Swervin Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 As the topic suggest.. is this normal to have a 6 degree C difference between cores? Perhaps I may have not applied the thermal paste properly and should reapply or would this differecne in temp just normal? thanks in advance for replies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwinC Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Yes that is normal. With my i7 920 I have seen as much as a 10c differance between cores at times. With an overclock of 4.0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 As the topic suggest.. is this normal to have a 6 degree C difference between cores? Perhaps I may have not applied the thermal paste properly and should reapply or would this differecne in temp just normal? thanks in advance for replies i'm nearly positive you're ok, this is normal...mine fluctuate like that all the time. your cpu hyperthreading is causing one or more cores to do more work than the others part of the time is all...nothing to fret about.... which cpu is that ? ...because if you have turboboost that can account for some fluctuation between cores too...seems like all the cpu's i've had have one core that does more than the others...no big deal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swervin Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 thanks guys, just thought i'd ask, because its just a constant 6 degrees C difference... at any given time... left the computer on overnight last week (in winter), i think house temp got down to easily 10-15 degrees C i guess... and the core temp between those 2 was 22 and 28, btw cpu is i7-930 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Yeah my Q9450's 4th core always reports much lower than the others. I've just come to accept it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinae Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Just like you I have a i7 930 and Core 1 + 3 are usually up to 5 C warmer than the other two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDeath Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Same thing happens with my Phenom 9950+ so I think its pretty common. The workload can't be evenly distributed so that temperature difference is just one core doing more then the others are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Yeah my Q9450's 4th core always reports much lower than the others. I've just come to accept it This is exactly correct. Actually on the i7's you will commonly see lower temps on the 2nd and 4th cores. I wouldn't be concerned with this difference at all, unless you are overclocking and the difference in your core temps go into the mid-high 80's or above! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swervin Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 i'd like to overclock it but i don't quiet have the experience nor knowledge to do so properly. I can only go a mild overclock/or the preset stuff via the Gigabyte Smart 6/Easy Tune 6 software as I have only got a Noctua U9B SE2 and thats not gonna cut some hardcore overclocking + the fact i got limited space in my case (Thermaltake V9) which also limits my choice of cooler other than going for liquid cooling, but i'm happy enough with it at this stage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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