[necromancier]

my e6750 without loading windows up, just in the bios is showing 38oC idle.
is that bad, because it seems it.

[alex]

No, it's not a bad temp at all.

It's higher than I would expect, but then that's dependent on your cooling setup, and if you've got a mobo that dynamically increases performance to the cpu by upping it's speed and voltage. Voltage creates heat. If you have got a mobo that does this, do you have it set at 'performance' or 'peak' (however it's worded) ?

But regardless of that, again, that temp is fine.

[mcbee]

If that is with the standard heatsink using a better HSF will lower the temp.

[Krlll]

Remember that the CPU temp you see in BIOS is the temp of you CPU under load.
Not 100% load but maybe 80%.
38C under 80% load?
Id be happy.
Download TAT to analyse idle and load temps from desktop.

[necromancier]

well as per recommendation from you alex i got the ga-p35-s3 gigabyte board.
awesome board btw. and yeh under the bios settings it says its set to turbo mode.
3 modes being: standard, turbo and then extreme.
maybe change it to standard if i get any bad temps?
or maybe invest in a new heatsink?

[alex]

Originally Posted by necromancier well as per recommendation from you alex i got the ga-p35-s3 gigabyte board. awesome board btw. and yeh under the bios settings it says its set to turbo mode. 3 modes being: standard, turbo and then extreme. maybe change it to standard if i get any bad temps? or maybe invest in a new heatsink?

Thanks for the kudos there Necro and I'm glad you're happy with the board.

Regarding the modes; There should be one that allows you to turn off any dynamic changes to the fsb, voltage etc. If not set it to standard.

If you're still concerned over the 38c (and are running the generic Intel HSF) then yeah, invest in a new one. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro would be my choice. Not least because it's so cheap considering it's performance. If you do that get some AS 5 T.I.M. May as well do it all if you go that route.

It's not the 'idle' temps that concern me (within reason of course) in setups, it's the peak temp's that you want to be looking at. What's it like when gaming?

[Krlll]

To stress both cores of your CPU properly and see temps at 100% usage use Orthos .

[necromancier]

i think i may invest in a new heatsink then. iv never really liked the supplied ones anyway,
thnx for the help guys. il see how it goes.

[necromancier]

everything seems okay now.
in windows and doing mild editing work, my temps show 29 degrees.
when gaming my temps show average 36 degrees.

[alex]

Cool. I'm glad you got it sorted.

[necromancier]

:), the cpu temps fine now, iv checked gpu temp and that also seems fine.
but using easytune 5 supplied with the mobo, it says the system temperature (im assuming the temperature inside the case) is 72 degrees. this has got to be wrong. i opened up the side of the case and put my hand close, and theres cool air blowing round. any one got any idea on that temp??

[Krlll]

Try using Everest to monitor your temps.You can download it form System info in the downloads section.If this shows a high temps aswell perhaps the sensor is faulty.
Im sure your GPU temps are fine but running a game and jumping back to desktop is not a good way to measure the temps.The temp of the GPU drops very rapidly once its load is reduced.
I use RTHDRIBL to measure GPU temps.Try it out and you will see what I mean about how rapidly the temp rises and drops.

[necromancier]

heya krill. just tried everest.
im getting..
motherboard 23 degrees.
aux: 50 degrees
gpu: 50 degrees.
HDD: 30 degrees

how can i cool my graphics card down? or is this a normal temp for a gpu.

[Krlll]

You have an 8800GTS right?
Im not sure how hot they run but its probably pretty hot.Under load my own GTX hits nearly 70c and this is considered fine!
I wonder what the aux temp is measuring?
I looked but could only find this

Q#18: What does the "Aux" temperature shown on the Computer / Sensor page mean? A#18: There is no standard for sensor registers layout, so the "Aux" temperature could show the temperature of the CPU or the motherboard, or might be a non-connected wire of the sensor chip, and so it could show a bogus value.

[necromancier]

i was wondering what aux meant myself. i havnt got any other sys fans. case fans yes, but obviously dont have them connected to the mobo.
looks like my temps are okay afterall then. easy tune 5 is still showing my mobo as being 50degrees.
but when i touch the heatsink its really really cool. so everest must be correct.
and yeh i have an 8800 gts.
i looked at everest during gaming and it went to 62 degrees.
which isnt bad, as my old nvidia 6200 was nearly at that just being idle.