Here is a little background on my situation...
Last year I got an E8500 and really never tried to OC or do anything with it just installed and it was working and I was happy. Recently I have become addicted to trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of my machine.
I started downloading apps like core temp, real temp, speed fan, ect to monitor my temps. I was initially disturned to see that my cores were running at about 48c idle and 55c+ 100% load testing with Orthos, stock speeds, Arctic Cooler 7 pro heatsink.
My case I had it in was about 10 years old but was one of the really nice Antec cases (not sure the model) but it did have some pretty poor airflow, so I figured this had much to do with it.
So yesterday I marched to Microcenter and purchased the HAF932 with a Corsair H50... put it all together last night and gleefully turned on my machine and it only decreased about 5c.
So right now I am about 42-45c idle and about 50c 100% load running Orthos and Prime95.
Do you guys think that my E8500 may just be a hotter running chip? Also to note in speedfan my CPU temp is reading 27c but core temps are 40's... I am not sure when people refer to temps they refer to the core temps or the actual CPU temp...
Any advice appreciated!
Here are my specs:
Case: Coolermaster HAF932
CPU: Intel E8500 Stock speeds for the moment
HDD: 2x WD Caviar Black 750GB Raid 0
GPU: Sapphire HD4870 (800 MHZ)
PS: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
Cooler: Cosair H50 Water Block
Mobo: EVGA 750I FTW
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Last year I got an E8500 and really never tried to OC or do anything with it just installed and it was working and I was happy. Recently I have become addicted to trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of my machine.
I started downloading apps like core temp, real temp, speed fan, ect to monitor my temps. I was initially disturned to see that my cores were running at about 48c idle and 55c+ 100% load testing with Orthos, stock speeds, Arctic Cooler 7 pro heatsink.
My case I had it in was about 10 years old but was one of the really nice Antec cases (not sure the model) but it did have some pretty poor airflow, so I figured this had much to do with it.
So yesterday I marched to Microcenter and purchased the HAF932 with a Corsair H50... put it all together last night and gleefully turned on my machine and it only decreased about 5c.
So right now I am about 42-45c idle and about 50c 100% load running Orthos and Prime95.
Do you guys think that my E8500 may just be a hotter running chip? Also to note in speedfan my CPU temp is reading 27c but core temps are 40's... I am not sure when people refer to temps they refer to the core temps or the actual CPU temp...
Any advice appreciated!
Here are my specs:
Case: Coolermaster HAF932
CPU: Intel E8500 Stock speeds for the moment
HDD: 2x WD Caviar Black 750GB Raid 0
GPU: Sapphire HD4870 (800 MHZ)
PS: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
Cooler: Cosair H50 Water Block
Mobo: EVGA 750I FTW
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
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