E8500 runing too hot on Stock Cooler

[Axonn]

Ok, so the E8500 runs at a rather high 3.16 GHz (for Core 2 Duo). But SpeedStep throttles it down to 2 GHz and it still runs at 42 Celsius on max RPM. In comparison, its predecessor, the E6600 (2.4 GHz, 1.6 on SpeedStep) ran at 37 Celsius on LOWEST RPM. If I kicked the RPM to max I think I had 34 or 33.

What worries me even more is that after a CPU Burn-In on 2 threads, the temperature increased to a dangerously high 64 Celsius even on 100% cooler RPM in 2 minutes. So we got a potential 66 to 68 if running for a few hours.

The new stock fan for Intel is horrible compared to E6600: it's twice as thin and has no copper plate.

Tell me, does your E8500 run as hot as this?

Should I go get another cooling solution?

 

[tweakboy]

No no no 64c is beautiful.. Intel recommend on load is 60's c. and idle 40's.

Is the HSFan loud that is annoying. Also if your going to overclock turn off SpeedStep for stability. gl

If you buy one of those huge heatsink your going to get fast RPM with the fan it comes with. Some have no control, and its loud like a Jet... thus people go to H20 to eliminate the Jet , with a quiet rig, built on Tt and powning this world without a single BSOD or crash since its birth in Nov 2007. Thank you gg, and gl and always gb.

 

[Axonn]

I've been reading about other people with 8500. For example this guy:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249434-11-acceptable-stock-temperature-e8500

He runs at 46-50 at full load whereas I go to 64.

 

[soccerballtux]

No no no 64c is beautiful.. Intel recommend on load is 60's c. and idle 40's.

Is the HSFan loud that is annoying. Also if your going to overclock turn off SpeedStep for stability. gl

If you buy one of those huge heatsink your going to get fast RPM with the fan it comes with. Some have no control, and its loud like a Jet... thus people go to H20 to eliminate the Jet , with a quiet rig, built on Tt and powning this world without a single BSOD or crash since its birth in Nov 2007. Thank you gg, and gl and always gb.

technically he can go up to 73.2C on his dual core.

But that still seems hot for a 45nm chip. He should try reseating it.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If you feel its too hot, buy a cheap heatsink

CM 212+ for example

 

[Axonn]

soccerballtux: he thanks you ::- D.

 

[Binky]

I've been reading about other people with 8500. For example this guy:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249434-11-acceptable-stock-temperature-e8500

He runs at 46-50 at full load whereas I go to 64.

This guy is nuts. He thinks that 46-50C on a full load is too hot. That sounds pretty good to me. He's not running a stock cooler.

42C idle at 100% fan speed is too hot. The stock cooler can do better than that. Check your voltage in CPU-Z. Does it look correct?

 

[Gryz]

I just checked. When I run a chess program, my cores go to 70C and 75C. I'm sure they do that too when I am playing games (which I did a lot). I think I've had these high temperatures ever since I bought my E8500 (which was January 2008, I think).

I'm not worried about anything.

I once messed up my watercooling. Both my GPU and CPU got to 110C. The RAM on the GPU died. The CPU is running for 2 years now since that incident.
Who cares about heat ?

 

[Axonn]

Binky: 1.080 Volts says CPUz.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Doesn't seem too bad. The time to worry, is if temps on an Intel CPU reach 80C or more. Even then, it's still technically in spec.