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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Pongo on May 12, 2002, 12:57:29 PM
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My case temp is 34 C
by 1800 athlon is 57c..
is that too hot?
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my xp1600 gets to 56C all the time. I was told that was completely normal. If you find out otherwise, let me know please:)
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my case temp.... 18deg C
my XP 1800+ 42 deg C...
Turn the air conditioning on!
SKurj
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What kind of cooling you using skurj?
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a basement Pongo!! +) (which never seems to get warm... max room temp is around 20 tho thats rare)
well that and:
stock HS and fan for the moment, globalwin WBK38 for the cpu if i can stand the noise....
2 intake fans
2 exhaust fans + fan built into power supply
I use an Antec 1030 case, one of the sweetest purchases I've ever made.
SKurj
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My XP2000 runs at 34C under full load.
I use a Dragon Orb III,and I also have two fans blowing in on the side of the case(onto Mobo and CPU).There are four fans blowing out.
You don't need to go that far,but you may want to get a better HSF for the cpu,and use Arctic Silver,not the thermal paste that comes with it.
Adding a slot fan blowing out wouldn't hurt either.
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My Athlon 1.2GHz runs at a steady 55° Celsius. No problem at all.
AMD recommends installation of a PCI slot fan as Sox62 suggests. I found that when I replaced my ageing 200 Watt power supply with a brand new 350 Watt model, the air coming from the PCI slot fan went from rather warm to quite cool.
If running on an Asus mobo, get the mobo monitoring utility! See sample output, attached.
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I dont mind adding fans..I dont want to add noise.
hmmm
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Pongo - no problem with the noise. I was afraid of that too! I have many fans - mobo, CPU heatsink/cooler, vid card fan, slot fan, power supply...
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You will want to check out reviews of HSF's before you buy one.My Dragon Orb III does a great job,but it sounds like an F-14 spooling up....there are good fans that are quiet.
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Is that 57c idle or under a load? If that's idle I'd be concerned. My 1600+ fried itself with the temp showing around 65-66. My friend who helped build the system didna quite line up the HS right and had it sitting on the socket hinge, so there wasn't good contact with the core. What a nightmare. Lesson learned (his expense :D ).
I'm using a ThermalRite Sk6 with a 7k delta on it and usually run about 32-33c idle and haven't seen it higher than 37 under a load (prime95 etc and other burn in stuff). With the HS properly installed this time :D
Got an Antec case with excellent airflow, running 2 intake fans and 2 exhaust fans (counting the PSU exhaust fan).
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Cave.
Idle...hmmmm
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eeek IDLE temps Pongo....??
My temps were after playin AH for a few hours...
Invest in some cooling devices...
SKurj
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My AMD XP 1800 is running at 38 degrees.
dago
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Originally posted by Pongo
Cave.
Idle...hmmmm
Oh yeah, time to get concerned brother. They say the XPs can run up to 90c, but you deffinately don't want to stay that high verra long.
Idling at 57c is BAD BAD BAD. May need to reseat the HSF and/or replace it with a better one. The Volcano 6 and 7 seem to be real popular and work nice on XPs. Don't know much about Dragon Orbs. This SK6 I'm using with the 7k rpm delta is doing a dandy of a job. All copper HS.
Check the airflow of your case too. Anything blocking the airflow like the ide data ribbons? Turn'em parallel to the airflow, cause they can mess it up real good. Use zip ties and pull'em as far outta the way as ya can. All the cables for that matter.
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Having just built a new AMD powered (1900+) system, I've found those chips to run very hot. The CPU heatsink I started with was a Volcano 7, and I can't recommend this unit. The Volcano 7 has a variable speed fan controlled by a temperature probe. Sounds good in theory, the fan runs slower when the CPU is cool, thus producing less fan noise. In practice however, my CPU temps would quickly rise to my cutoff temp of 60 degrees C under load.
Why? Well the temperature probe for the fan is mounted outside the heat sink, and thus is not measuring CPU temp but case temp. My case is a Lian Li PC-60 USB, which provides very good cooling overall. Because the case temps were so low (under 30 degrees C), the CPU fan never ran fast enough to cool the CPU under load.
I tried moving the temperature probe inside the heatsink but that wasn't very successful. I solved the problem but cutting off the probe and hardwiring the fan to the full on position. That worked great, but was very noisy.
The ultimate solution was a new heatsink, the AX-7, with a Mechatronics 80x80x25mm Fan (Ultra High Speed) mounted on top. Got mine from http://www.coolerguys.com, along with a tube of Artic Silver 3 heat sink compound. Everything is nice and quiet now, I was even able to turn my case fans down a notch. Idle temps are 38 C and under load 45 C. The CPU is not overclocked, but my GF3 Ti200 is clocked up to ti500 levels.
Haven't flown the new rig in AH yet as it is USB only (Abit AT-7 MAX motherboard) and my Cougar hasn't arrived yet. It screams in Dungeon Siege though...
-Smut
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I added 2 inport fans and an exaust fan. with the case closed , playing AH the cpu is now 51degrees. In windows its 45 degrees.
I think a better cpu fan might still be in order. And I would like to lower the noise rate a little... But its cooler now any way.
Thanks guys
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Your temperatures are way better...adding a good HSF to the cpu combined with Arctic Silver may drop you as much as 10C more.
Here is a link to reviews of HSF's at Tomshardware.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q2/010521/index.html
And here is a link to where you can buy HSF's,Arctic Silver,and a CPU shim if you want to really play it safe.Very reasonable prices.
http://www.1coolpc.com