Applying thermal paste & dual-core question

[Crazy Buddhist]

..which means that if they do have a separate temperature, something is weird.. The cores are very close to each other and in one silicone die.. They should have the same temperature because heat creates a gradient, which would then tend to be equalized by the heat dissipating parts.. Only if there are some really hot "hot spots" on the chips would this weird behavior be explained... or.. I don't know

The rest of what you say may be correct but my researches indicated it is absolutely normal to have different temperatures in the two cores of an AMD chip. I think it is something to do with either the Chip's architecture or how Windows loads the chips with O/S tasks.

[dgrmkrp]

Well.. it doesn't really bother me.. I will super cool them anyway, so a slight difference isn't that important.. Anyways, if the CPU is loaded, the temps get the same (50-60ish), right? That's what we have to fight

[Crazy Buddhist]

Absolutely ... under load the two temps tend to get closer. It's when idling that the difference shows and that by definition is at lower temps and less of an issue.

Well.. it doesn't really bother me.. I will super cool them anyway, so a slight difference isn't that important.. Anyways, if the CPU is loaded, the temps get the same (50-60ish), right? That's what we have to fight

[XcOM]

sorry for the bad info, i didn't realise they have redesigned them,the orgional cps were ontop of them.

but in thory then, windows will always us the first core rather than the second