Stress test results

Aastii

Aastii

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have just run a stress test and my CPU is running under full load after a period of time at 65 degrees c. To me, this is too high, I am used to all of my system being at 40 degrees or less, my nb is at 26 degrees under load, that is what i have come to expect from my system, so this 65 degrees, is it high enough to, if left untouched, cause any hardware damage?

I am still only useing the stock cooler so to solve it won't be difficult at all, if it needs to be solved at all, just out of curiosity.
 
Sean89 said:
wow thats hot, mine idles at 33c with stock cooler
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I think you misread, it is at 30 degrees idle, when doing a stress test, it goes to 66 degrees.

A stress test keeps it at full load for a period of time, mine completed a full test in 16 minutes but i should have left it on for a few hours, but as i am not leaveing it on overnight unatended when it is that far from "normal" temperatures, i don't have time to at the moment
 
Aastii said:
have just run a stress test and my CPU is running under full load after a period of time at 65 degrees c. To me, this is too high, I am used to all of my system being at 40 degrees or less, my nb is at 26 degrees under load, that is what i have come to expect from my system, so this 65 degrees, is it high enough to, if left untouched, cause any hardware damage?

I am still only useing the stock cooler so to solve it won't be difficult at all, if it needs to be solved at all, just out of curiosity.
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Will this cause hardware damage? No. It is a bit on the hot side though, but not dangerous hot. BUT! if you are not overclocking than these temps are to hot and I would guess something is wrong. What stress test are you running? If it is IBT or some linpack then I would not worry, these get things hot hot hot. But, normal stress testing on a non overclocked system should not be hitting temps that high. Could be a poor application of thermal paste or a partially seated heatsink, those push pins can be hard! Anyways, give us some more info on what your are doing and ambient room temps for a full diagnosis.
 
Backwoods166 said:
Will this cause hardware damage? No. It is a bit on the hot side though, but not dangerous hot. BUT! if you are not overclocking than these temps are to hot and I would guess something is wrong. What stress test are you running? If it is IBT or some linpack then I would not worry, these get things hot hot hot. But, normal stress testing on a non overclocked system should not be hitting temps that high. Could be a poor application of thermal paste or a partially seated heatsink, those push pins can be hard! Anyways, give us some more info on what your are doing and ambient room temps for a full diagnosis.
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I ran a couple of blend tests using Prime95 and no, i am not overclocked at the moment, it was a pre-oc stress test just to see that everything was to start with to make sure if a problem came up it was because of the oc, not because of hardware
 
Assuming this is for the E6750 listed in your signature, then yes, 65 is on the warm side. Start moving above that (especially into the 70s) and you risk shortening the life of your CPU.

Since you are not overclocking, I would side with Backwoods on there being an issue with the heatsink seating. Stock cooler/paste?
 
i wouldnt settle for 65C man. Put some more thermal paste on, also put more fans in.

I have a kuma 7750+ oc' to 3.050ghz w/stock cooler. Yeah its not an epic of an overclock but its 24 hour prime95 stable. My avg temp 55C. Before my 4 fans that i put in my case: 62C avg temp. Not that much of a difference but hey less heat equals longer lifespan and better reliabilty
 
Zatharus said:
Assuming this is for the E6750 listed in your signature, then yes, 65 is on the warm side. Start moving above that (especially into the 70s) and you risk shortening the life of your CPU.

Since you are not overclocking, I would side with Backwoods on there being an issue with the heatsink seating. Stock cooler/paste?
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stock cooler, bought thermal paste.

I got it from my local computer shop, startech.com silver oxide compound. it is working fine for my nb and graphics card so it is decent paste if nb is at 20ish degrees and graphics card at 45 when under stress.
 
Aastii said:
stock cooler, bought thermal paste.

I got it from my local computer shop, startech.com silver oxide compound. it is working fine for my nb and graphics card so it is decent paste if nb is at 20ish degrees and graphics card at 45 when under stress.
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Worth a shot at re-seating the heatsink then. Can you verify that the fan on the heatsink is working as well? Worth checking, though I assume it is.
 
Aastii said:
stock cooler, bought thermal paste.

I got it from my local computer shop, startech.com silver oxide compound. it is working fine for my nb and graphics card so it is decent paste if nb is at 20ish degrees and graphics card at 45 when under stress.
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to little or to much thermal paste can be bad. You want a small dot of paste in the middle of the chip for dual cores, for quads a line across works better. Here is a photo to guide you. Don't spread the paste out just slap the heatsink on and make sure those pushpins snap in. Push pins are a pain but just keep trying.

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Thursday146 said:
i put like 3 times that amount on xD. what happens if too much is on? i havent really noticed anything wrong with my processor
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If you put too much thermal paste on the CPU, it will not allow for optimal heat transference. You can always pull, clean and reapply. Start with small amounts first.
 
Yea i used that much and yes, the heatsink is in properly. I am wondering if you are like "omg it is pretty hot" but not realising i am still on 65nm conroe technology which uses more power and produces more heat than its 45 nm brethren. Could this be the reason for it being so high?

Also, a little tip for those with the push pin heatsink:

if you roughly put it in and twist then you will notice that they are still lose. At this poijnt push them until they click. Ignore intels instructions, this works much better and doesn't warp or mis-shape the mobo or pins, it just makes life 10x easier.
 
Aastii said:
Yea i used that much and yes, the heatsink is in properly. I am wondering if you are like "omg it is pretty hot" but not realising i am still on 65nm conroe technology which uses more power and produces more heat than its 45 nm brethren. Could this be the reason for it being so high?

Also, a little tip for those with the push pin heatsink:

if you roughly put it in and twist then you will notice that they are still lose. At this poijnt push them until they click. Ignore intels instructions, this works much better and doesn't warp or mis-shape the mobo or pins, it just makes life 10x easier.
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I am running a 65nm kentsfield overclocked by 1ghz and my temps are lower than yours. At 3.6ghz my temps surpass yours. I am not on stock cooling but I certainly don't have high-end cooling either. Like I said, those temps aren't dangerous but, i would be wondering why they are so high.
 
Is your core temperature 65 or is your chip temperature 65? Core temperatures can go up to 100C so 65 isn't that bad.
 
Bob692006 said:
What do you have your CPU core voltage set to?
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I'm not sure, i've got my mobo settings set to auto so it does it all for me and i can't see.

When i get better cooling and start to OC then i will be able to tell you, but until then it is whatever the standard settings for a CPU (in my sig below) is
 
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