50 degrees temp on my AMD 4200+ X 2

[GeezerMan]

I'm getting temps at 48 to 50 degrees while running Prime95 on my PC, stoch HSF, BB size Artic Silver applied to the center of the heatsink. Memory set at 2.75 volts, and 2-3-3-6, all other settings stock. Idles around 36 degrees. Are these pretty normal temps?
PC built a few days ago.
Thanks





Motherboard:
Asus-8N-E
Processor:
AMD Dual core 4200+
Memory:
Corsair twinx2048-3200c2
Video Card:
Evga 6800GS
Hard Drive # 1:
WD 320GB SATA
Hard Drive # 2:
WD 200GB IDE
Optical Drive # 1:
NEC 3510A
Optical Drive # 2:
Pioneer DVD ROM
Power Supply:
Antec 500 watt truepower
Case:
Wavemaster TAC-T01

 

[Ricemarine]

Yeah. Pretty normal.

 

[GeezerMan]

I did see a temp as high as 52. I'm using the Asus PC probe to tell the temps.
Thanks

 

[stevty2889]

Maybe a little high for stock speeds, but nothing to worry about. I get 51c under load, but I'm running at 2.618ghz 1.475v

 

[NaOH]

i get around that OCed to 2.4 with my 3800 x2. Stock, it maxes out at 4x under load. Maybe you put too much thermal paste?

 

[Doctorweir]

The X2 stock heatsink is the cheap one (Aluminium only)? Maybe a reason for the temps..

And you did apply the grain of AS5 to the center of the IHS and not the heatsink, RIGHT?
Otherwise the center of the heatsink may not be necessarily the center of your processor...

 

[Hacp]

The 4200+ comes with the opteron hs/fan. Only hte 3800+ comes with cheap hs/fans. Those temps are pretty normal, as I was getting 60-65 degrees when I overclocked to 2.64 with 1.45 volts on my x2.

 

[GeezerMan]

Thanks guys. I applied the Artic Silver to the IHS. I ran Prime95 all night, about 10 hours. I woke up this morning to find it chugging along still, Asus probe said it was at 46 degrees. I currently have the PC in a small 10 X 11 spare bedroom. I need to monitor the room temps as well, with my old Compaq 21" monitor, it really can heat the room up. I did turn off the monitor when I went to bed last night.

 

[GeezerMan]

Say, anyone know the relation of room temp to CPU temp? Like X degrees increase in room temp gives you X dregees increase in CPU temp. I imagine it's not a straight graph.

 

[furballi]

Almost linear for most well-vented rigs. 1.2C drop in room temp will result in a 1C drop in CPU temp for an air-cooled PC.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: furballi
Almost linear for most well-vented rigs. 1.2C drop in room temp will result in a 1C drop in CPU temp for an air-cooled PC.

Looks like you are right about that. I left the room for 2 hours today, had the door closed. When I came in the temp was 41, that's just at idle, nothing being run.
When I opened the room door, it cooled down to 34 very quickly.
I really need to move the PC to a bigger room before summer. Last year with my old PC in here, this room was sometimes 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house.
I don't want a PC running in a 85 degree room.
Here's a good argument for having a LCD instead of a big, hot CRT. I know the CRT is not the only heat generator, but it does contribute.

 

[TrevorRC]

The CPU and GPU are more of a heat generator then the monitor will ever be.

Don't worry about the temperatures; so long as they don't rise above ~60C full load.

Also, so you know, the onboard temp sensors are usually crap--just check the delta [Change in temp], that'll give you a better idea of the actual cooling capacity of the fan.
They are still useful as a general indicator, but have been off by 5-10C before in many boards.

--Trevor

 

[GeezerMan]

I see I can get the Arctic Cooling Pro 64 for pretty cheap at zipzoomfly. I did a measurement last night of the temp difference between having the case panel off and on. It's about 7 degrees hotter with the panel on. Since my case is not known to be a cool one, and summer coming up, I might just try the Arctic 64 HSF, and try to improve case cooling as well. Or, maybe I can talk AMD into sending me the heatpipe HSF they put with the better CPUs...

EDIT: Looks like the Arctic 64 is better than the AMD heatpipe HSF, so forget that one.