115 F, too hot?

[Mark]

Is this too hot for a Thunderbird? I have no clue on heat for processors. I am not overclocking btw, just don't want this thing to crash constantly due to overheating.

 

[Medea]

Mark, 115 F. or 46 C. is not too hot - but...

You didn't say what kind of load you're running with this temp. If you're idling or running a low to medium load then, obviously, a heavy load is going to result in your temps being dangerously high if not too high.

To give you an idea, at idle, my temperature is around 29 C. or 30 C. With a medium load, my temperature range is in the mid to high 30's. With a heavy load, my temperature hasn't gone above 45 C.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

no, it isn't too hot.


Mike

 

[medic]

For highend T-Birds in my experience with building 30+ so far,
40 something is fairly good
50 something is still okay
low 60 something is my limit for sustained operating..

Remember 90C (95C for 1.1Ghz.+) is max die temp.

Mikewarrior2 would know far better than I about whether your temp. probe, H.S. and software are actually reading your temps properly though.

 

[Rand]

For a high-end T-Bird 1GHz+, not it's no too hot.

 

[Verygreedy]

Heck no. Not hot for a Tbird. My friend runs at 130 degrees and its fine. I run much cooler though 😎

 

[smp]

yeah.. different boards read differently.. athlons lack an internal temp reader (thermistor?).. so usually there is one in the socket.. on my A7V that's where it is.. and the board is actually reading the temp from inside the socket, not the core.. so if you want to know what your core temp is, it's probably higher than the board is telling you.. Asus boards add ten degrees to compensate for this.. but even still, there are other variables present that make it next to impossible to get totally accurate temp readings.. athlons run hot, you're fine.. if it's stable, it's good.
(I'm at 58 full load, 52 idle, and I don't know how many farenhieght that is)

 

[Verygreedy]

I've heard that 160 degrees F is fine..