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How to know if the temp is good

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Hello all,

First, sorry for my english.

I have a well good condition Dell Laptop (3 years laptop, 2xcpu@2Ghz), with good space to have a nice airflow. And i'm asking if the temperature in CoreTemp is good or I need to apply a offset.

In Idle, CoreTemp RC5 display 39oC/104oF and wjen I do video or game, the CPU go arround 65oC/150oF.

39oC/104oF is pretty high for a laptop in idle.... it's why i'm asking if ICoreTemp don't read the good temperature and I need to apply a offset.

What do you think?

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Re: How to know if the temp is good

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I think that 39C is a great temperature for a laptop in idle, and 65C is safe if you're gaming.
Is this an Intel or AMD processor? As you gave no indication of what it was.
My 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo laptop idles at 40C.
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Re: How to know if the temp is good

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Ho, excuse-me.... my CPU is a Intel Mobile dual@2Ghz. So at 40oC is good in Idle you think? So no offset to apply?

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Re: How to know if the temp is good

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40C is very good for a laptop. And Intel CPUs don't need any offsets, it is mostly used with AMD CPUs.
Main rig:
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (True Spirit 140 Direct) / Mobo: Asrock Fatal1ty X470 / EVO 970 500GB + WD Blue 250GB + HDD / GPU: Dell RX 570 4GB / Mem: 2x16GB DDR4-3200 G.Skill 32GTZKW TridentZ - 32GB total / PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Gold 650W
NAS:
Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.3GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / 2x Inland Pro 120GB + HDDs / GPU: ATi Mach64 VT2 / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 8GBXL RipJawsX - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W.
Secondary rigs:
Core i3 7130U / MiniPC / SanDisk SDSSDP-128G / GPU: Intel HD 620 / Mem: 1x8GB DDR3L-1600
Xeon X3430 2.40GHz @ 3.06GHz or Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.0GHz (Freezer 7 Pro) / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / PNY CS1111 240GB / GPU: ATI FirePro V3800 / Mem: 4x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 8GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W
AMD Phenom II X4 B93 / Mobo: ASUS M2A-VM / GPU: ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 / Crucial M4 120GB / Mem: 2x2GB DDR2-800 - 4GB total / PSU: Antec 380W.

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Re: How to know if the temp is good

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40C at idle for a laptop is quite normal. Temps of 70C-90C are also normal on a laptop under heavy use. Laptop CPUs/APUs are specifically designed to function properly at these higher temps which are typical because of the minimal CPU/APU cooling systems employed on laptops.

No fixed offset should be used on AMD CPUs according to AMD engineering. A proper algorithm is however required to process the register data that Core Temp, HW Monitor and other programs use to attempt to report the CPU/APU temps.

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Re: How to know if the temp is good

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Thanks alot for these quick answer... Wow!

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