 and a tornado

 

[onza]

did you have any artic silver on it? or was it that termal pad dealy ?

 

[boyRacer]

my abit board says the idle system temp is 50 c... hahaha... oooooooook.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: onza
did you have any artic silver on it? or was it that termal pad dealy ?

no thermal, no AS3. just the generic stuff that came with slk800. the weir thing is when i first set my system up, temps were 36 degrees C. boy racer, i know abit board are inaccurate. i think i'll invest some $ in a digidoc

 

[MachoDonut]

Bear in mind that the Abit board shows temps ~8-10C high. The latest BIOS (1.4 for rev 2.0) fixes this issue.