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    RM CPU clock vs. HWmonitor

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by falcon2claw, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. falcon2claw

    falcon2claw Notebook Consultant

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    These two programs are out of sync when it comes to processor temperatures for me. Right now RMclock tells me 23.4 degrees C, while HWmonitor tells me 28 degrees C. Which program should I trust? Thinking about overclocking a bit with these temperatures.

    thanks

    Falcon
     
    falcon2claw, Apr 13, 2008
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    Dexgo would say coretemp would be the program to use

    But i have rm clock also
     
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    coretemp agrees with HWmonitor, but it shows the wrong voltage for some reason
     
    falcon2claw, Apr 13, 2008
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    There is three temperatures to analise, ACPI temp wich cames from an diode located on your board near the CPU socket, core 0 and core 1 wich cames from an build in diode inside of each core from your CPU.

    RM CPU Clock Utility only provides temperatures from the build in diode on each core. HWmonitor provides ACPI and each core temperatures.

    The build in diode on the CPU is more precise because it´s located inside the CPU. The ACPI temp should be higher, because it contains an reading error margin. It´s used by the BIOS/ACPI to control the RPMs of the CPU fan.

    ;)
     
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  5. pasoleatis

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    Guys read this article. Maybe it can help.

    What I got from it is that there are two things to follow:

    Tcase temperature from a diode located on your board near the CPU socket
    and the
    T-junction temperature temperature of each of the cores. in the article is saying also the range of the temperatures for each proc. (for desktop)

    For example for quad q6600 you should get 5 temperatures.

    Scale 4: Quad
    Q6600: Tcase Max 62c, Stepping B3

    -Tcase/Tjunction-
    --60--/--65--65--65--65-- Hot
    --55--/--60--60--60--60-- Warm
    --50--/--55--55--55--55-- Safe
    --25--/--30--30--30--30-- Cool
     
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  6. Neil@Kobalt

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    Trust Core Temp - however be careful when comparing your temperatures to other peoples. 0.97.1 reads higher temps than 0.95.0 so as long as you choose one version and stick to that you will have consistancy in your temp readings.
     
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    Link to article?
     
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    pasoleatis, Apr 13, 2008
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