How cool is your Pentium D processor?

[tracerit]

I see some Core processors getting 27C idle and I'm amazed, wondering if the Pentium D should be as high as it is for me? I googled and the max temp is aorund 70C, so I'm still good, but cooler is always better

 

[Borealis7]

the common preception is that Pentium Ds burn with the heat of a thousand suns.
i never had a pentium D but i suspect that 40c idle simply means you dont have much case ventilation.

And Core 2 Duo CPUs do run cooler than pentium Ds which are of Netburst architecture.

 

[MegaWorks]

Well my Pentium D is 29C idle and 34C load, that's overclocking temperature.

 

[imported_Scoop]

How do you read temps on a Pentium D?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

You could use CPU-Z, or is that only for Core 2?

 

[Borealis7]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Well my Pentium D is 29C idle and 34C load, that's overclocking temperature.
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Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme

Al Gore would be proud.

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
You could use CPU-Z, or is that only for Core 2?

CPU-Z doesnt tell tempratures, Core-temp does.

 

[imported_Scoop]

Coretemp isn't supposed to work on Pentium D processors. At least not according to developers

But it does?

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Well my Pentium D is 29C idle and 34C load, that's overclocking temperature.

That's because you most likely have a D0 stepping which is the best, newest and coolest version of Pentium D.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: Scoop
Coretemp isn't supposed to work on Pentium D processors. At least not according to developers

But it does?

No it doesn't I already tried.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: GFORCE100

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Well my Pentium D is 29C idle and 34C load, that's overclocking temperature.

That's because you most likely have a D0 stepping which is the best, newest and coolest version of Pentium D.

No C1 stepping

Pentium D

OK I'm using the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme to cool it down. :laugh: