Overclocked E8400, check the temps please.

JLV2k5 · 07-22-2008, 02:31 PM

So my buddy is overclocking his E8400(air cooled system) from 3.0Ghz to 3.6Ghz. He is idoling at 45C and peaking under load at 60C. How good are these overclock temps?

Thanks

lovely? · 07-22-2008, 02:55 PM

the temps are acceptable, they are about the same as mine. i wouldnt advise going any farther without better cooling though, because any more voltage might be too much.

houseofbugs · 07-22-2008, 10:01 PM

Those are terrible for that low of an overclock. I never breach 50-55C at full load at 4.5ghz!

ThatGuy16 · 07-22-2008, 11:18 PM

are you using real temp? us that...

whats the voltage?

fade2green514 · 07-23-2008, 06:11 AM

dont overvolt it in my opinion. get a thermaltake big typhoon and read the directions carefully its worth the $50 to lower temps by a lot. my proc never gets above 45C on double prime95 or any other stress test.

Synesthesia · 07-23-2008, 09:57 AM

With good cooling you should never go over 50c, even in a warm room.

pbdr · 07-23-2008, 05:31 PM

the E8400 is know to have buggy/faulty temperature sensors. My CPU idles at 45C and generally does not read a temperature above 45C (I got it to once using a stress test with an Intel temp sensor, but that was it). I don;t have it OCed, but still there should be some fluctuation in the temp.

Based on my knowledge of CPUs, I would imagine that the true idle temp would be significantly lower then this (I would estimate it is actually idling in the high 20's to low 30C range), but the temp sensor is "stuck"

Based on these known issues I would take any temp readings with a grain of salt.

07-22-2008, 02:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
JLV2k5 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University of Delaware Age: 21 Posts: 1,315	Overclocked E8400, check the temps please. So my buddy is overclocking his E8400(air cooled system) from 3.0Ghz to 3.6Ghz. He is idoling at 45C and peaking under load at 60C. How good are these overclock temps? Thanks __________________ Can't wait to finish college and build my system.

07-22-2008, 02:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 4,060	the temps are acceptable, they are about the same as mine. i wouldnt advise going any farther without better cooling though, because any more voltage might be too much. __________________ E8400 @ 3.7GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 4GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT COMING: ATI 4850 OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE

07-22-2008, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Age: 99 Posts: 5,475	are you using real temp? us that... whats the voltage? __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

07-23-2008, 06:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 20 Posts: 3,630	dont overvolt it in my opinion. get a thermaltake big typhoon and read the directions carefully its worth the $50 to lower temps by a lot. my proc never gets above 45C on double prime95 or any other stress test. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

07-23-2008, 09:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Synesthesia Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 115	With good cooling you should never go over 50c, even in a warm room. __________________ 3.6 Ghz Oc of E6750 at 1.45v, P5N-D motherboard (Arctic Silver NB and SB modified), 4gigs 1000 Mhz (800 originally) OCZ Reaper Ram @ 2.1v, Zero Therm Nirvana Cpu HS, Thermaltake Tsunami, MSI NX8800Gt OC'd to 720X2020, HT Omega Sound Card, Antec 850 PSU, 1TB (250+750) Samsung HD, Samsung Dual Layer DVD/CD Burner, Silenx 120mm thermal sensing fans. 14,400 3D Mark 06 Score Boycott StarForce for the betterment of the gaming community!!!!!! http://www.glop.org/starforce/

07-22-2008, 10:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
houseofbugs Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alsip, IL Posts: 141	Those are terrible for that low of an overclock. I never breach 50-55C at full load at 4.5ghz!

07-23-2008, 05:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
pbdr Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 267	the E8400 is know to have buggy/faulty temperature sensors. My CPU idles at 45C and generally does not read a temperature above 45C (I got it to once using a stress test with an Intel temp sensor, but that was it). I don;t have it OCed, but still there should be some fluctuation in the temp. Based on my knowledge of CPUs, I would imagine that the true idle temp would be significantly lower then this (I would estimate it is actually idling in the high 20's to low 30C range), but the temp sensor is "stuck" Based on these known issues I would take any temp readings with a grain of salt. __________________ My current Build: E8400 Wolfdale Gigabyte EP35C DES 4 gig A-DATA DDR2 800 Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Seagate 320 GB HDD Lite-On Lightscribe DVDRW Raidmax Sagitta (Black) Case

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