Asus P6T6 WS Revolution

[eva2000]

Hey great results. I have a noob question.

I just got a w3520 (packed 1/10/10) with an Asus WS Revolution..flashed to bios 0507. I noticed soon as I booted up the rig and looking at real temps (v3.40) my idle temps at stock were in the high 30's. I'm on water and this seemed extremely odd to me (WC set up in sig) Vcore is at 0.9845v. Now for such a low voltage I was expecting to be in the teens to be honest. Funnier yet I tried a quick oc...4.2ghz...set vcore to auto just for sh*ts and giggles. Vcore in cpu-z read 1.4v..ok no biggie but my temps went up by like 3 degrees. Ran prime and temps were pushing past 70+. On my old 920 D0 I never broke 65c, but she was a volt whore.

Anyways my question is and im suspecting it maybe the case...could the sensors on my w3520 be fubar? Could the 0507 bios not be reading the sensors correctly? Are those temps normal for a w3520? I'm a crazy? Ok the last one is still up for debate lol. I'm was going to test out the chip on my back up Bloodrage board just to see if it gives me the same readings as the Revolution but wanted some feedback first if possible. Thanks.

usual results there's low vcore high temp cpus as well as high vcore low temp cpus and others low vcore with low temps.

Simple some cpus are hotter than others, i've tried 5x i7 920, w3520, w3540 and w3570 and they all vary in temps even on H20 cooling nothing to do with particular board at all. I've only experienced low vcore and low temp and high vcore and low temp cpus though. Never experienced those low vcore + high temp ones.

some hot i7 920 even hit 80C load at stock speeds on water on a few boards from some folks reports - changed cpu and lower temps

[Trembledust]

usual results there's low vcore high temp cpus as well as high vcore low temp cpus and others low vcore with low temps.

Simple some cpus are hotter than others, i've tried 5x i7 920, w3520, w3540 and w3570 and they all vary in temps even on H20 cooling nothing to do with particular board at all. I've only experienced low vcore and low temp and high vcore and low temp cpus though. Never experienced those low vcore + high temp ones.

some hot i7 920 even hit 80C load at stock speeds on water on a few boards from some folks reports - changed cpu and lower temps

Yea my old D0 ran cooler then my current Xeon but needed more volts to reach same clock speed.

Funny though...I swapped boards..wanted to test my sensor theory. Popped Xeon into a Bloodrage and temps were actually cooler. Not by much but a lil. I doubt it had anything to do with the board like u said.

I like this chip though. I can clock higher with less volts with the Xeon vs my D0. Only thing is the temps get a lil high but nothing to get too nervous about. Thanks for responding!