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    Temperature difference between cores

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by gkrules, Jul 18, 2012.

  1. gkrules

    gkrules Notebook Consultant

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    I have a 3610QM. Cores 0 and 2 seem to stay cooler than 1 and 3. At points, the difference can be up to 10 degrees. Is this normal?
    I put thermal paste on myself, so this could be a possible source of error.
     
    gkrules, Jul 18, 2012
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    perhaps the thermal paste was not spread evenly? i don't know.... :<
     
    Black5Lion, Jul 18, 2012
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    It's normal
     
    killerrobotjews, Jul 18, 2012
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    Celsius or Fahrenheit? Celsius seems excessive but I haven't used the new processors yet. On my quad core dektop 4 C seemed excessive and I tried to get it down but no luck.
     
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    On Intel CPU's it is set to park cores. So it will use 2 and park 2 (and it is every other one), and it doesn't use them equally. You can unpark the cores and get utilization from all of them, and on my Sager (unparked cores), all 4 cores are within 2 degrees of each other. However, what your seeing is normal, since 2 are doing most of the work and the other 2 are parking.

    So as Killer said, it is normal.
     
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    gkrules Notebook Consultant

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    It is in Celsius. The parked cores definitely makes sense. Whenever it's under load, the temperatures are much closer to together.
     
    gkrules, Jul 18, 2012
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    I think its normal. My cores 1 and 3 are always about 4-8degrees Celsius higher than 0 and 2 with the exception of being under full load when they are a little closer together.
     
    M.D., Jul 18, 2012
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