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Offline WhiteHawk

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How hotis too hot??
« on: November 12, 2003, 01:10:43 PM »
Just started to overclock a bit.  Saw my CPU runs at 38C during normal operation and 55C during AH load.  My default high setpoint for warning is 85C.  Is that too hot for a HI setpoint?

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Offline Rutilant

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How hotis too hot??
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2003, 01:30:33 PM »
They say anyting above 60C is PC-unfriendly
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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2003, 02:04:58 PM »
It's a bit warm, but a Pentium 4 will clock throttle itself if it thinks it's getting too warm.  (That can happen at around 60C on a P4.)
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How hotis too hot??
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2003, 02:12:50 PM »
yep above 60 deg cel  look out ...  mine are all set to shut down at 60 deg cel.

50 deg cel or less is my attempted limit ...
i have one pc running at 52-54 cel . its a case/psu problem i think.

all the rest run under 50

when its comes to aggressive OCing  you should go with water cooling  my mix is 75% distilled H2O with 25% water wetter added
(race car antifreeze non corrosive)

http://www.redlineoil.com/frames/watrwet.htm
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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2003, 02:23:41 PM »
hmmm..yea, my case didnt come with a radiator so I have to be a bit conservative on my OC'ing.:)
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Offline Rutilant

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2003, 05:19:00 PM »
Nawww, here's what you do.

Open the case..

Grab a window fan..

Place window fan next to case, blowing in..

Keep on high.

:D

Overclock to your hearts content then!
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Offline mold

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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2003, 05:25:47 PM »
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Keep on high.


Or even keep on low, if you have one of those cheap $10 20" box fans.  Those things put out about 2000 cfm even on low.  And the noise is a little less. :)
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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2003, 12:22:25 AM »
as i recall, XP chips are designed to operate at temps up to 73c.
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2003, 12:58:28 AM »
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as i recall, XP chips are designed to operate at temps up to 73c.


thats what the AMD site says ... but no one ever lets them run that hot ... (just go into a local pc repair shop and tell them your AMD is running at 60C and watch the look you'll get )
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2003, 10:54:48 AM »
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as i recall, XP chips are designed to operate at temps up to 73c.


I was getting some instability with my XP 2000+ running around 65C.  A new video card (9500 Pro) did that, and required me to finally retire my old Inwin mini tower for an Antec tower that has two exhaust fans.  It now idles around 49C at the cpu.

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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2003, 03:53:53 PM »
Yea..I think I'll invest in some extra case cooling, 1 blowing out behing the mother board where the CPU is and one blong in on the motherboard beside the chip.  Mine is running at 58C with very little OC'ing.
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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2003, 03:55:21 PM »
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Originally posted by Rutilant
Nawww, here's what you do.

Open the case..

Grab a window fan..

Place window fan next to case, blowing in..

Keep on high.

:D

Overclock to your hearts content then!

hehe rut, as my boss would say, "well, that would work, but its very unprofessional!"
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Offline FOGOLD

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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2003, 04:02:50 PM »
I had an XP 1800 . It would lock up at anything above 50oC. I wondered what the hell was up for MONTHS till I cooled it some more. Reinstalled windows, drivers etc etc not believing my coolermaster case etc could be too hot. It was. I went through hell! Watch those XP chips. I think some of them don't like hot at all!

Jeez. I learned if you get hard lockups at all, look at heat first.
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Offline Saltty

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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2003, 11:40:18 PM »
I've been having an lockup problem also...xp here...haven't notice any heat problems but is there a way to chart cpu temp over time?
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Offline B17Skull12

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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2003, 12:07:24 AM »
im learning things ever day. now how do you check cpu temp?
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