e6300 idles @ low 50s?

[Corporate Thug]

According to hardware monitor and Speed fan, my e6300 (stock for the summer) is idles @ 52 (core 1)/53 (core 2) on a CNPS 9500AT.

Does that seem kinda high?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

If you had one of the newer Wolfdale Penryns, I'd tell you to update the 680i BIOS (carefully) for the motherboard. But an e6300 is the last CPU I'd think would give you those results, unless you're room-ambient is like 110F.

If you're going to measure temperatures, use CoreTemp or RealTemp for the Conroe. Use RealTemp on the newer Penryn cores.

The Zalman CNPS 9500 is not "stellar," but it should be doing a better -- much better job than that.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
If you had one of the newer Wolfdale Penryns, I'd tell you to update the 680i BIOS (carefully) for the motherboard. But an e6300 is the last CPU I'd think would give you those results, unless you're room-ambient is like 110F.

If you're going to measure temperatures, use CoreTemp or RealTemp for the Conroe. Use RealTemp on the newer Penryn cores.

The Zalman CNPS 9500 is not "stellar," but it should be doing a better -- much better job than that.

its one of the very early e6300s. I tried CoreTemp and I get the same reading.

 

[AmberClad]

Yes it seems high. Those temps are in line with what the load temps should be. Has it always run that hot?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Not really sure, I just downloaded a temp program yesterday because I was bored.

 

[z1ggy]

Mine runs 30/34C idle and 38/42C 100% load..So yes it seems high and maybe you dont have a great layer of thermal paste on there? Or good case cooling?