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    Post Your Lowest Idle Temps

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Biomorphic, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. Biomorphic

    Biomorphic Notebook Geek

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    Her is my idle temperature.

    [​IMG]
     
    Biomorphic, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Undervolted.
     

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  3. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Usually around ~35C but hovers around ~30C when cold
     
    abaddon4180, Oct 27, 2009
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  4. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Idle temps should be posted along with room (ambient) temps for them to have any meaning. For example, if my room is 30 deg C, my idle temps can never be below it (compared to say a room at 20 deg C).
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 27, 2009
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  5. demonhotrod

    demonhotrod Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't tell you the temperature of my room as I don't have a room thermometer but my system idles somewhere in the region of 43C
     
    demonhotrod, Oct 27, 2009
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  6. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    42C for my Q9650 :)
    53C for my 8600M GT DDR2 :) :)

    All in a small 15.4" laptop, snot bad eh!
     
    King of Interns, Oct 27, 2009
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  7. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Mine's 0C when I turn on my laptop on an exceptionally cold day when my HVAC is broken...



    Seriously, this survey isn't really specific enough. Idle temperatures can vary hugely depending on internal and external factors; there's no way to do a fair comparison without more specifics. Ambient temperatures, laptop on time, cooling pad, and so on and so forth...
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 27, 2009
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  8. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Wish i could post my core temps, but they only change when i turn off my notebook off or sleep and resume , faulty sensor or something.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Oct 27, 2009
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  9. Jasp

    Jasp Notebook Evangelist

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    T9300, hovers at 28c when idle.
     
    Jasp, Oct 27, 2009
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  10. Undertaxxx

    Undertaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    T7500 in 5920G -> NOT UNDERVOLTED MANUALLY !

    Windows 7 undervolts ftw. :)

    check this

    [​IMG]
     
    Undertaxxx, Oct 27, 2009
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  11. Kallogan

    Kallogan Notebook Deity

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    Yes but no....Win7 does not undervolt as far as i know...Your temps reading is wrong.

    Get a proper soft like HW monitor 64 bits.
     
    Kallogan, Oct 27, 2009
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  12. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    [​IMG]

    GPU undervolted, CPU not. I usually idle at 33 CPU/42-44 GPU. Current ambient is 26C.
     
    Lanaya, Oct 27, 2009
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  13. Kallogan

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    Guys, are you aware that cpu or gpu undervolting only decrease temps during load ??? Idle voltage remains the same most of the time...i say that just in case...

    Core0 : 28
    Core1 : 35
    GPU : 48
     
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  14. Undertaxxx

    Undertaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    first off, win 7 DOES undervolt, at idle, it goes down ALOT! also, these readings are perfectly right. ive compared speedfan with many other programs to see if the temps. were right and they are.

    EDIT:

    And sorry, but its pretty lame to just claim the readings are wrong. these are my absolute minima i've ever reached. Unscrewed backplate, placed on cryo LX (3 fans, max speed), and a fresh breeze from my window :D
     
    Undertaxxx, Oct 27, 2009
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  15. catacylsm

    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    Q9000 on 33 on a fairly plain brittish day.
    4850 on 40 also.
     
    catacylsm, Oct 27, 2009
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  16. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Exactly.

    Typically, at around room temperature, my T500 idles at around 31-32 degrees, plus/minus like 5 degrees. At night, when my window is open, it's usually in the mid-twenties.
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 27, 2009
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  17. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    This is FALSE. you can undervolt your GPU load clocks, and your GPU 2d/idle clocks, which I have done. It dropped my idle temps by 5C
     
    Lanaya, Oct 27, 2009
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  18. Kallogan

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    Ok ok i shut up ;) I know you can undervolt gpu idle voltage...but on a minority of gpu since generally the lowest voltage available is already set in idle mode...was just checkin'

    You could have mentioned that before ;) I said this because your temps seemed too low for a T7500 in a 15"...And I got 19°C with HW monitor 32 bits under win7 64 bits for example hence my misreading supposition.
     
    Kallogan, Oct 27, 2009
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  19. sgilmore62

    sgilmore62 uber doomer

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    [​IMG]
     
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  20. weirdo81622

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    I don't know WHAT sgilmore is cooling his system with, but that graphics card looks pretty cold.

    My low temps:
    38C for my Intel X9100
    keep in mind that my system is only designed for 35W T series processors while my X9100 is a 44W, so my temps are pretty good
    45C for my graphics card
    37C for my HDD (after 30 mins of system being on)

    Ambient = about 21C
     
    weirdo81622, Oct 27, 2009
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  21. sgilmore62

    sgilmore62 uber doomer

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    I kinda cheated... I have a bug in my hybrid graphics where if I enable the discrete gpu's and run a benchmark or game then turn off the discrete gpu's the fans keep running on high...
     
    sgilmore62, Oct 27, 2009
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  22. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So apparently my old hard drive was hotter than the sun :D
     

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  23. Undertaxxx

    Undertaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    eek o_O

    imagine.. lol
     
    Undertaxxx, Oct 28, 2009
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