Core 2 Duo operating temperature

einstein2

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What are the normal operating temperature for the Core 2 Duo E6300?

 

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einstein2 said:

What are the normal operating temperature for the Core 2 Duo E6300?

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Thermal Spec is 61.5C. CoreTemp reads higher, for instance, Speedfan will show 36C and CoreTemp is 51C, because Coretemp is reading off the actual core. I say anything over 55C in speedfan is too warm.

 

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Intel's marketed temperature 'limit' is 65c. That's for a non-overclocked CPU on the stock cooler, of course.

 

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for instance i changed the FSB to 300 x 7 and the cores went up 56C, so i cannot overclock high as such on a stock HSF?

 

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Exactly. You need better cooling if you want to push...

 

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RangerXLT8 said:

CoreTemp reads higher, for instance, Speedfan will show 36C and CoreTemp is 51C, because Coretemp is reading off the actual core.

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They both read from the one and only sensor, but certain programs (Speedfan, eg.) simply aren't meant to read a DTS (Digital Thermal Sensor) found on Core 2 Duo.