One core is hotter than the other

[blutach]

Need I be worried?

This is under full load - encoding a home video with HC, with SMP.



Regards

[Chewy]

stock oem cooler from amd?

pretty sure the teemps are accurate for die, and they should never be above 60-65 for any extended periods

http://www.gen-x-pc.com/cputemps.htm

if that's a sckt 939 then those cpu's would be hard to replace
socket m2/940's are plentiful

reseating the hsf and using artic silver would help, a premium cooler even more

workloads never balance so don't expect the heat to either

[DrinkOrDie]

Wow, that is fairly hot. Using both cores to capacity for over an hour, I've only managed to get my core up to 100 F. At least as far as I can tell. Using Arctic Silver and a fairly inexpensive $36 cooler. (the brand and model I can't remember). It does have copper heat pipes and aluminum fins.

I have downloaded the application blutach used, just so I can be sure we're using the same monitoring software for comparison.

[blutach]

That's impressive DrinkOrDie. I suspect it's OK at 60C under full load, but any higher and I start to worry.

I am running a socket 939. And the chip is OC'ed 25%, so that makes things a little hotter. On regular load, it's about 30-35C

Regards

[DrinkOrDie]

If it gets above 60 regularly, I would be concerned. Or I would look into upgrading my CPU cooler. That is, if all other temperatures are within tolerance range. Didn't realize you were OC'd. I would definately get a better cooler in that case.

Chewy said "workloads never balance so don't expect the heat to either"

I don't know if that is entirely accurate. Mine seems to balance the load pretty well most of the time. But I use the optional AMD cool & Quiet technology with this board that adjusts the CPU clock frequency and balances the load on the fly and it seems to keep the temperatures pretty much even on each core.

[blutach]

I don't use that. I was told it slows the fan speeds and doesn't aid in OC'ing.

Regards

[DrinkOrDie]

I don't use that. I was told it slows the fan speeds and doesn't aid in OC'ing.

Regards

That's interesting to hear. At first, I didn't have Cool & Quiet enabled. After enabling it, I noticed the CPU voltage and clock frequency varied according to workload. I also noticed after enabling it, frequency varied from a low of 1.0ghz to 3.2. However, my fan speeds did not change. At least not significantly. One thing that did change: when the CPU is running at a low of 1.0 Ghz, the temperature lowered significantly when the PC is just sitting idle. Temperature is down to 74 F. Before enabling Cool & Quiet, idle temperature was quite a bit higher due to higher voltage & clock frequency.

Of course, your situation is a bit different. I haven't overclocked at all, I don't plan to anytime soon, I just wanted to be able to OC a few years down the road, which is why I chose the board and CPU that I did. It will be interesting to see how it behaves when overclocked.

Still, if you plan to keep using yours for some time to come, especially overclocked, I think a CPU cooler upgrade is in order. Personally, If I decide to overclock mine, I would think about using a liquid cooling setup.

[UncasMS]

i'm running c&q on all x2 amds i have/had and it works fine with encoders as well as folding

[soup]

If you want, you can check this out blu.

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1378/

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Core_Temp_d5665.html