Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

I wanna know the correct TjMAX for : e6850 65nm

Intel says 90C, RealTemp uses 100C.

The best thing to do is to do your own test. Open you case, crank up your CPU fan it it's adjustable and go into the bios and set your CPU to 266 MHz x 6.0 and set the core voltage to approximately 1.10 volts. Now boot up and compare your reported idle temperatures to your room temperature. Try each TJMax value above and see which one is more believable. Post a screen shot or two of your results.

Intel's IDF presentation originally used 80C for your CPU but when the complaints started coming in, they admitted that it was a mistake and decided to bump it up to 90C. In my opinion, even that is too low. They also call this a TJ Target and admit that the actual TJMax can be higher than the spec that they released. I like 100C better based on IR thermometer testing but I'm interested in what your testing shows.

Users have to get away from the idea that TJMax is some sort of exact value. Intel fully admits that it is not. So far they haven't been willing to release how big a range it might fall into. I'm guessing at plus or minus 5C for the 45nm chips and maybe a little tighter than that for the 65nm sensors.

It makes it all the more likely that the Tj Targets for 65nm are simply not right rather than the sensors just being more poorly calibrated.

That's pretty much my opinion but I'm just one voice against the giant corporation. These processors run and overclock well so the average users isn't too concerned if their reported temperatures are off by a few degrees.