>The CPU temperature is about 60°C-70°C when idle, 80°-90°C under light >load and exceeds 90°C under heavy load. All of these readings are >obtained from sysctl dev.cpu > >Yes, the CPU is very warm. But it does not appear to be critically hot. >The ACPI critical threshold is 95°C. It seems that this model (Dell >Studio 15) always runs that hot.
I don't know which i7 you have, but the intel datasheet for the i7-870 states that the maximum case temperature is 72.7C. The reported cpu temperatures will be a little higher at this case temperature, maybe a few degrees. How much higher I can't say without knowing the thermal resistance. The i7-870 motherboard I have with a large cooler idles at about 40C. Under heavy load it runs at about 65C. John Theus _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
