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This seems unreasonably high the thermal resistance between the silicon and the heat-sink isn't huge, and touching the heat sink even near the base doesn't feel that hot.īy comparison, modern CPUs run much cooler, e.g.
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Sensors on my Core2 system says: radeon-pci-0100 But I forget the details, if I ever got to the bottom of this change that I think happened at some point, so I don't know if that's real or not. Or else the first couple years I had it, Linux was reading it 20 degrees too low?Īnyway, I wouldn't 100% trust those numbers if that's at idle. I have a similar CPU in a clunky old Core2 machine (E6600, first gen core2, even older than yours) and I think Linux reads its CPU temp as 20 degrees(?) higher than it actually is.
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(Intel spent lots of effort making their CPUs a LOT more power efficient in between very roughly 20) That system is passed its use-by date, and if its getting a significant level of use its probably costing $50-$100 per year in power - so you could probably pick up a 4-6 year old PC/laptop and, over a period of 3-5 years be better off financially - and have a faster and more reliable system. I would comment that except for unusual use cases, spending any money on that system (eg to replace the cooler) is throwing good money after bad. That said, as per the link above, the TCASE for this processor is 72.4 degrees C (TCASE being "Case Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS).") - so assuming thermal_zone0 is measuring this - which I expect it is - the CPU is operating well within spec. It may comfort/help you to know that Intel CPUs have logic in them to slow the CPUs down when they are very hot so they don't get damaged. That CPU is very old (released in 2008) and has a 65 watt TDP - so that it can generate this kind of heat is not a surprise or necessarily a problem. An optional DVD/CD player/recorder for reading/writing DVDs/CDs.It is impossible to say for sure without knowing what the CPU was doing at the time (and relatedly what speed it was clocked at). Hard disk, this is the permanent memory of your computer where your data is stored. Those integrated video boards are generally not very well suited for playing games, but good enough for watching movies. Micro ATX motherboards often have an integrated video board. Video board, this is the part of your computer that is responsible for the graphics processing. Often it has some integrated components like a sound card, enabling your computer to play sound, or a network card, to connect your computer to the network. Motherboard, this is the component that connects all the different parts of your computer. Memory (RAM), this is very fast memory in which temporary data is stored before being processed by the processor. A processor (CPU), this is the heart of your computer, where the data processing is done. They always have the following components: Personal Computers, PCs for short, are computers for personal usage.