OC'ed athlonX2 at only 18.5°C!!

WhiteFireDragon · 01-10-2008, 09:45 AM

i have an athlonX2 BE-2300 and it's slightly OC'ed from stock 1.9ghz to 2.02ghz by increasing the core speed from 200mhz to 213mhz with stock multiplier and vcore. this line of X2 is designed with a low power consumption using only 45W. AMD is generally cooler and especially this one with low power consumption, temperatures are expected to be low. it's cooled with an OK heatsink/fan, the cooler master hyper TX2 fan.

BUT, can a temp of only 18.5°C really be true? that is less than ambient room temps! i think the sensors are way off?

PohTayToez · 01-10-2008, 10:32 AM

It's impossible for the temps to be less than the room temp with just air cooling and no sort of radiator. Your sensors are off.

lovely? · 01-10-2008, 11:19 AM

i remember reading reviews on coolers, and when they test the temperature they test the rise above ambient room temperature could this be the same?

nffc10 · 01-10-2008, 12:02 PM

Have you tried using Core Temp or Speedfan to check the temps?

imsati · 01-10-2008, 04:42 PM

My experience with PC Wizard has been less than satisfactory. It was reading my CPU temp at 25*C.

Pentium D's aren't that hot, but still, getting them down to 25*C is pushing it a bit

taylormsj · 01-10-2008, 08:58 PM

Also, this is such a tiny overclock, it wont increase your temperatures over stock, at least not on idle

[-0MEGA-] · 01-10-2008, 09:08 PM

I had a problem with my Pentium D 930 reporting 19C when it was overclocked to 3.8GHz.

18.5C is completely wrong, and do not trust it.

ThatGuy16 · 01-10-2008, 09:14 PM

Never go by the "processor temp". Only the "Core" temps.

click the bottom right icon with the "-" and "+" on it

WhiteFireDragon · 01-11-2008, 05:55 AM

ok i just found out that brisbane cores do not show accurate temperature readings because the internal digital thermal sensor give wrong readings. here are a few other programs that i took the temp with:

- CoreTemp- 7°C
- SpeedFan- 22°C
- SiSoft Sandra- 18.5°C

so i think no matter what program i use, it will be wrong. there's nothing i can do about it because it's the internal sensors. its is really annoying because i really won't know when my CPU overheats

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy16

Never go by the "processor temp". Only the "Core" temps.

click the bottom right icon with the "-" and "+" on it

what is the difference between processor and core temps? i thought they were the same thing. and what program do i right click icon with +/-?

Motoxrdude · 01-11-2008, 06:12 AM

Feel the heatsink, if it is hot to the point where you cant keep your hand on it, it is about 55C.

01-10-2008, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
WhiteFireDragon Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 637	OC'ed athlonX2 at only 18.5°C!! i have an athlonX2 BE-2300 and it's slightly OC'ed from stock 1.9ghz to 2.02ghz by increasing the core speed from 200mhz to 213mhz with stock multiplier and vcore. this line of X2 is designed with a low power consumption using only 45W. AMD is generally cooler and especially this one with low power consumption, temperatures are expected to be low. it's cooled with an OK heatsink/fan, the cooler master hyper TX2 fan. BUT, can a temp of only 18.5°C really be true? that is less than ambient room temps! i think the sensors are way off? Last edited by WhiteFireDragon; 01-10-2008 at 09:52 AM.

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