damian Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) They're not valid because your cpu is running with power saving modes via the BIOS. To get valid "idle" temps you need to run it at stock vid and stock clocks with little or no load whatsoever on the cpu, hence "idle" temps compared to "load" temps. kthanxbye! Edited September 15, 2009 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick2500 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Ok children don't make me pull this bar over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalPreist Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 They're not valid because your cpu is running with power saving modes via the BIOS. To get valid "idle" temps you need to run it at stock vid and stock clocks with little or no load whatsoever on the cpu, hence "idle" temps compared to "load" temps. kthanxbye! No, an idle temp is an idle temp. If he were to build an i7 with the prolimatech and booted up with no load on the cpu those are in fact the temps he would get. So it's absolutely valid. Your referring to a specific idle temp with a specific voltage in mind. In essence you'd be telling anyone with an i7 the only way to get "real" temps is to adjust the voltage or disable speedstep. Now would an average user even know what your talking about? if you would like to show the user temps at that voltage feel free. But the fact of the matter is 100% of time anyone would be running the same voltage and idle temps that i was "without" any tweaking. Thats that. No ones is saying your wrong in the general statement your making. But this thread is about a good cooler. I posted a pic showing good temps with an idle cpu. I'm pretty sure he got the answer he was looking for. Glad to be of help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rourkchris Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) My ambient temp is 68F right now. This is with a Prolimatech Megahalems with 2 Scythe 110 CFM fans. 100% full load overclocked to 4Ghz with CPUv @ 1.272. These are the temps @ idle. Same overclock and same cooling. CPUv @ 1.264 idle from all night of full load after a 5 minute break. EDIT: forgot Hyperthreading is enabled in both. EDIT AGAIN: that would have been obvious I guess with the 8 threads I've hit a suicide screenshot of 4.63Ghz with the Prolimatech and run Super-Pi 1M at 8.845s. I've yet to see anyone run that high on air. Though I'm sure several do nobody else has posted the proof of it here. i7s run hotter than anything I've built before. Probably the best candidate for H2O cooling I've seen. If you're going to stick with air cooling I continue to recommend the Prolimatech. The i7 though is the only CPU I've seen yet that can push this cooler really hard. I can't wait to see the cooling solution for the i9. For a little investment now you'll save yourself the headache of having to remove the motherboard and install an upgrade later. Even @ stock settings and stock voltage it performs well and is worth every penny. I get mine here http://www.jab-tech.com/Prolimatech-Megaha...66-pr-4428.html Make sure you buy the extra set of fan clips to run a second fan if you have the room http://www.jab-tech.com/Prolimatech-Megaha...mm-pr-4432.html Edited September 15, 2009 by rourkchris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalPreist Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Wow looking real good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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