50 degree's too hot?!

[Chrishuff1]

I'm runnin at 50 degrees C is that too hot or is that an ok temp? it isnt going above it.....the other day it was at 42😕 i did move a few fans around but just want to check and see if that temp is ok or not.

 

[Actaeon]

What kind of processor are you running?

In my opinion kinda high for an Athlon, WAAAAY too high for a p4.

 

[COtto1984]

yes quite high... im runnin at about 32 degrees C

 

[Jman13]

If you're on an AMD chip, without overclocking, you are just fine. I ran my XP 1700+ at a bit over 1800+, in a very hot room this summer, with the stock AMD HSF, and the chip was around 50-55C the whole summer (full load). No problems. I upgraded the HSF recently just for safety (now I OC it a bit more too), and it runs at 30C idle, 38-40C load.

You should be fine unless you're overclocking like mad.

Jman

 

[Chrishuff1]

I am running a AMD Athlon XP 1600+ not overclocking it. Looks like it bumped up to 52

 

[Chrishuff1]

UPDATE: Put a 120mm fan blowing directly on it and turned a 4th 80mm fan on to blow things around...Dopped it to 45....

 

[Drsignguy]

Can you hear yourself think? 😉

 

[Chrishuff1]

lol....Well, it was still getting too hot so i removed the heatsink (good time to do it seeing as though it had 1/4 inch of dust caked in/on it) and re-applied thermal compound. she's runnin smooth now at 37.

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: Chrishuff1
lol....Well, it was still getting too hot so i removed the heatsink (good time to do it seeing as though it had 1/4 inch of dust caked in/on it) and re-applied thermal compound. she's runnin smooth now at 37.

Damn you lucky there wasn't 1 fire! 😉

 

[Dm301]

compressed air is your friend... hehe

 

[Chrishuff1]

I've only had one fire so far, and hope never to experience another 🙂 Compressed air NOW is my friend😉

 

[paco83]

Originally posted by: Dm301
compressed air is your friend... hehe

Dindn't u you take any classes in thermodynamics? PV=nRT pressure goes up, temp goes up 🙂

Then again i can't think of anywhere else where physics applies to the real world 😉

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: paco83

Originally posted by: Dm301
compressed air is your friend... hehe

Dindn't u you take any classes in thermodynamics? PV=nRT pressure goes up, temp goes up 🙂

Then again i can't think of anywhere else where physics applies to the real world 😉

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he's talking about cleaning the fan and heatsink using a can of compressed air 😉