Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

randomizer: The Intel OEM cooler, when properly installed with an adequate amount of thermal paste and with all 4 push pins fully seated, should have no trouble keeping an E6600 a long ways from thermal throttling. If you have installed your CPU correctly then your recent test screams out to me that your cores and IHS are not making proper contact. Translation: your CPU is defective.

Edit: I just checked the [H]ard database and my best run with the OEM cooler was 3520 MHz at 1.525 volts bios (~1.45v actual). I think it was one of the top ranked CPUs using the Intel heatsink and fan. I guess no one else was crazy enough to run Prime small FFTs for 4 hours out in their garage in the middle of winter with that cooler. When inside I used to run it at 425x8 ~ 3400 MHz 24/7 with a little less voltage to keep the temps down.

Edit2: The above run was in my basement at ~12C. I didn't need the garage until I was trying to get over 3600 MHz.

I realize I was in a cooler environment but from what you've posted, I can only think that there is something physically wrong with your E6600. They have a 3 year warranty so why not send it back to Intel. Maybe they won't have any replacements left so they'll have to ship you a Core i7 and one of their new boards to go with it. An Intel board that overclocks decently. Who would have thunk it?

Ovidiu: Your sensors aren't bad at all. Neither one of them is sticking. If you calibrate them using RealTemp and this post by rge, you'll get some very accurate temperatures out of them. Your data will help me re-examine my slope correction formula.

RottenMutt: I've been thinking about adding Dual Socket support for a while now but I don't have a platform to test on. Do you have some time to do some testing for me? The quickest thing I can think of is to add a switch to the INI file so you could set that to read core 4 to core 7 and when it wasn't set it would read core 0 to core 3. You would need to run two instances of RealTemp. That would be fairly easy to program and would save me the hassle of totally redesigning the GUI for a very small percentage of users. If that works out then maybe some day in the future I'd think about doing an 8 core specific version. If you're serious then PM me and bug me about this project.