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    Best Laptop Temps

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Harmlessllama, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. Harmlessllama

    Harmlessllama Newbie

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    I have a M-6862 Gateway and was jsut wondering what others had for their temps.
    I use HW Hardware Monitor
    At idle-cpu 5 c -gpu 31 c
    Work load- cpu 20-25 c -gpu 51 c

    I dont know if those are good temps.
    I'm also using a custom cooler on the chips with a 120mm fan on top of that.


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    Harmlessllama, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Welcome to the NBR forums. :)

    those temps are perfectly acceptable.

    check out the NBR Cooling Central.
     
    Gophn, Mar 9, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I do not think your monitoring software is reading your temperatures right. 5C idle is much too low. Do you live in the arctic circle?
    If those temps are 5C above ambient than that make sense

    You can use coretemp, hwmonitor, cpu rightmark, and everest to read temperatures.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 9, 2009
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  4. NJoy

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    5C??? Are u living in a fridge? =)
     
    NJoy, Mar 9, 2009
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  5. Harmlessllama

    Harmlessllama Newbie

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    I'm also using a custom cooler on the chips with a 120mm fan on top of that.
     
    Harmlessllama, Mar 9, 2009
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    SemiGamer Notebook Deity

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    Whoa.. Check the other core of the CPU. 1C.
    Isn't it against the law's of physics for the CPU to be cooler than the room temperature, especially while its running?
    Unless the room temperature is indeed 33F or lower.. Than you live in a freezer. Not a fridge :)
     
    SemiGamer, Mar 9, 2009
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  7. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    If those temps are accurate, than what is your room temperature?

    I ask because I have a cooler much more powerful than yours and I cannot reach those temperatures on my cpu

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 9, 2009
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  8. Harmlessllama

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    room temp 64 f
     
    Harmlessllama, Mar 9, 2009
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  9. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    yup, definitely impossible. Their is no way that you temperatures can be cooler than room temperature, unless you are introducing water cooling or using another coolant other than air. If you are using straight air cooling, you cannot have temperatures below ambient temperature. It does not work. I can crank my laptop cooler to full power which is just under 1000cfm, and the lowest temperatures are room temperature, and the max temps are just a few degrees above room temperature:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=350462

    Your sensors are definitely reading the wrong temperatures, or you edited your hwmonitor readout page

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 10, 2009
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  10. Harmlessllama

    Harmlessllama Newbie

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    you use a "WALL JACK"? i dont if i heard right.
    i dont know if a pc powersupply makes it better.
    420watts.
    Just put that in there
     
    Harmlessllama, Mar 10, 2009
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  11. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    ^^^ I do not understand what you are talking about.
    I use an ac power adaptor with my laptop, and I have a separate power supply for my cooler.

    With air cooling technology, the maximum cooling possible is 0Delta T , or the temperatures are the exact same as room temperature. Your temperatures are way below your room temperature, so your thermal probe is not reading the proper values.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 10, 2009
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