e8400 temp issues

triple
04-20-2008, 06:45 AM
so I installed my e8400 today

its in a lian-li full tower with a tuniq tower on top of it, so pretty much best air-cooling setup you can buy

and get this - 42C-44C idle. 53C load.

What the fuck? I got low 30s on my overclocked e6750, this is 45nm, its supposed to be cooler than that, isn't it?

its gotta be a sensor issue, right? theres no way this can be right.

triple
04-20-2008, 06:56 AM
heres what my bios says too, lol.. yep, 11C in bios, 44C in windows. (im betting neither is right.)

http://www.tripler6.com/IMG_0109.JPG

iNVAR
04-20-2008, 12:48 PM
flash your bios, i hear some motherboards have problems with the new 45nm procs and not reading the temps properly.

also, stop using shitty software and get core temp. i would've thought you'd know by now after all the threads you've posted in where i've mentioned this.
Core Temp (http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/)

triple
04-20-2008, 08:05 PM
who said I was using shitty software? That IS using coretemp, hwmonitor, and everest. I downloaded some software called realtemp from xtremesystems that puts me at around 32 idle, which is the only one that doesn't report something clearly wrong.

iNVAR
04-20-2008, 10:11 PM
sucks to be you:
E8400 temperature - MyQuo.com (http://www.myquo.com/e8400-temperature/)

triple
04-22-2008, 07:29 PM
rma'd

e6750 is currently doing as low as 25C :lol:

I also got a new mobo, the x38 maximus formula, which has a nb that runs 55C :shrug:

returned the first MF because of a separate issue, same nb temp on the 2nd, so i figure thats normal

iNVAR
04-22-2008, 10:34 PM
25C? wtf, how cold is your room?

triple
04-22-2008, 10:51 PM
:shrug: not cold

right now its back to around 27-28

and the nb temp is definitely not normal, what im hearing is 47C and over is "you're fucked" territory

so I tore off the nb/sb heatsinks, took off the shitty thermal pad or whatever, which btw made almost zero contact with the spreaders - and applied some of my own stuff. Guess what? Still at 50+ idle. Maybe the heatsink just plain sucks. So does microcenter let you return shit twice?

nigafool
04-23-2008, 12:38 PM
my e8400 has a stuck sensor too

i dont care though

i may OC it a little bit but it's plenty fast right now

nigafool
04-23-2008, 12:54 PM
actually the sensor seems to be working now, maybe it just had to break in

well it's at least reading temps. i think they're about 10 degrees higher than they actually are though.

nigafool
04-24-2008, 01:45 AM
ok i got it to 3.6ghz at 1.2v

temps barely rise at all from 3ghz. this chip is ridiculous.

triple
04-24-2008, 09:31 AM
yea its nice

the motherboard got returned and the e8400 is in the mail to newegg, guess I just had bad luck

right now im trying to decide on a new board, If someone can give me a suggestion.. I hear x38-48s are a disappointment, since you can just get essentially the same overclocks with a good p35, but id be willing to sell my ati cards if the 790i is any better.